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The funding council and its predecessors provided funding as follows: Year Support (£) Enrolments* 1996-97 6,574,925 6,770 1997-98 7,432,900 7,290 1998-99 8,346,450 9,485 1999-2000 8,386,494 10,660 20...
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Date answered:
12 December 2005
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows: The contract does not require the contractor to employ registered mental nurses but does commit the contractor to having “nursing staff with mental nursing skills and qualifications.I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-17042 on...
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Date answered:
8 December 2005
In addition to this funding, the following GAE resources have been identified to support the delivery of core youth justice services: East Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire 2005-06 £394,000 £834,000 2006-07 £405,000 £856,000 2007-08 £407,000 £862,000 Bot...
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Date answered:
8 December 2005
In 2005-06, the Treasury Discount rate changed from 3.5% to 2.2% in accordance with PES Paper PES (2004) 04 – Guidance On Managing The Change In The Discount Rate For Pensions and Other Long-Term Liabilities. This paper can be found at the following link:http://www.hm-treasury.gsi.gov.uk/psd/pes_papers/pespaper/pespaper_2004/pes0404.htm.For 2006-07 and 2007...
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Date answered:
7 December 2005
The number of Government Car Service vehicles that have been sold since 1999 and the cost each was sold for is shown in the following table. Year (April to March) Number of Cars Sold Selling Price (£) 1999-2000 0 - 2000-01 8 1,203.00 1,253.00 1,303.00 4,753.00 ...
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Date answered:
7 December 2005
The number of cars that have been purchased since 1999, and the cost of each car is shown in the following table: Year (April to March) Number of Cars Purchased Cost (£) 1999-2000 4 21,197.02 21,197.02 21,197.02 21,197.02 2000-01 13 15,680.00 15,680.00 ...
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Date answered:
1 December 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows: Communities Scotland, as regulator, is actively working with Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) to establish how the recent developments on the procurement of services affect GHA’s registration conditions.An amendment has now been introduced to the...
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Date answered:
22 November 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows: When compared with the level of efficiency for regular boilers required under the current Scottish building regulations, installation of condensing boilers as direct replacements can be difficult to justify in terms of cost-effectiveness or energy...
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Date answered:
21 November 2005
Community hospitals which have opened and closed since 1997 are as follows. Name of Hospital Opened/Closed Date Eastbank Hospital Largely services for the elderly: transferred in part to the Ninian Ward in the Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall, and in part to social services care Closed 02-04-2000 ...
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Date answered:
21 November 2005
Information on NHS waiting times and lists is collected centrally only for first out-patient appointments at consultant-led clinics, following referral by a general medical or dental practitioner, at specialty level only, and for in-patient and day case treatment.