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The PAU has carried out pilot audits of three planning authorities' development plan procedures, to identify best practice and changes that might be made to improve procedures.
The Executive has also set up the new Effective Interventions Unit to examine and promote best practice in the management of the treatment of drug misusers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 August 2000
The Scottish Executive is committed to building a Scotland in which every family is able to support itself and where every child has the best possible start in life.It is not possible to identify separately all funding which benefits families but specifically we have introduced targeted initiatives such as Sure Start Scotland which provides support for fami...
It will compare different types of initiatives and consider best practice. Guidelines to be produced in the light of the research will advise local authorities and community organisations on how to establish and run a road safety initiative.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 February 2000
It will be for each local authority to decide how to provide or purchase care that meets the registration standards and accords with Best Value principles.Local Authority Operated Residential Care Homes as at 31 March 1998Number of homes LOCAL AUTHORITYAberdeen City20Aberdeenshire20Angus8Argyll & Bute9Clackmannanshire2Dumfries & Galloway13Dundee City18East ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 1999
In order to protect the food chain and the environment near the Sellafield site, those authorisations contain a clause requiring the operator to take the best practicable means to reduce the level of radioactivity in discharges from the site.