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Fuel Duty Rebate wasreplaced by Bus Service Operators Grant with effect from 1 July 2002. Theinformation sought is as follows. Financial Year Expenditure on Bus Fuel Duty (£ million) Expenditure on Bus Service Operators Grant (£ million) 1997-98 32.130 - 1998-99 37.867 - 1999-2000 45...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2003
The latest availableinformation is shown in the following table:NHSScotland – Average AvailableOccupied Beds; Facility Designated for the Long Stay Care of the Elderly; by SelectedHealth Board Area; Year Ending 31 March 2003 Health Board Average Occupied Beds Argyll and Clyde 387 Ayrshire and Arran 253 Dumfries and...
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Date answered:
14 November 2003
However the number of PLCs having their registered officesin Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year since1997 is as follows: 1997 18 1998 16 1999 23 2000 21 2001 29 2002 21 S2W-03668
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2003
The number of cases wherethe Scottish Criminal Record Office has submitted fingerprint evidence incriminal cases in the last three years is as follows: 2000-01 343 2001-02 235 2002-03 276 During that period,fingerprint experts gave evidence on 25 occasions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2003
Expenditure on the campaign over themonths requested is as follows: Jan Feb Mar April May £548,010 £347,012 £181,758 nil nil June July Aug Sept Oct £66,070 £89,939 £435,740 £185,778 £6,956 S2W-03235
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2315 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 September 2003, whether the median waiting times given in that answer include the waiting period for a hearing test following a GP referral but prior to referral to a consultant and, if not, what the total median waiting time period has been including that w...
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Date answered:
8 October 2003
We recognise that those releasedfrom custody in such circumstances may require help to resettle in the community.Local authorities have a duty under the Social Work (Scotland) Act1968 to provide advice, guidance and assistance on request within 12 months of aperson’s release from custody. This includes those released following an appealagainst conviction an...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S2W-1326 and S2W-1327 by Ross Finnie on 31 July 2003, what funds remain to be allocated under the transitional aid scheme for the fishing industry and whether it plans to allow the continuation of applications whilst funds remain available. We anticipate that, following outstanding payments ...