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The latest projections issued by the Registrar General for Scotland show that the population in the Borders area, as well as in Scotland in general, is expected to decline slightly over the long term.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact will be in Scotland of the UK Communications Bill, in particular with regard to the roll-out of broadband technologies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 January 2003
There were 22.8 whole-time equivalent (WTE) rheumatology consultants employed in NHS Scotland as at 30 September 2001. The Scotland mid-year population estimate is 5,064,200 as at 30 June 2001.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all basic public services will be online by 2003 as set out in point 16 of its response to the report of the Digital Scotland Task Force, Digital Scotland: The Way Forward.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2001
Dentists who qualify in the EEA are entitled to free movement within that area, including the UK.In Scotland, 98.3% of General Dental Practitioners trained in the UK, (91% in Scotland) 1.8% elsewhere (EEA including Ireland and overseas).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what contracts have been awarded by the Rural Payments Agency for the rendering or incineration of cattle under the Over Thirty Month Slaughter Scheme in Scotland and what gate fees have been negotiated with each company.
Plans have also been announced in Caring for Scotland the Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery for Scotland to pilot the WHO Family Health Nursing model as a way of strengthening primary care services in remote and rural areas.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13602 by Mr Jim Wallace on 9 March 2001, what the proposed timetable is for the enactment of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill and how soon thereafter it plans to introduce the Tenement (Scotland) Bill.