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Childhood obesity figures forNHS Greater Glasgow are only available for pre-school children. The following tableshows the body mass index distribution inchildren receiving a 39 to 42 month review, up to 2001.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2006
Expenditure in each of the threeyears was as follows:2003-04: £25,7312004-05: £75,9342005-06: £58,758.This expenditure relates to threeresearch projects, awarded total funding of £493,546 during the period March 2000through to June 2007.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2006
Arrangements for the implementationof the European Commission’s proposed LIFE+ scheme have still to be finalised bythe European authorities.Scotland has had significant success in securing funding fromprevious LIFE programmes and the Executive and Scottish Natural Heritage are encouragingpotential applicants to build on this through the development of innovative futureprojects.Scottish Natural Heritage(SNH) has played an important role in the development and management of many LIFEprojects in Scotland and this involvement will be maintained in the lead upto and following...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2006
Specificallythese services are (a) CVD risk register (b) people with learning disabilitiesand (c) carers. The following table shows ITimplementation dates for each of these three enhanced services (GPASS practicesonly): Enhanced Service Date of IT implementation (a) CVD risk register: Phase 1: 30 May 2006 Phase 2: 30...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2006
In the PA post code area the number of properties that have benefited from the Central Heating Programme in the private sector, since the programme began in September 2001 until September 2006, is 4,294.Information on numbers receiving concessionary travel cards is only available at local authority level. The following table shows the number of concessionar...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what further action it is taking following the arrival in the United Kingdom of a consignment of unauthorised genetically modified rice which had been originally certified as being GM-free.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds it has provided to Pain Association Scotland and Pain Concern Scotland in each year since 1999. The following table sets outthe funding awarded to the Pain Association Scotland in each year since 1999: Year Section 9 Section 10 Section 16B Total 1999-2000 £15,45...
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Date answered:
18 October 2006
Scotland already has high levels of graduate retention and thesehave been increasing in recent years.The most recent data on graduatedestinations from Scottish higher education institutions and colleges show that80 per cent of graduates going into permanent employment following graduation in2004-05 gained employment in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 October 2006
Details of approved/rejectedapplications for wind farm developments under section 36 of the Electricity Act1989 over the last three years are set out in the following table:Section 36 Wind Farm Applications 2004 2005 2006 Approved 4 3 1 Rejected 0 0 1 There are 32 applicatio...