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Date answered:
21 January 2005
S2W-13448
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider adding asthma to the list of chronic conditions exempt from prescription charges, given that 390,000 people in Scotland have asthma. We have no plans to extend the current list of chronic conditions that are exempt from NHS prescription charges.
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Date answered:
24 December 2004
S2W-12975
The FirstMinister in his statement on 22 November 2004 set out a programme of measures whichwe believe will tackle the impact of knife crime across Scotland today. One of themeasures in this five-point plan is a proposal to ban the general sale of swords.The Executive will be consultingon these proposals early in 2005.
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Date answered:
13 December 2004
S2W-12539
Crown immunity will not be removed until all the necessary legislation is in place, which is likely to be the end of 2005.The inclusion of provisions in the above mentioned act for the removal of Crown immunity from planning legislation in Scotland was the subject of a Sewel motion in the Scottish Parliament on 20 November 2003.
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Date answered:
10 December 2004
S2W-12610
These figures are published annually in a National Statistics release; and the latest of these is Free Personal/ Nursing Care Scotland 2004, which is available on the web via the link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00368-00.asp.As for (b), the projection of future costs, a strategy for evaluating the implementation of free personal care is curre...
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Date answered:
23 November 2004
S2W-12084
The Scottish Executive has provided support to the production of biodiesel in Scotland by awarding a Regional Selective Assistance grant of £1.2 million to Argent Energy, which is building the nation’s first large scale biodiesel plant at its Scottish base near Newarthill, Motherwell.
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Date answered:
19 November 2004
S2W-12049
There are currently no plans to introduce a no fault compensation scheme for NHS patients who suffer medical accidents.In 2002, in response to the reports published earlier that year by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Executive established an expert group, under the chairmanship of Lord Ross, to look at compensation a...
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Date answered:
18 November 2004
S2W-11960
The Scottish Executive does not produce projections on wage earners per household.Table 1: Number of Households by Number of People in Paid Employment, Scotland, Spring 2004 No. of Households 1 person in paid employment 660,000 2 people in paid employment 609,000 3 people in paid employment 113,000...
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Date answered:
17 November 2004
S2W-11781
The original findings from the four pilot sites in Scotland, including a break- down across staff groups, were published in August 2004.
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Date answered:
16 November 2004
S2W-11934
In 2002-03, the median level of gross household income in Scotland was £18,200 per annum and the mean level of gross household income was £25,300.
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Date answered:
12 November 2004
S2W-11850
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the Master Policy for Professional Indemnity insurance of the Law Society of Scotland protects the interests of consumers.
