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It is too early to judge the success of test purchasing in reducing illegal sales in Scotland as the new arrangements have not yet been rolled out across all local authority areas.
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Date answered:
7 February 2006
The investigation and prosecution of crime is a matter for the police, the Procurator Fiscal and the Lord Advocate. Section 48 of the Scotland Act provides that any decision of the Lord Advocate in his capacity as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths shall continue to be taken by him independently of any other person.
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Date answered:
27 January 2006
The Scottish Executive commissioned a long-term independent evaluation of the Glasgow-based child health demonstration project, Starting Well, leading to implementation of Phase 2 of this programme. The “Growing Up in Scotland” research programme now underway, will provide information about the impact of existing services for families with children, includi...
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Date answered:
27 January 2006
However, the Health and Safety Executive has managed to provide information on the number of dangerous gas fittings which have been reported in Scotland for the years 2001-02 to 2004-05 as follows: 2001-02 462 2002-03 399 2003-04 273 2004-05 294 S2W-22447
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Date answered:
26 January 2006
Measures to identify and reach children who are at risk of TB are outlined in the report produced by the short life working group convened by Health Protection Scotland available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38681).
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Date answered:
26 January 2006
The table shows the number of patients registered with a GP1 for all Scotland; 1999-2005. Year Patients Registered with a GP 1999 5,365,480 2000 5,347,041 2001 5,352,543 2002 5,345,042 2003 5,347,881 2004 5,373,797 2005 5,389,979 ...
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Date answered:
25 January 2006
The forumwill therefore continue to work with industry and key partner organisations todevelop strategic direction for the industry and appropriate measures ofsupport.Scottish Enterprise Bordersis working closely with other agencies such as Careers Scotland, ScottishBorders Council and JobCentre Plus through the PACE initiative to help thosemade redundant f...
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Date answered:
24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how SQW Economic Development Consultants estimated that 37% of those taking part in the Make Poverty History march and 39% of those attending the Live 8 event were from outside Scotland, as set out in their report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
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Date answered:
24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence there is that there is any veracity in the statement by SQW Economic Development Consultants in their report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles, that “the profile that the Summit has generated for Scotland and the potential economic activity that this might lead to in the future is the r...