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Dedicated provision ofperinatal health care is in place to serve the West of Scotland, Grampian and Forth Valley, andprovision to serve Highland, Tayside, Fife, Lothian and Borders will be put in place later thisyear.
Responses are being considered and it is now hopedto publish the results of the consultation in early June 2006.Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people under 16 have been referred to children's panels for alcohol misuse in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area. Section 52(J) of the Children(Scotland) Act 1995 enables children who may have been misusing alcohol or drugs tobe referred to the children’s reporter.
Towards Better Oral Healthin Children, a consultation publishedby the Scottish Executive in September 2002, set out the main determinants of oralhealth of children in Scotland. The consultation identified the main cause of dentaldecay as the high sugar diet consumed by Scottish children.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any legal impediments based on sexual orientation preventing individuals from becoming foster carers and, if so, what the reasons are for such impediments. The Fostering of Children (Scotland)Regulations 1996 prohibit a person to foster where there is in the household a personof the same sex other than a rela...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Home Office consulted the Health Department in Scotland before introducing new regulations on the recruitment of overseas professionals to the National Health Service.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2006
Scottish athletes can and already do competewith and beat the best in the world whether they are representing Scotland or Great Britain.They do not need a Scottish Olympic team to be in a position to do so.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2006
Local authorities have aduty under Sections 25 to 27 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland)Act 2003 to provide services designed to promote the well-being and socialdevelopment of people with a mental disorder.The positive mental healthmessages and actions required under the act 2003 are being delivered by local authoritiesnationally.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2006
The Executive provides fundingof over £1 million per year to local authorities in Scotland to supportschemes designed to divert accused persons to social work and other social workagencies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2006
The proposed site continues to be the formerCastlecary brickworks.Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.