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However, in his third annual report Progress with Complexity,published in January this year, the Chief Social Work Inspector found that of atotal of around 11,400 looked after children and young people in Scotland, severalhundred have no social worker (see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/prco.pdf).Audit Scotland also published information on children onsupervision requirements without an allocated social worker in their follow...
The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) pilot areas have spent as follows: Financial Year 1999-2000 (£) 2000-01 (£) 2001-02 (£) 2002-03 (£) 2003-04 (£) East Ayrshire 892,479 1,316,653 1,161,000 1,140,500 Not available Dund...
I apologise for this error.The total number of patientswaiting for a first appointment with a consultant, following referral by a GP,at the beginning of February, was indeed 1,069.
The number of MSPs and staff that have been issued with vouchers under the Parliament’s childcare voucher scheme in each calendar year since the inception of the scheme and the total cost for each year is as follows: Jan 02 to Dec 02 Jan 03 to Dec 03 Jan 04 to Feb 04 MSPs 5 7 5 MSPs Staff ...
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Date answered:
26 February 2004
The Stage 1debate took place on 25 February.The reportfrom the summary justice review committee chaired by Sheriff Principal McInneshas been submitted to ministers and I expect to make an announcement on itspublication in the near future.We have setup the National Criminal Justice System Board following the recommendations of the Normand report.We are alsoc...
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Date answered:
24 February 2004
The announcement of £400,000,which follows discussions between the Scottish Executive, Lothian and Borders Policeand the Scottish Borders Council, represents additional capital consent.
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Date answered:
5 February 2004
Ihave met the Transport and General Workers Union to discuss their concerns. Thisis being followed up by officials who have recently met representatives of theConfederation of Passenger Transport and the head of security at First Bus in Scotland.More immediately, the Scottish Executive is, through the Public Transport Fund, supporting theinstallation of CCT...
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Date answered:
22 January 2004
This dialogue willconsider over the next few months how best to ensure that affordable housing of the right size,type, tenure and quality is provided in the right places in future in bothurban and rural areas.Thisinitiative follows the Executive’s announcement last October of an extra £10 millionover the next two years to increase further the housing invest...
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Date answered:
19 January 2004
The information requested isshown in the following table. Percentage of First Out-patient Appointments seen within 39 weeks of Referral Date Percentage of First Out-patient Appointments seen within 52 weeks of Referral Date 94.0% 97.0% Note: Data is for quarterend September 2003, and should be considered provisional.In-patient/Day c...
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Date answered:
19 January 2004
The main grant fundingallocated to Argyll and Bute Council are shown in the following table. (£ million) 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Aggregate External Finance 110.1 108.0 107.7 110.9 113.5 121.8 136.7 Capital Allocations 14.7 16.9...