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To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30376 by Mr Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002, how much of the fixed element of the variable payment for the 48 additional prisoner places in HM Prison Kilmarnock, referred to in paragraph 6 of schedule E to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock P...
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Date answered:
18 November 2002
The national target in relation to out-patient waiting, set out in Building a Better Scotland, which was published on 12 September 2002, is that, by 2006, no patient should wait more than six months for a first out-patient appointment.
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Date answered:
12 November 2002
Under section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended, local authorities are required "to secure that there is made for their area adequate and efficient provision of school education and further education."
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Date answered:
8 November 2002
Such powers would be exercised on behalf of Scottish ministers by Historic Scotland. There are currently no plans to exercise these powers in respect of Castle Tioram.
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Date answered:
24 October 2002
The Scottish Executive is actively addressing the staffing issue on a Scotland-wide basis. The wide range of our activities includes the National Recruitment and Awareness Campaign, which I launched on 22 October.
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Date answered:
17 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18802 by Angus MacKay on 19 November 2001, whether it will list the number of (a) public appointments made to non-departmental public bodies, (b) appointees that declared a political affiliation and (c) appointees affiliated to each of the political parties in Scotland since 1 April 2001....
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Date answered:
17 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made for free central heating installation in each of the 10 Scottish parliamentary constituencies in Central Scotland under its central heating programme; how many of these applications have been approved, and how many installations have been carried out.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 October 2002
His response is as follows:It was recognised that the Health Care Standards required revision to improve auditibility.The SPS has recently been in contact with the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland to identify how our standards could be improved.
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Date answered:
11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of offenders arrested for the possession of a knife in each year since 1993 were under the age of 18 in (a) Scotland and (b) each police force area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 October 2002
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa. The procedures in the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 for the protection of articles owned by third parties from poinding and warrant sale are well established.