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To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any meetings between HM Treasury officials and Scottish ministers or officials about the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland and, if so, how many meetings there have been and when they took place.
To ask the Scottish Executive which measure of inflation will be applied to determine the value of the Executive’s contribution to the Waverley line over the lifetime of the project. Transport Scotland hasdeveloped and agreed an inflation methodology which shall be applied to the Executive’scontribution to the Waverley line project.The methodology takes ac...
Under current arrangements, ifsuch a request were to be received, the decision would be made by the Deputy ChiefConstable of Tayside Police who has lead responsibility within the Association ofChief Police Officers in Scotland for DNA. Responsibility for the DNA database is expectedto move to the Scottish Police Services Authority from April 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenue expenditure by local authorities on pre-primary education was per child (a) in Scotland and (b) broken down by local authority in 2004-05.
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26685 on 20 June 2006.
There have been no prosecutionscompleted in relation to offences of controlling a child providing sexual servicesunder Section 11 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences(Scotland) Act 2005 since this act came into force in October 2005.Prior to this time, there wasno specific offence of controlling or managing a child involved in pro...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the performance of NHS Scotland in the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisal guidance, Acute coronary syndromes - clopidogrel (No. 80).
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.