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On 3 August 2000, the Food Standards Agency, Scotland assumed responsibility for the algal toxin monitoring and sampling programme from the Scottish Executive.
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Date answered:
23 November 2000
The members of the working group are drawn from the power companies and Transco, CoSLA, Eaga, Scottish Homes, the SFHA, Age Concern, Help the Aged, Energy Action Scotland, the Energy Saving Trust and the Solid Fuel Association.
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Date answered:
23 November 2000
The information has already been made available to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Document Supply Centre in the following Scottish Executive Statistical Bulletin Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1988-89 to 1998-99: National and Local Authority Analyses: HSG/2000/5.
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Date answered:
10 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Railtrack has made it aware of the locations of any rail track breakage and cracks in Scotland over the past two years; what measures they have taken to upgrade defective areas of track, and whether it will make any information available on this issue in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
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Date answered:
9 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, in view of the targets outlined in Towards a Healthier Scotland, what strategy is in place to achieve a reduction in smoking among young people.
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Date answered:
9 November 2000
The remaining identified potential savings from greater generic prescribing are comparatively low at approximately £2 million (0.3% of the overall cost of prescribing in Scotland). S1W-10675
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Date answered:
6 November 2000
In order that the MPC is fully aware of what is happening in Scotland, the Executive provides a monthly assessment on current Scottish economic conditions to the Bank's Scottish agent.
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Date answered:
25 October 2000
The creation of Electronic Health Records is a key part of the NHS in Scotland Information Management & Technology Strategy, now being refreshed, and targets for the establishment of such records will be announced soon.
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Date answered:
24 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has powers to lift spinal cord removal restrictions on ewes in Scotland and, if so, whether it has any plans to do so.
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Date answered:
24 October 2000
Furthermore, the independent assessments of the Holyrood project, by John Spencely and the Auditor General for Scotland, gave no suggestion that any procurement regulations had been breached.