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To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its departments and agencies have (a) overspent or (b) underspent their budgets in each year since 1999, broken down by department, agency and amount of overspend or underspend. The following table sets outthe Scottish Executive’s and its External Bodies’ outturn variance against budgetfor the period from 1999-2000...
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Date answered:
22 March 2006
Details of contacts with out-of-hours services are thensent to the patient’s own GP practice the next working day, for follow-up if requiredand for information.NHS 24’s outcomes direct patients to the mostappropriate care setting – as do those of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
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Date answered:
26 January 2006
The numbers of graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions in the seven specified subjects are shown in the following table. Graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions by specified subject 1999-2000 to 2003-04 Academic Year Total Postgraduate First degree Other HE (a) Physics ...
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Date answered:
23 January 2006
The information requested is provided in the following tables. The data given refer to prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, but do not take into account medicines dispensed by hospitals and hospital-based clinics.
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Date answered:
19 January 2006
The Scottish Further andHigher Education Funding Council (SFHEFC) has recently published their Learningfor All report following a root and branch review of widening participation.That report sets out a programme of action to allow the people of Scotland equalopportunity to participate in lifelong learning that matches their hopes, talents,efforts and needs....
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Date answered:
18 January 2006
The information requested is provided in the following tables. Expenditure represents full costs including staff, materials, cash and overheads and also includes expenditure on heritage work but not deer management operations.
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Date answered:
12 December 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows: The Scottish Executive makes provision for a range of funds that are targeted to help close the opportunity gap across Scotland, and lend support to community projects like the Castlemilk Youth Projects.
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Date answered:
23 November 2005
The information is given in the following table: Deaths in Scotland where Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease1 was the Underlying Cause 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Scotland 2,941 2,825 2,836 2,840 3,014 2,752 Aberdeen City 117 10...
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Date answered:
17 November 2005