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The Executive is launching today a strategy designed to achieve universal access to the internet and help close the digital divide in Scotland. The promotion of a digitally inclusive Scotland is a key element in our drive to create a socially just society.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the incidence of cancer among residents of Cowdenbeath and Lochore is any greater than the average incidence in equivalent population groups in other parts of Scotland. Available data do not suggest that the overall incidence of cancer amongst residents of the Cowdenbeath and Lochore area of Fife is unusual when compared with that for Fife Health Board or Scotland as a whole.
One hundred questionnaires were completed.A draft National Strategy to Address Domestic Abuse in Scotland was issued for consultation in February 2000 to local authorities, health services, police forces and 57 voluntary organisations.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the precise remit of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland is and what is being done to ensure that guidelines from the Health Technology Board for Scotland and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidance Network are being implemented by health boards.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the key performance targets it has set Historic Scotland for 2000-01. I have set Historic Scotland the following key performance targets for 2000-01:Key Performance AreaTargetProtecting Scotland's Built HeritageNumber of monuments scheduled325Weighted number of listed building re-survey units183No. of weeks in which 80% of Scheduled Monument Consent cases resolved9Percentage of Listed Building Consent cases resolved within 28 days97%No. of historic building repair projects newly assisted by grant105Total value of grant-assisted repairs£40 millionProgramme of conservation of properties in careMeet Conservation Programme + Promoting and Presenting the Built HeritageHS market share compared to other paid visitor attractions in Scotland52%*Percentage of satisfied visitors (survey based)96%Average retail spend per visitor Agency ManagementPercentage efficiency gains/savings on non-grant expenditure1.5%+ To be detailed in the Agency's Corporate Plan* The Agency's top ten properties will be measured against the National Trust for Scotland's top 10 properties and the top 10 privately-owned historic attractions.
This covers proceedings in relation to "admission to and detention in hospital and guardianship" and will bring Scotland into line with England and Wales.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 1999