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The size and make-up of the staffing of the Scottish Executive is mainly determined by the elected party’s programme for government. Development of the programme is usually based on decisions taken by ministers during the normal four year cycle of the Parliament.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any legislation that determines the placing of radiators installed under its central heating installation programme and, if so, what the legislation is.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2004
At its 2003 consensus conference The Scottish Programme for Clinical Effectiveness in Reproductive Health recommended that the upper age limit for accessing NHS-funded infertility treatment should be 41.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing a comprehensive diabetic retinopathy screening programme in each NHS board area. Health Department Letter(2003)23 requires each NHS board to have a comprehensive diabetic retinopathyscreening programme in its area by March 2006.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2002
Ministers and the Executive have made clear that autumn 2002 is the final round of the farm scale evaluation (FSE) programme and that there will be no commercial growing of GM crops pending the results of the FSE research programme and the outcome of the public debate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2002
Details of pilot future school projects supported by the Executive will be published shortly, in line with our commitment in Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government. S1W-29895
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that there is documentary evidence of a structured infection control programme in each hospital. Standard 5 of the Clinical Standards Boards for Scotland (CSBS) Infection Control Standards requires trusts to produce annual infection control programmes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 April 2002