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To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the healthy living programme. The healthy living campaign wasevaluated as part of NHS Health Scotland’s 2004-2005 Communication Tracking Survey.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2005
Information on the percentage of people living an alcohol–free lifestyle following alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation programmes is not held centrally.
Kenny MacAskill declared an interest by saying that he lives in south Edinburgh. I will make a revelation—or confession—by saying that I, too, live in south Edinburgh, in the Inch.
When my daughter lived and worked in Ireland, I was no further removed from her than I was from my sister who lives in Yorkshire, who was in the same state as me but in a different country.
Parental drug or alcohol misuse was involved in 40 per cent of the cases that came before children's panels in 2002. Children of parents whose lives are dominated by drug misuse will have their lives also dominated by it.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is represented on the committee that vets Healthy Initiative Living Centre project proposals. The Scottish Executive Health Department has observer status on the New Opportunities Fund's Scotland Healthy Living Centre Committee, which considers and makes decisions on applicat...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to reduce the risk of children living in disadvantaged areas being involved in road accidents, following its Central Research Unit's findings in Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people leaving special schools last year (a) returned to live with their parents, (b) moved into supported accommodation, (c) moved into adult residential care, (d) went on to live independently and (e) moved into any other housing and/or care arrangement.
As other members have said, the report makes it clear that most people who are living in multiple deprivation do not live in the 15 per cent of communities that are most deprived.
Finally,our Diaspora Strategy aims to encourage the diaspora’s active participation andengagement in promoting Scotland as a great country to visit, live, learn,work, do business and invest, as well as considering returning to Scotlandthemselves.