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Provisional information forthe year ended 30 September 2003 shows that the median waiting times for a firstoutpatient appointment with a consultant in the specialty of Orthopaedics,following referral by a general medical practitioner, in Greater Glasgow NHSBoard and Forth Valley NHS Board areas of residence, were 129 days and 230 daysrespectively.Waiting ti...
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Date answered:
23 January 2004
Those arrangements were agreed because it wasrecognised that the enhanced funding allocated for concessionary travel underthe local government formula grant arrangements might not be sufficient to meetthe costs arising following the introduction of free local off-peak travel insome cases.
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Date answered:
18 December 2003
Scottish Borders Council hasbeen allocated the following amounts of grant under the Rural Transport PublicPassenger Transport Grant Scheme, which is part of the Rural Transport Fund: Year Amount (£ Million) 1999-2000 0.158 2000-01 0.167 2001-02 0.193 2002-03 0.212 2003-04 0.230 ...
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Date answered:
18 December 2003
Rural Transport Fund moniessince 2001-02 have been allocated as follows: Rural Public Passenger Transport Grant (£ million) Rural Community Transport Initiative (£ million) Rural Petrol Stations Grant (£ million) 2001-02 4.3 0.8 0.4 2002-03 4.7 0.9 0.4 2003-04 ...
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Date answered:
24 November 2003
For Bus Fuel Duty, replacedfrom 1 July 2002 by Bus Service Operators Grant, the rate of rebate paid onultra low sulphur diesel, the fuel predominantly used by bus operators, havebeen as follows: Effective Date Rebate (pence per litre) 1997 25.14 18 March 1998 29.85 10 March 1999 35.07 22 March 2000 3...
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Date answered:
19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address the time taken for police reports to reach the Children's Reporter, given that Audit Scotland's report Dealing with offending by young people - A follow-up report indicates that two police forces had no such data available and that 28% of cases recorded by the Central Scotland police force...
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Date answered:
19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that all young adults on probation have action plans as required in the national objectives and standards for social work services in the criminal justice system, as recommended in Audit Scotland's report Dealing with offending by young people - A follow-up report. We are currently consider...
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Date answered:
19 November 2003
The numbers of policeofficers in Scotland in each year between 1990 and 2000 (at 31 Decemberin each year) are shown in the following table. Equivalent information for thenumber of officers deployed by Lothian and Borders Police in the City of Edinburgh Council area over this period is not held centrally and is a matter for Lothianand Borders Police. 199...
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Date answered:
17 November 2003
The most recent availableinformation on electricity from all sources in Scotland, for 2001, iscontained in the following table. Year Source Output (GigaWatt/Hours) % % (UK) 2001 Nuclear 18,097 37.0 5.4 Coal 15,789 32.3 4.7 Gas 9,800 20....
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
The amounts paid out bySEERAD under the main Common Agricultural Policy Schemes in 2002 and brokendown by region are as follows: £ million North East Scotland 81.49 East Scotland 131.35 South Western Scotland 84.86 Highlands and Islands 68.70 Summary details of the CAPpayments made are published ...