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We will continueto increase our efforts to improve road safety, but this evidence suggests thatthe combination of measures is having a significant impact in helping to cutdeaths and serious injuries on Scotland’s roads. It is not possible to definitely attributethe improvement in deaths and injuries to any individual measure.
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Date answered:
20 January 2004
Part 2 of the WaterEnvironment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 provides for ministers tomake regulations determining what is a reasonable cost, for the purposes of section1 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and section 6 of the Water (Scotland) Act1980, which deal res...
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Date answered:
16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to assess the cost of production of hospital meals to enable controls, including a set daily food allowance, to be introduced, as referred to in Audit Scotland's report Catering for Patients.
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Date answered:
5 December 2003
The Waste Incineration (Scotland)Regulations 2003 were made to fulfil the Executive’s obligations under theEuropean Directive on the incineration of waste (EC 2000-76-EC).
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Date answered:
2 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive within what timescale it is envisaged that there will be a full complement of qualified social workers in post in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland. No targets have been set forreaching a full complement of qualifiedsocial workers foreither Glasgow or Scotland, but the position is beingcaref...
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Date answered:
27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the Glasgow Crossrail scheme in regard to (a) ensuring that the planned rail link to Glasgow Airport opens the airport to the whole of Scotland and (b) delivering many of the rail projects listed in the Central Scotland Transport Corridor document.
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Date answered:
20 November 2003
The percentage of thecurrent total area of ancient woodland in Scotland which has received SSSI protection in each yearsince 1993 is shown in the following table.
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to improve the average waiting time for a court decision on a young person, given the findings contained in Audit Scotland's report Dealing with Offending by Young People.