This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
The Scottish Executive introduced a similar policy for all its PPP projects in June 1999, and allpublic sector bodies are expected to follow suit. One of the conditions of fundingfor the schools PPP projects is that the full business case be made public.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure genetic diversity in small herds of cattle in remote areas following the withdrawal of livestock improvement schemes.
When the presumption was announcedin England in 1998, ministers in Scotland declined to follow suit but, rather, drewthe attention of Scottish local authorities to the importance of balancing all theeducational, financial and community issues which particular school closure proposalscan raise, and of taking account of representations made during the statuto...
The number of bookings and the hours ofuse are recorded, and this information is provided in the following table. Year Bookings Usage (hrs) 1999 594 1,023 2000 801 1,433 2001 759 1,241 2002 899 1,548 2003 1,064 1,835 S2W-07575
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to planning authorities concerning the assessment and mitigation of peat slide risk at wind farm sites and whether this advice was reassessed following the peat slide at Derrybrien in the Republic of Ireland which a report from Applied Ground Engineering Consultants states was triggered by the construc...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2004
All of the sexual offences under the law of Scotland areunderpinned by penalties that reflect the seriousness of the crime and enablethe appropriate punishment of the offender. Following registration, it is theresponsibility of the police in collaboration with the local authority socialwork services and other relevant agencies to carry out a risk assessmen...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2004
The information requested can be found in the following table.Staff in Band B and Above in Scottish Executive (Scottish Office) Core Departments at Time of Dismissal 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Dismissal for disciplinary reasons - ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2004
Where necessary NHS Quality Improvement Scotland willcarry out follow up visits. Any major issues can be address through the annualaccountability review process.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2004
The Scottish Executive does not hold this information.The Nursing and Midwifery council have provided the following information on Scottish cases referred to them for misconduct or lack of competence.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that, following NHS Lothians' review of better acute care, the acute medical and surgical admissions facilities at the Western General Hospital and St John's Hospital will not close.