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The Government guidance that goes alongside the act is well out of date. We have had two further acts since that guidance was written—the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010—so the guidance needs to be brought up to date.
However, that is in conjunction with behavioural therapy, with the aim of reaching a tobacco cessation date. That is far more of a pathway to quitting any use of tobacco, whereas such a pathway is less in place for e-cigarette use.
Paragraph 6, at the top of page 5 of the NHS Highland report, states that “the actual year-to-date outturn position showed significant overspends against the budget each month.
I made a point, late in the afternoon on the first day, of having a telephone conference with the devolved ministers, in which Richard Lochhead was involved, to bring them up to date on what had happened that day so that I could get their comments.
There is training that is tailored to the individual’s needs and there is corporate training through seminars, which are sometimes bi-monthly and which ensure that people are up to date with what is happening and their role in the process.
The short answer is that, in Dumfries and Galloway, involvement from health has not, to date, been a significant factor. The process has largely been driven by the local authority and, within that, by social work services.
We will open HM Prison Low Moss, which has an additional 700 places; we will replace the old and dated Victorian prisons in Aberdeen and Peterhead with HMP Grampian; and the Shotts 2 development will come on board.