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To ask the Scottish Executive when the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland on his investigation of the actions of Tayside Fire Brigade in connection with the fire at 13 Cardean Street, Dundee, on 27 November 1997, in which Amanda Duncan lost her life, will be published.
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Date answered:
21 November 2000
Under Treasury rules the money was frozen and conferred no additional spending power, and ordinarily it would have been returned to the Treasury.In order to keep this money in Scotland, officials negotiated an agreement with the Treasury.
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15 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the report in the Scottish Daily Express of 19 September 2000 that Scottish pupils who wish to study at Oxford or Cambridge or to study medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine courses in 2001 require to have their applications completed by 15 October 2000, whether such a deadline will be complied with, whether it will use its powers under section 9 of the Education (Scotland...
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Date answered:
2 November 2000
These include schemes to underwrite the income of practices in the most remote areas; to compensate rural GPs for extra travel costs due to the scattered nature of their practice population; and to support eligible single handed GPs through the employment of qualified associates.In addition, the recently established Remote and Rural Resource Centre, based in Inverness, will address problems common to rural health services in all parts of Scotland...
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27 October 2000
The members of the implementation 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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5 October 2000
The Scottish Executive has published within its Action Plan for Dental Services in Scotland proposals to fund enhanced capitation payments (including fissure sealants) for children in deprivation categories 5, 6 and 7.In the majority of health boards such targeting will limit these treatments to between 30-50% of the child population.However, in rural and r...
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Date answered:
28 September 2000
Planning consent for the Ocean Terminal Development was given subject to conditions and to the satisfactory conclusion of an agreement under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 between City of Edinburgh Council and the applicant.
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26 September 2000
They are provided to HM Treasury as part of the Public Expenditure Survey and are published in the Treasury "Red Book" as aggregated figures.The impact of estimated total revenue commitments for signed Private Finance Initiative or Public/Private Partnership contracts on the Scottish Executive's budget is less than 1% in cash terms in any year during the period covered by Scotland's Budget Documents. S1W-08305
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Date answered:
13 September 2000
The Scottish Ambulance Service, as part of its "Beyond 2000" initiative, is reviewing the deployment and operation of the Accident & Emergency service across Scotland. Many islands such as Lismore will be dependent upon the first response to medical emergencies being provided by a General Practitioner or Community Nurse.