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In solemn criminal appeals againstconviction, a significant further period follows sift during which parties tothe appeal may have various procedural matters to attend to and during whichthe court is not in a position to progress the appeal.The above figures arecurrent as at 11 January 2008 and do not include bail appeals which are dealt withexpeditiously.
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Date answered:
16 January 2008
The SPCB invited expressions of interestfrom MSPs on 8 October 2007 for the remainder of positions but did not require membersto provide details of background or expertise in design or fine art.The following members expressedtheir interest:Labour (4): Patricia FergusonMSP, Ken Macintosh MSP, Frank McAveety MSP, Cathy Peattie MSPSNP (4): Roseanna CunninghamM...
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Date answered:
11 December 2007
Thisonly relates to households which have been placed in temporary accommodation bya local authority under the Homeless Persons legislation, and includeshouseholds for whom the local authority’s decision and final action is stillpending, as well as households which were secured such accommodation as a finalaction.The following tablegives the number of house...
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Date answered:
10 December 2007
However,information on the number and rateable value of non-domestic properties whichmay be eligible for relief under the Small Business Bonus scheme is availablefor each of the local authority areas concerned on the Scottish Assessors Portalwww.saa.gov.uk. This information is shownas follows: Number of Properties Rateable Value of Property ...
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Date answered:
28 November 2007
The numbers of children attending pre-school education as ofJanuary 2007 in the areas specified are provided as follows. Information is notheld on the number of families with children in pre-school education.The figures usedare the number of three, four and five-year-old children in pre-schooleducation at January 2007 and are taken from the Pre-school and C...
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Date answered:
14 November 2007
The objective is to give owners and prospective buyers information about the energy efficiency of the properties concerned and to encourage investment in energy efficiency measures by enabling potential purchasers to compare buildings in terms of their likely fuel costs. Specifically, the following information will be included: an assessment of the CO2-imp...
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Date answered:
31 October 2007
Patients dischargedfrom hospitals in NHS Tayside who came into hospital through emergency admissionfrom 2003-04 to 2005-06, and for whom there was an alcohol-related diagnosis areshown in tables 1 and 2 as follows. The age standardised rates for these years arealso shown.Information regardingthe numbers of emergency admissions for specific diagnoses is not...
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Date answered:
31 October 2007
Patients dischargedfrom hospitals in NHS Tayside who came into hospital through emergency admissionfrom 2003-04 to 2005-06, and for whom there was an alcohol-related diagnosis areshown in tables 1 and 2 as follows. The age standardised rates for these years arealso shown.Information regardingthe numbers of emergency admissions for specific diagnoses is not...
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Date answered:
23 October 2007
However, the marketing campaign every year is subject to an evaluation which will inform decisions about the campaign in subsequent years, and the work being carried out by the Seasonal Flu Review group on increasing uptake will also give consideration to improving uptake amongst other groups. The following is the original answer (published on 23 Octobe...
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Date answered:
21 September 2007
A breakdown of this expenditure is presented in the following table. Spend (Gross) Health Alcohol £222 Flu £26,607 NHS Careers £3,709 Organ Donation £56,243 Race £886 Total £87,667 Education Children’s Hearings £154,669 ...