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However with the advent of the Scottish Workforce InformationStatistical System (SWISS) this kind of information will be available for the future.The NHS Scotland organisationalchange policy recognises the need to retain its highly qualified and trained workforceand to provide job security.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2006
The Scottish Executive regularlymonitors employment, costs and earnings of the fishing industry in Scotland. Theresults of these studies are published, for example in the annual Sea FisheriesStatistical Bulletin, with accompanying commentary.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to Scottish Natural Heritage over the next five years for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of management agreements entered into with landowners and tenants in the south of Scotland for the improvement of moorland habitats.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 August 2006
Breast cancer mortalityrates from 1980 – 2004 (the most recent year for which data is available)broken down by age, sex, regional cancer network and NHS Board is available onthe NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) Information Services Division (ISD)website at http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/cancer_definition.jsp?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 August 2006
Upto the end of March 2006, 6 dispersal orders had been granted in 4 locationsacross Scotland. Dispersal orders were granted in the followinglocal authority areas – Aberdeen (2), City of Edinburgh (2), West Lothian (1) and Highland(1).
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any meetings between HM Treasury officials and Scottish ministers or officials about the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland and, if so, how many meetings there have been and when they took place.
To ask the Scottish Executive which measure of inflation will be applied to determine the value of the Executive’s contribution to the Waverley line over the lifetime of the project. Transport Scotland hasdeveloped and agreed an inflation methodology which shall be applied to the Executive’scontribution to the Waverley line project.The methodology takes ac...
The Executive plans to continueto use the Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) to monitor fuel poverty in Scotland. Thisreport is produced annually and can be used to model the impact of fuel price rises.Modelling based on figures from the 2002 SHCS estimated that every 5% increase infuel prices could result in another 30,000 fuel poor households if incom...
Under current arrangements, ifsuch a request were to be received, the decision would be made by the Deputy ChiefConstable of Tayside Police who has lead responsibility within the Association ofChief Police Officers in Scotland for DNA. Responsibility for the DNA database is expectedto move to the Scottish Police Services Authority from April 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenue expenditure by local authorities on pre-primary education was per child (a) in Scotland and (b) broken down by local authority in 2004-05.