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Date answered:
29 August 2005
S2W-18259
The high international regard for this work can be seen in the fact that in October 2004 the Financial Times’ FDI Magazine awarded Dundee the title of “European Cities of the Future – Best FDI Promotion Strategy”. The Scottish Executive and its agencies continue to work to attract the kind of inward investment to Dundee which has helped make it an internati...
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Date answered:
18 July 2005
S2W-17482
The quality of a fingerprint mark is at its best between the ages of 16 and 50, and it is recognised that occupational or leisure activities can scar the fingers to the extent that a detrimental effect on accuracy can result for some people.Work on developing iris (rather than retina) and facial recognition systems has been carried out by the United Kingdom...
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Date answered:
7 February 2005
S2W-13811
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the evidence to the Audit Committee on 25 January 2005 by the Head of the Health Department and Chief Executive of the NHS in Scotland, how continuing professional development will be measured for those consultants who have not accepted the new contract and what action will be taken to ensure best value for patient...
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Date answered:
10 December 2004
S2W-12605
In considering how to encourage the spread of best practice, the Executive proposes to take the recommendations of the report into account as part of the National Framework for Service Change work on new approaches in Scotland to the management of long-term conditions.
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Date answered:
1 November 2004
S2W-11005
A requirement of the appointed travel agent is to ensure best value for money is achieved when arranging air travel for officials.Between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002 the total cost including tax of air travel in Great Britain undertaken by Scottish Executive officials was £1,249,970.
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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.
