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The available information for the relevant crime categories in the ScottishExecutive Justice Department classification of crimes and offences is given in the following table.Persons Convicted in Scottish Courts for Handling an Offensive Weapon1, 1992-2002 Year Possession of an Offensive Weapon3 Having in a Public Place an Article wit...
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Date answered:
24 January 2005
A breakdown of these totals is set out in the following table: Year Toll Revenue (£) Compensation Payments (£) 1995 397,599 0 1996 3,178,385 0 1997 3,253,993 0 1998 3,579,642 637,482 1999 3,666,434 712,723 2000 3,755,373 801,4...
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Date answered:
17 January 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:The following table gives details of the average cost of site acquisition per unit for affordable housing construction approved through registered social landlords and other bodies by Communities Scotland, and its predecessor organisation, in each o...
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Date answered:
13 January 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:The following table gives details of the number of units approved through Registered Social Landlords by Communities Scotland, and its predecessor organisation, since 1989-90.
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Date answered:
12 November 2004
Indicative specific traininggrant funding to local authorities for the financial years 2004-05, 2005-06 and2006-07 is as follows: £000 Aberdeen City 225 Aberdeenshire 168 Angus 116 Argyll and Bute 116 Clackmannanshire 61 Dumfries and Galloway 116 Dundee City...
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Date answered:
10 November 2004
The route to being able to apply for consultant posts within obstetrics and gynaecology is through attainment of the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) by Specialist Registrars (SpRs).NHS Education for Scotland are responsible for overseeing the management of the training programmes. The following table provides a breakdown, by postgrad...
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Date answered:
8 November 2004
As at 31 March 2004, the number of Blue Badge Holders as per each local authority region is as follows, Council Total Aberdeenshire 10,011 Angus 5,005 Argyll and Bute 3,701 Clackmannanshire 2,219 Dumfries and Galloway 8,041 Dundee City 6,327 East Ayrshire ...
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Date answered:
8 November 2004
It is a matter for the doctor’s clinical judgement what conditions should be recorded.The General Register Officer for Scotland (GROS) codes causes of death recorded by the certifying doctor following the Tenth Revision of WHO’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases ad Related Health Problems (ICD10).
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Date answered:
3 November 2004
Additional amounts were included in Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2005-2008 to enable police forces to fund additional recruitment and also as part of the levelling-up of Grant Aided Expenditure across forces following a recent review of the allocation methodology for police grant aided expenditure.