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Forestry is now funded through the Scotland rural development programme as an element of the CAP, but the CAP has been very much an agricultural policy.
The Scottish Government recognises the importance of the rail freight sector in moving vital goods and materials across the country in a safe and sustainable way. A transformative programme of investment in the railway infrastructure to 2019, including the dedicated £30 million Scottish Strategic Rail Freight Investment Fund will support significant improve...
The first is that patients who have been urgently referred with a suspicion of cancer or are referred from one of the national cancer screening programmes, should begin treatment within 62 days.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 February 2016
£4.8 million will be invested in improving support for boards to identify enables and barriers to improving access and meeting Local Delivery Plan (LDP) standards through the creation of a ‘Mental Health Access Improvement Support Team’; £24.6 million will be invested to support workforce development to improve both the training and capacity of those providing psychological therapies to people of all ages; and £24.7 million will be invested to support boards to improve their capacity to meet the LDP standards and engage with the improvement programme...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 February 2016
The Quality, Efficiency and Support Team (QuEST) at the Scottish Government commissions, supports and leads a number of national programmes to support improvement in the quality, efficiency and value of healthcare within NHS Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2016
At a Spending Review Barnett consequentials are determined on a departmental level as opposed to a programme level. It is therefore not possible to isolate the financial impact of individual UK Government spending decisions.