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The agencies involved in the discussions are the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, the Scottish Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the Scottish Criminal Record Office and the Crown Office.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to establish an independent legal inquiry to investigate (a) the award of a contract to construct the Skye bridge under the Public Finance Initiative and (b) the toll order on the Skye bridge. Partnership For Scotland commits the Scottish Executive to review the effects of the reductions to discounted tolls ...
The existing review of the local authority (non-housing) capital finance system is being taken forward under the auspices of the Capital Planning Committee of the Working Party on Local Government Finance in Scotland, comprising representatives of the Scottish Executive and COSLA.
We are working with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and transport operators to devise a scheme which will provide blind people with free concessionary travel on bus and rail services throughout Scotland. I am hopeful that such a scheme can be introduced on 1 December this year.
The Scottish Office and Locate in Scotland are making every effort to assist Volvo to find a buyer with a view to ensuring a continuing manufacturing presence on the Irvine site.
Annual recurring resources of £44.5 million are being made available to the NHS in Scotland specifically to tackle waiting lists and waiting times.Health Boards and NHS Trusts are currently implementing over 190 long-term projects designed to secure sustained reductions in waiting lists and waiting times.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2007
However, some of the Executive’s 17 agencies have regionalor area offices, e.g. Historic Scotland. Details of staff employed in regional orarea offices of Executive agencies are not held centrally.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2007
The government of the day also considered the relative economic values ofrod caught and net caught fish to the economy generally and to rural Scotland inparticular, and concluded that the value of a rod-caught fish was many times greaterthan the value of a net-caught fish.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2007
The Scottish Centre for Healthy WorkingLives, which was established in April 2005 within NHS Health Scotland, encouragesemployers to adopt workplace practices and policies that support and encourage healthand wellbeing.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2007
The latest statistics are shown as follows:Age of Head of Household, 2006 Local Authority 16-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75-84 85+ Total Stirling 11% 27% 28% 22% 9% 3% 100% Source: GROS household projections:http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/household-estimates-projections/household-projections-for-scotland...