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The impact of this change is currently being evaluated by the Executive under the Scottish Drug Misuse Research Programme. The final report of the study will be made available later this year.
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Date answered:
9 February 2005
The Scottish Executive has published research which describes good practice in prescribing, and clearly explains the risk to public health of re-using and sharing injecting equipment. A range of training programmes delivered by Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol addresses attitudes towards drug use and drug users.The Right Medicine - A Strategy for Phar...
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Date answered:
3 February 2005
In addition, climatechange is a cross-cutting theme in the strategic research strategy for the Environmentand Rural Affairs Department. The current five year Programme of research includeswork which will seek to improve our understanding of how we might minimise carbonloss from - and promote carbon sequestration in - Scottish soils, including peatlands.
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Date answered:
20 January 2005
This acts as an incentive onthem to minimise their packaging use.In addition, we support the InnovationFund, run by the Waste and Resources Action Programme, to help retailers minimisewaste from packaging and products.
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Date answered:
15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the breakdown is of the basic components of its annual cost per prisoner place of £33,800, including food provision, building programmes, staff costs, and other costs.
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Date answered:
9 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote healthy living and reduce childhood obesity. Our health improvement programme focuses strongly on improving diet for all age groups, starting with children, and raising physical activity levels – a combined approach endorsed by the World Health Authority.
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Date answered:
17 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has received from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) regarding the proposed Quality and Standards III investment programme for Scottish Water and whether this includes advice about compatibility with the EU Water Framework Directive.
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Date answered:
9 November 2004
This small unit relocation represents a significant step forward in the Executive’s programme for moving public sector job opportunities across Scotland.
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Date answered:
8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each NHS board area for access to drug misuse treatment programmes. This information is not held centrally.