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Date answered:
27 October 2004
S2W-11015
In deciding the extent of publication of any future contract for private prisons, the SPS will need to consider (at that time) whether the harm likely to arise from the publication of certain information outweighs the public interest in releasing the information. The code of practice provides best practice guidance to public authorities to help them comply ...
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Date answered:
29 June 2004
S2W-09065
I am committed to ensuring that the Scottish Executive’s expenditure delivers the best possible value to the people of Scotland.In order to support this objective, the Executive has introduced a new system under which significant new spending proposals are reviewed through “Pre-Expenditure Assessments”.
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Date answered:
15 June 2004
S2W-07029
Thereafter it is for NHSScotland bodies to decide locally how best to utilise these funds to meet the healthcare needs of the population served, taking into account both national and local priorities.No specific allowance is made in this formula for the level or trend of land and property prices in health board areas.When considering the re-provision of hea...
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Date answered:
15 June 2004
S2W-08692
After consultation with professional advisers it was agreed that the best day surgery solution for patients would be the integration of new day surgery theatres and endoscopy facilities into the Ambulatory Care Hospital, thus ensuring that day surgery patients similarlybenefit from access to new facilities.
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Date answered:
10 June 2004
S2W-08358
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1F-1882 by Mr Jack McConnell on 9 May 2002, how often guidance to police forces is updated on (a) any innovations in detection and identification of date rape drugs and (b) best practice in dealing with victims of drug rape in order to maximise the ability to secure convictions.
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Date answered:
4 May 2004
S2W-07586
The initiatives include DCS working with ScottishNatural Heritage, Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Executive Environmentand Rural Affairs Department to address priority areas where grazing, in particularby wild deer, may be causing damage or where there are risks to public safety onroads; developing through a deer sector Steering Group a suite of Best PracticeGuides for all aspects of deer management, and developing clear policy guidanceon the use of deer fencing.
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Date answered:
4 May 2004
S2W-07606
Typical roles of co-ordinatorsinclude the promotion of the health and environmental benefits walking or cyclingto school, the promotion of best practice in individual schools, including SaferRoutes to School and advising on spending of CWSS allocations and co-ordinationof work across local authority departments.
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Date answered:
8 March 2004
S2W-06371
The Scottish Executive believes that both parents should continue to be involved in theirchild’s upbringing following separation or divorce, where this is practical andin the best interests of the child. The Children (Scotland)Act 1995 provides the court with sufficient powers to deal with the complexsituations that can arise when families are in transition...
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Date answered:
2 March 2004
S2W-06012
This responsibility includes deciding how to make best use ofservices in the independent sector.The Framework for MentalHealth Services in Scotland, published in 1997, sets out general guidanceon eating disorder services and encourages boards to consider a range ofapproaches, including regional models, for providing access to in-patient care.The Framework d...
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Date answered:
26 February 2004
S2W-05773
Of those patients whohave actually waited longer for in-patient or day case treatment than the valueof the 99th percentile there will be some whose waiting time isaffected because their doctor has agreed that the guarantee is not appropriatebecause: it would either not be in their best medical interests; theircondition is of low clinical priority; their tre...
