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I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23342 on 7 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19699 on 21 January 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Transport services will vary within each NHS board area across Scotland. Community and Demand Responsive Transport services play a vital role in providing access to NHS facilities in areas where public transport services are limited.

Under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2004, Regional Transport Partnerships have a legal requirement to develop Access to Healthcare Strategies and address the issues for their areas. Regional Transport Partnerships continue to work with local authorities and health boards to mainstream travel plans and work with local partners to promote more active and sustainable travel.

The Scottish Government is providing local government with record levels of funding over the period 2008-11. It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resources available to it (including those provided under the Enhanced Demand Responsive Transport Initiative) on the basis of local needs and priorities.

The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government or the Scottish Ambulance Service.

However, the Scottish Ambulance Service is committed to reducing the number of times it is unable to provide transport and will continue to work with NHS boards to do so.

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) Patient Transport Service will take patients to their appointments wherever they are being held. This will include clinics held outwith hospital premises.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23342 on 7 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23342 on 7 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The Getting it Right for Every Child programme is a long-term transformational change programme across services'' culture, systems and practice to improve outcomes for children and young people across Scotland. It is being developed through pathfinder projects and learning partnerships rather than legislation and thus does not impose any statutory obligations although the relevant police forces are key partners in these projects.

The Getting it Right for Every Child programme is a long-term transformational change programme across services'' culture, systems and practice to improve outcomes for children and young people across Scotland. It is being developed through pathfinder projects and learning partnerships rather than legislation and thus does not impose any statutory obligations. As the programme focuses on ensuring that children and young people receive appropriate, proportionate and timely support its implications, in terms of the criminal justice system, are more for the police as a service responding immediately to children and young people who may have support needs rather than the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

The proposals for a Scottish quota management and licensing system would apply to all Scottish vessels and quota holders as defined in the consultation document Safeguarding Our Fishing Rights: The Future of Quota Management and Licensing in Scotland - Interim outcome of consultation report.