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Date answered:
3 May 2001
S1W-15098
As a result of an anomaly in the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc Act 2000, only parents whose children will be five or over when they start school are eligible to make a legal placing request.
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Date answered:
1 May 2001
S1W-14966
The objective of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical care for patients in Scotland by developing, publishing and disseminating guidelines which identify and promote good clinical practice on the basis of the best evidence we have.
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Date answered:
25 April 2001
S1W-13507
In accordance with established guidance applicable to the collection of data on waiting, which has been in place since 1989, patients are placed on deferred admission waiting lists where: there are personal, social or medical constraints at the time of deciding to admit which prevent them from accepting a normal hospital admission date if offered, for example because of their business or holiday commitments; or they do not attend for an arranged hospital admission date and give no advance warning; or hospital admission for treatment has been arranged for them, but they were sent home at the time of admission, or shortly afterwards, because they were assessed as being clinically unsuitable for treatment at that time, or their admission is being arranged, on a "one-off" basis, to give carers respite from their caring responsibilities.The all-Scotland...
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Date answered:
20 April 2001
S1W-13348
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will use in deciding whether to grant approval to proposed GM crop trial sites; in particular, how it will decide whether such trials pose a threat to (a) the environment and (b) public safety and whether it will make details of any such criteria public in advance of the formal notification of any proposed sites in Scotland. Statute requires that decisions on whether to approve the growing of a particular GM crop on specific sites are based solely on scientific evidence.
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Date answered:
20 April 2001
S1W-14927
To ask the Scottish Executive what the value to the economy of people taking (a) sailing/cruising, (b) nature, (c) geneaology, (d) adventure, (e) golfing, (f) snow sports, (g) mountaineering/climbing, (h) fishing, (i) hunting/shooting, (j) walking and (k) coach holidays in Scotland was in each year since 1995. Information for 1995-98 is not available.
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Date answered:
20 April 2001
S1W-14159
In response to early recommendations from the independent Review Group on the Retention of Organs at Post-Mortem, which I set up under the chairmanship of Professor Sheila McLean to advise the Executive on this highly sensitive issue, the Chief Executive of the NHS in Scotland wrote to all Trusts on 17 January indicating that they should nominate a fully-tr...
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Date answered:
11 April 2001
S1W-14588
We are also undertaking detailed reviews of the Edinburgh operations of six public bodies based on lease breaks and other operational factors.We expect to be in a position to make a decision on the location of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency shortly and on the Health Education Board for Scotland by mid-2001. S1W-14588
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Date answered:
9 April 2001
S1W-14081
Existing guidance provided by the Scottish Executive Education Department and Learning and Teaching Scotland to education authorities and schools already emphasise the benefits to pupils' health and general well-being of providing a balanced and varied programme of sport and other forms of physical education within the school curriculum.Sportscotland works ...
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Date answered:
3 April 2001
S1W-14306
If an application for planning permission for a landfill site at Mid-Lairgs were to be made, the National Waste Strategy: Scotland and National Planning Policy Guidelines would be important factors in its determination by the local authority.
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Date answered:
30 March 2001
S1W-13807
These initiatives, set out in Towards a Healthier Scotland, Eating for Health and Our National Health, introduce measures such as the appointment of a National Diet Action Co-ordinator and the establishment of a Physical Activity Task Force.
