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4 October 2004
S2W-10891
The success of measures contained in supervision requirements is reviewed at Children’s Hearings. In its role of ensuring the best possible value for money is achieved by councils, Audit Scotland looked at this area in 2002 and in 2003 conducted a follow up report Dealing with Offending by Young People; Audit Scotland also collect and publish information re...
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21 July 2004
S2W-09362
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advises all UK Health Departments on issues relating to vaccination and immunisation, based on currently available scientific evidence.At its June meeting, the committee agreed that the 2004-05 programme should again focus on protecting older people (65 years and over) and younger people, who have specified on-going medical conditions that make them particularly susceptible to flu and its often attendant complications.As a future development, the committee also accepted its Influenza Panel's recommendation that the free flu vaccinations should be offered to essential carers of the elderly or disabled people at the discretion of the GP, where sickness in the carer might jeopardise home care arrangements. Discussions on how best...
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20 April 2004
S2W-07445
It has encouraged consensus among partners about how best to deliversustainable economic development that tackles problems ranging from peripheralityto urban deprivation.
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15 April 2004
S2W-07163
It is for local authorities,in the first instance, to ensure that such arrangements secure Best Value. Thisbecame a statutory obligation on commencement of relevant sections of the LocalGovernment in Scotland Act 2003, and is now backed by an audit and enforcementframework in which the Accounts Commission for Scotland takes a key role.
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11 March 2004
S2W-06258
From this year the Accounts Commission will be auditingthese arrangements and reporting publicly their assessment of the results.Scottish Ministers havepowers under the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 to issue directions tolocal authorities to take such action or accept such conditions that theMinisters specify if the Ministers are satisfied that the local authority is notcomplying with its duty to secure Best...
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Date answered:
27 January 2004
S2W-05272
Future repayments (andtherefore the resource cost) are difficult to forecast as they depend on a widerange of factors. Our best estimate are that raising the repayment threshold to£15,000 would increase the resource cost to Scottish Executive by around £17million.
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Date answered:
26 January 2004
S2W-05332
We are aboutto commence a public consultation on how best to take forward the assessmentand extending the concessionary bus fare scheme to a national off-peak schemefor older and disabled people.Ministers have also approveda £0.5 million per annum budget to pilot rural demand responsive transportbetween 2004-06 and a further £0.5 million per annum to pilot ...
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19 January 2004
S2W-05431
It is for the local authorities to determine how best to use thatfinancial support in the light of local needs and circumstances.
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Date answered:
25 November 2003
S2W-04024
The document sets out a vision for maternityservices in Scotland, and provides a “template” for best practice inmaternity care for use by NHS service planners and the clinical professionalswho are responsible for delivering these services.The report of the ExpertGroup on Acute Maternity Services published in December 2002 specified therange of services for ...
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Date answered:
19 August 2003
S2W-01635
It is for local authorities and NHS services locally to decide on the best way to provide respite services to meet local needs and priorities.
