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The Executive expects to be consulted by the Home Office if and when the Home Office identifies an accommodation centre site in Scotland. Any decision to consult on the education provision would only be made after those discussions with the Home Office.
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23 January 2003
In response we announced a three-year programme of sustained activity to reform child protection in Scotland. The First Minister is hosting a summit on 18 February to seek committed support to take this forward.
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22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its new national youth justice standards, as referred to by the Minister for Education and Young People on 5 December 2002 in its press release SEED153/2002. The National Standards for Scotland's Youth Justice Services report was published on 19 December 2002.
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21 January 2003
Final invoices for the printing, publishing and distribution of Review of Scotland's Cities - the Analysis and Building Better Cities: Delivering Growth and Opportunities, have yet to be received.
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21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of domestic house-breaking is per 10,000 people in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Edinburgh, (e) the East Renfrewshire Council area and (d) the East Dunbartonshire Council area.
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15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the written evidence on the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill given by the Scottish Gamekeepers' Association (SGA) to the Justice 2 Committee for its meeting on 3 December 2002 that many SGA members do not bother to apply for wildlife licences has been referred to the police for investigation.
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13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30960 by Lewis Macdonald on 6 November 2002 and with regard to the Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies A80 Corridor Plan to 2010: Executive Summary, whether its statement that the report "does not contain any recommendations for road tolls or other charges" is accurate and what th...
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3 January 2003
All 32 local authorities and the emergency services in Scotland carry out a comprehensive exercise programme on an on-going basis covering a wide range of different scenarios, including dealing with the consequences of a terrorist attack.
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17 December 2002
A recent Effective Interventions Unit review of the effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users recommended that supervised buprenorphine administration should be piloted and evaluated to test the feasibility of wider prescribing and dispensing in Scotland. We are considering this recommendation.
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16 December 2002
An independent market and economic appraisal of Project ATLAS, carried out for Scottish Enterprise, showed that Project ATLAS should benefit the communications industry in Scotland by stimulating it to supply new and inventive services using the new business park infrastructure.