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The average household chargesare shown as follows for each year since 2000-01 when unified charges were introducedacross each of the areas covered by the former Water Authorities.
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Date answered:
27 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified nurses whose registration is current are aged (a) 60 to 64, (b) 65 to 68, (c) 69 and (d) 70 or more. The following table shows registerednursing and midwifery staff working in NHS Scotland by age.
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Date answered:
21 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following the previous Lord Advocate’s decision in August 2001 to take no criminal proceedings against the Scottish Criminal Record Office experts in respect of their misidentification of the Shirley McKie fingerprint, those experts were granted immunity from prosecution or whether it would be possible to commence pro...
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Date answered:
17 November 2006
The available information isgiven in the following table.Persons witha Charge Proved for Cycling Offences1 in Scottish Courts, 1999-2000 to2004-05 Offence 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Dangerously riding a bicycle or tricycle 4 3 5 3 4 - Carelessly or incons...
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Date answered:
14 November 2006
The number of permanent staffin the Scottish Executive core departments who have self-declared as having a visualdisability is shown in the following table, broken down by department and expressedalso as a percentage of the workforce.
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Date answered:
10 November 2006
A budget of £159 million hasbeen set for 2006-07. The process that operators follow to make claims againstthe scheme means that it is difficult to accurately profile projected paymentsthrough the year.
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Date answered:
9 November 2006
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.
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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.
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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...