There are 246,065 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Date answered:
15 December 2003
S2W-04549
A trainee fingerprint officerwho successfully completes the advanced fingerprint course at the national trainingcentre, Durham may, on the recommendation of the head of bureau, be put forwardfor authorisation by Scottish ministers under section 280(5) of the CriminalProcedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as an expert witness.There are currently 34 fingerprintexperts...
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Date answered:
11 December 2003
S2W-04464
In certain cases a mark may have less than 16 points and in theseidentification by the quality assurance manager is also required.All signatories arequalified fingerprint experts authorised by Scottish ministers under section280(5) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as expert witnesses.We are aware of one casewhere identification has been rejecte...
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Date answered:
26 November 2003
S2W-04106
To ask the Scottish Executive how potential impacts on nature conservation are assessed when considering renewable energy developments and what protection is afforded to species and habitats of international conservation significance listed on EU conservation directives, the Ramsar Convention and similar conventions to which Scotland is party. A range of m...
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Date answered:
24 November 2003
S2W-03996
The local and national reports on its review of diabetes clinicalstandards, due to be published in spring 2004, will provide information on thedegree to which NHS boards are meeting this criterion.Although theresponse rate from NHS boards in Scotland toDr Foster was just over 50%, they and their emerging diabetes managed clinical networksmay find the inform...
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Date answered:
18 November 2003
S2W-03557
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being given to expand CCTV systems in (a) Scotland and (b) Renfrewshire. The Community SafetyPartnership Award Programme, introduced on 1 April 2002, makes £4 million perannum available to local authority-led Community Safety Partnerships to assistthem in identifying and addressing local community safety priori...
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Date answered:
18 November 2003
S2W-03587
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it will introduce to assist NHS trusts to adequately review follow-up arrangements for out-patient appointments and discharge policies, as referred to in the Audit Scotland report, Outpatients Count. The White Paper Partnershipfor Care sets out plans for a programme of service redesign to help ensure morestream...
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
S2W-03716
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available onthe Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.These ministerial visitsencompass a number where ministers have undertaken a range of engagements topromote Scotland including those where ministers would have met andsuppor...
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
S2W-03702
In anyevent, the general duty under section 19(1) only applied to educationalauthorities in Scotland by virtue of section 19(6) and companies operatingpublic private partnerships were never subject to this duty.In July this year theCommission for Racial Equality published guidance for public authorities andpotential contractors on procurement and race relat...
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
S2W-03071
This applies equally to people withconditions such as Alzheimer’s disease where there is a key role for carers andrelatives.In addition to this, as partof the implementation of the Community Care and Health (Scotland)Act 2002, NHS boards will be required to draw up carer information strategies.
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Date answered:
11 November 2003
S2W-03666
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the proposals for workforce planning in the NHS for psychology services, when the code of practice in respect of the assessment, treatment and risk assessment of mentally disordered offenders as a result of changes being introduced by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 will be available ...
