| CSA Working Group | Aug 1999
| Not known | To review the process for payments of contribution by CSA and the flow of information to PCTs/Health Boards.
| None | 9 members: Child Support Agency x3
Health Boards x2
PCTs x3
Scottish Executive
|
| Digital Scotland Task Force | 22 Apr 1999
| Not known | To assist the Scottish Executive to inform the people of Scotland about the opportunities and the benefits of embracing digital technologies and to help set out a vision for a digital Scotland.
| Digital Scotland Task Force report - May 2000
| 25 members:
Apple Xemplar Education
BT Scotland
Cisco Systems
COSLA
Deputy Minister for Children and Education
Glasgow Telecolleges Network
IBM UK
ICL Scotland
Intertrader
Microsoft
Napier University
NTL Scotland
SCET
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Executive x3
Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education x2
Scottish Information and Library Services Council
Scottish Parliament
SUN Microsystems Scotland
Internet Society Scotland
Realise Group
THUS plc
VIS Interactive plc
|
| Drug Enforcement Forum | 3 March 1999
| Not known | To provide a forum in which law enforcement agencies and other bodies whose statutory powers might be brought to bear in combating drug-related crime to:
work within and help deliver the Government's drugs strategy "Tackling Drugs in Scotland-Action in Partnership"
keep drug enforcement policy under continuous review
monitor trends in drug related crime
consider the strategic direction co-ordinated enforcement action should take
make recommendations and provide advice to Scottish Ministers as necessary
| None | Deputy Chief Minister for Justice (Chair)
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
Benefits Agency
COSLA
Employment Service
HM Customs and Excise
Inland Revenue
National Crime Squad
National Criminal Intelligence Service
Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
Scottish Executive
UK Anti Drugs National Co-ordinator
|
| Drug Treatment and Testing Order Steering Group
| May 1999 | Not known
| To oversee the implementation in Glasgow and Fife of 2-year pilot projects for the introduction of drug treatment and testing orders with a view to applying the lessons learned to any future extension of the order to other areas of Scotland.
| None | 15 members:
CRU
Community Justice Services Division x2
Crown Office
Fife Council
Glasgow City Council Social Work Services
Judiciary
NHS Management Executive
PHPU
SDF
Solicitor
Strathclyde Police
SWSI
|
| Ethnic Minority Health Steering Group | Feb 1999
| | To share good practice regarding access to, and provision of, healthcare in Scotland for ethnic minorities; and to formulate a model and guidance for issue to the health service.
| N/A | 8 members
|
| Evaluation Team on the NHS Complaints Procedure
| Jan 1999 | | To provide an evaluation of how the NHS complaints procedure is operating across all parts of the NHS - hospital, community and primary care services.
| Report due Jan 2001 |
3 members:
The King's Fund
Public Attitude Survey
York Health Economics Consortium
|
| Expert Panel on Sex Offending | Feb 1998
| Feb 2001 | To:
take forward work on recommendations of the Skinner report 'A Commitment to Protect' as directed by the Chairman of the Panel
advise Scottish Ministers on any other relevant issues relating to sex offenders
provide, for Scottish Ministers, an annual summary of its past and planned future work.
| Report - Mar 2000 |
Lady Cosgrove (Chair)
Assistant Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow
Clinical psychologist
East Dunbartonshire Council
Greater Glasgow Community Health Care Trust
Peterhead Prison
State Hospital Carstairs
Strathclyde Police
|
| Getting Best Results Steering Group | Dec 1998
| Not known | To provide leadership, direction and co-ordination in the development of an effective practice initiative in all aspects of community supervision of offenders under the title "Getting Best Results".
| None | 10 members:
ADSW
Apex Scotland
Community Justice Services Division x2
COSLA x2
NCH Action for Children
SPS
SWRC
SWSI
|
| Health Monitoring Group | Not known
| Not known | To review selected conditions and detriments of health which have a major impact on the health of Scotland.
| None | 20 members
|
| HIV Health Promotion Strategy Review Group |
Aug 1998 | Not known
| To review the effectiveness of current HIV/AIDS health promotion activities by statutory and voluntary bodies in terms of preventing further spread of the virus, and to consider whether there should be any change in the emphasis and future direction of such activities, or how they are funded.
| Due to be finalised and put to Ministers
| 17 members |
| Homelessness Task Force | 17 Jun 1999
| Not known | To review the causes and nature of homelessness in Scotland; to examine current practice in dealing with cases of homelessness; and to make recommendations on how homelessness in Scotland can best be prevented and, where it does occur, tackled effectively.
| Helping Homeless People: Legislative Proposals on Homelessness - 4 Apr 2000
| Jackie Baillie (Chair; Deputy Minister for Communities)
14 members:
Angus Council
DSS
Edinburgh City Council
Glasgow Council for Single Homeless
Glasgow University
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Scottish Council for Single Homelessness
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Executive
Scottish Homes
Shelter
South Ayrshire Council
The Big Issue in Scotland
|
| Inter-Agency Forum on Women's Offending |
Aug 1998 | Aug 2001
| To oversee the work of an inter-agency project in Glasgow to resolve at a local level the issues identified in the joint Prisons and Social Work Inspectorate's Inquiry into Female Offenders in Scotland.
| Annual report due soon
| 21 members:
Douglas Inch Centre
Glasgow City Council x2
Greater Glasgow Health Board
HM Cornton Vale
JD x3
Judiciary x2
Ireland & Co
Partners in Learning Centre
Procurator Fiscal's Office
Sacro
SCRA
SCS
Strathclyde Police
SWSI
Turning Point
|
| Joint Future Group | 29 Dec 1999
| Not known | To agree a list of joint measures which all local authorities, health boards and trusts should have in place to deliver effective community care services, and to set deadlines by which this must be done.
| None | 12 members:
Aberdeenshire Council
COSLA x2
Deputy Minister for Community Care
Dundee City Council
Primary Care Trusts x3
Scottish Executive x3
Scottish Local Authority Management Centre
|
| Knowledge Economy Taskforce | 26 Jan 2000
| Mid-Oct 2000 | To review the progress being made in developing the knowledge economy in Scotland; to identify the key questions that need to be addressed by the Scottish Executive, with particular emphasis on personal knowledge, human skills, business management and innovation; and to identify the actions that need to be taken by the Scottish Executive.
| Report - mid Oct 2000 |
17 members:
Architect
Author
Chief executive x2
Director x4
Lawyer
Professor x2
Scottish Executive x2
Venture capitalist
|
| Kvaerner Energy Working Group | 2 Aug 1999
| | To assist Kvaerner Energy in finding a buyer for the operation who is committed to retaining and hopefully even expanding the existing workforce at Clydebank.
| None | 11 members:
Kvaerner Energy x2
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
MP
MSP
Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire
Scottish Executive x2
West Dunbartonshire Council
|
| Land Reform Consultative Panel on Land Use |
19 Jan 1999 | Not known
| To assist from time to time in the technical development of the Land Reform Policy Group's recommendations on land use.
| None | 47 members:
Aberdeenshire Council
Alcan, Smeling and Power UK
Association of Deer Management Group
Association of Scottish Community Councils
Assynt Crofting Trust
Bell Ingram Rural
British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Caingorms Partnership
Church of Scotland Church and Nation Committee
COSLA
Crofters Commission
Crown Estate Office
Deer Commission for Scotland
Department of Planning
East of Scotland Water
FWAG Scotland
Glasgow City Council x2
Highland Council
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Highlands and Islands Forum
Historic Scotland
John Muir Trust
Islay Land Use Forum
Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute x2
National Farmers' Union of Scotland
National Trust for Scotland
North Lanarkshire Council
North of Scotland Water
Ramblers Association
Reforesting Scotland
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland
Scottish Crofters Union
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Scotland Forestry Commission
Scottish Homes
Scottish Landowners' Federation
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Tourist Board
Scottish Wildlife & Countryside Link
Stornoway Trust
University of Aberdeen x2
University of Dundee x3
University of Paisley
West of Scotland Water
Woodland Trust
|
| Land Reform Consultative Panel on Land Ownership
| 19 Jan 1999 | Not known
| To assist from time to time in the technical development of the Land Reform Policy Group's recommendations on land ownership.
| None | As above
|
| Land Reform: Crofting Consultative Panel |
15 Jan 1999 | None
| To seek additional advice directly from organisations and knowledgeable individuals who can contribute to the development of the recommendations on crofting made by the Land Reform Policy Group; and to look at the technical development of the recommendations on crofting.
| None | 30 members:
Anderson MacArthur and Co, Solicitors
Argyll and Bute Council
Assynt Crofting Trust
Borve and Annishader Trust
Brodies
COSLA
Crofter x3
Crofting Law Group
Deer Commission for Scotland
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Highland Council x2
Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland x2
MacLeod and MacCullum, Solicitors
National Farmers' Union of Scotland
National Trust for Scotland
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland
Scottish Crofters Union
Scottish Land Court
Scottish Landowners' Federation
Shetlands Islands Council
Stornoway Trust
Valuation Office
Western Isles Council x2
|
| Ministerial Strategy Committee on Continuing Professional Development for Teachers
| 6 Nov 1999
(first meeting scheduled for Sep 2000)
| | To:
oversee the development and implementation of a national strategy for teachers' continuing professional development
ensure that the strategy reflects national priorities for school education, in particular the raising of standards and improvement in levels of attainment
ensure the effective promotion and marketing of CPD to teachers, parents, policy makers and other stakeholders
ensure the strategy, and standards and programmes forming part of the strategy, address future as well as current requirements of schools and teachers
consider any other strategic issues relating to teachers' professional development.
| None | Peter Peacock (Chair; Deputy Minister for Children and Education)
14 members:
Mr Mike Kinski, Transaction Director, Nomura Bank
Ms Ann Roberts, Director, Roberts Partnership
Anne Jakeman, Director of Learning, Bank of Scotland
Mr Gordon Jeyes, Director of Children's Services, Stirling Council
Sir Stewart Sutherland, Principal, University of Edinburgh
Professor Bart McGettrick, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow
Mr Matthew McIver, Deputy Registrar (Education), General Teaching Council
Dr Nigel Lawrie, Headteacher, Port Glasgow High School
Mrs Jeanette Deans, Headteacher, Kinneil Primary School
Ms Patsy Watt, St. Bride's High School
Mr David Haire, Penicuik High School
Miss Aileen Spence, Woodhill Primary School
Ms Elisabeth Morrison, Gleniffer High School
Dr Judith McClure, St George's School for Girls
HMSCI Douglas Osler
|
| National Care Standards Committee | Sep 1999
| Apr 2002 | To draft national standards in specific areas against which the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will register and inspect care services.
| None | 32 members:
· Accounts Commission for Scotland
· Association of Directors of Social Work
· Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
· British Association of Social Workers
· College of Occupational Therapy
· COSLA x2
· HM Inspectorate of Schools
· Lothian Health
· Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
· Registered Nursing Homes Association
· Royal College of Nursing Scottish Board
· Primary Care NHS Trust
· Scottish Association of Care Home Owners
· Scottish Consumer Council x2
· Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations x2
· Scottish Executive x3
· Scottish Health Advisory Service
· Scottish Homes
· Social Care Association
· STUC
· SWSI x5
· UNISON
|
| National Goose Management Review Group |
Apr 2000 | | To:
invite and evaluate applications for the local goose management schemes on an annual basis, ensuring that these accurately implement the national policy framework
conduct a multi-disciplinary review every five years, to ensure that goose management arrangements are consistent with national and international conservation obligations, minimise economic losses to farmers and maximise public value for money
oversee arrangements for monitoring protected geese populations.
| On-going activity. The NGMRG will evaluate and monitor bids annually.
| A Robertson (Chair; Chief Agricultural Officer, SERAD)
11 members:
British Association for Shooting and Conservation
National Farmers Union of Scotland
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SERAD x2
Scottish Crofters Union
Scottish Landowners Federation
Scottish Natural Heritage x2
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
|
| NPPG 1 Task Group | 25 Nov 1999
| 22 Sep 2000 | To assist the Scottish Executive in preparing a version of NPPG (National Planning Policy Guidance) and to address criticism that "NPPGs are conceived with limited discussion, no transparency of production… they do not fit readily with current participatory strengths of the planning process".
| Draft NPPG issued for consultation 4 Jul 2000
(Target date for publication of NPPG1 - 24 Nov 2000)
| 14 members:
Association for Preservation of Rural Scotland
Association of Scottish Community Councils
CBI Scotland
Commission for Local Administration in Scotland
COSLA
Renfrewshire Council
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Scottish Borders Council
Scottish Chambers of Commerce
Scottish House Builders Association
|
| Needlestick Injuries Working Group | 30 Mar 2000
| | To review the available data and information on preventing needlestick injuries, make recommendations on good practice and specifically consider the value of safety devices and make recommendations on their possible use in the NHSiS. The review will be based on risk assessment and take account of current practice and procedures and of the cost and benefit to the NHSiS of current and alternative practices. Recommendations to the Minister by the group should be practical, achievable and affordable and take account of current and planned health and safety laws.
| Due to be published shortly
| 19 members |
| New Deal Advisory Task Force for Scotland |
Jul 1997 | | To advise on policy and design issues in relation to the New Deal for Young People; to promote and market the New Deal to employers and encourage employer commitment; to monitor the progress of implementation; and to look at the coherence of the framework of the other New Deals and welfare to work initiatives in Scotland.
| None | Ian Robinson (Chair; Chief Executive of ScottishPower)
24 members
|
| New Housing Partnerships Steering Group |
Dec 1997 | | To help develop thinking on New Housing Partnerships, to assess proposals submitted by individual local authorities and to make recommendations to Ministers regarding the distribution of New Housing Partnership resources.
| New Housing Partnerships 1998-99 - May 1998
New Housing partnerships 1998-99 - Oct 1998
New Housing Partnerships 1999-2002 - Feb 1999
Glasgow New Housing Partnerships - Nov 1999
New Housing Partnerships Steering Group - June 2000
| David Belfall (Chair; Scottish Executive)
8 members:
Broomleigh Housing Association
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
COSLA
Scottish Executive x2
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Homes
|
| Non Clinical | 27 Mar 2000 |
| | None
| 8 members:
Argyll & Clyde Acute
Forth Valley PCT
Grampian Health Board
Greater Glasgow PCT
Health Department
Scottish Ambulance Service
Yorkhill
Willis Scotland UK
|
| Parents as Partners Strategy Group | 19 Jan 2000
| To be determined | To advise and assist in the development of strategies in schools and education authorities designed to improve effective involvement of parents through:
understanding and assisting their children's learning
addressing parental information needs at individual, school and authority level
responding to parents - including complaints procedures and advice services
seeking parental views on relevant issues.
| None | 10 members:
Association of Directors of Education in Scotland x2
Scottish Consumer Council x2
Scottish Executive x2
Scottish School Board Association
|
| Procurement Supervisory Board | 6 Jan 2000
| | To oversee the Scottish Executive's procurement strategy, advising on priorities and opportunities for improvement in the light of Ministers' wider objectives on efficiency, modernisation and competition in the public sector in Scotland.
| | John McClelland (Chair; 3 Com)
14 members, including representatives from:
Common Services Agency
Fife Council
Inland Revenue
National Australia Bank
Scottish Courage
|
| Race Equality Advisory Forum |
| | To advise the Executive on a strategy to address broad racial equality issues; prepare action plans to eradicate institutional racism; and advise on the best way to consult people with ethnic minority backgrounds.
| Action plans due to be published Sep 2000
| Jackie Baillie (Chair; Scottish Executive)
22 members:
Black Community Development Project
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
CBI
Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES)
Central Scotland Racial Equality Council
Commission for Racial Equality, Scotland
Community Service Volunteers Ethnic Minority Health Action Project in Glasgow
Enterprise Centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Falkirk Council
Fife Racial Equality Council
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Glasgow City Council x2
Grampian Racial Equality Council
Greater Glasgow National Health Service Primary Care Trust
Inverness College
NCH Action for Children's San Jai Chinese Project
Positive Action in Training and Housing Scotland
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
Scottish Ethnic Minority Research Centre
|
| Rehabilitation Technology Services Advisory Group (ReTSAG)
| Aug 1997 | | To address the recommendations of the 1996 National Services Division Review of the Prosthetic and Wheelchair Services. The Group will subsequently advise on the commissioning of quality services for the delivery of all types of rehabilitation technology in a way which ensures equity and consistency and which is in line with future government policy. It will also advise on how to facilitate the effective funding, co-ordination and dissemination of new developments in these service areas.
| None | 24 members:
Health Boards x6
NHS Trusts x10
Prosthetic user representative
Scottish Executive x4
Scottish Healthcare Supplies
University of Strathclyde
Wheelchair user representative
|
| Restriction of Liberty Order Pilot Project National Advisory Group
| 2 Apr 1998 | | To consider and advise on the following aspects of the restriction of liberty order pilot projects in advance of the start of the projects:
operational procedures for criminal justice agencies and the contractor
liaison and training arrangements
production of guidance and information
monitoring the progress of the pilot projects as required.
| None | F Hird (Chair; SEJD Adult Offenders and Victims Issues Division)
14 members:
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen Sheriff Court House
Crown Office
DAS
Grampian Police
North Ayrshire Council
Scottish Court Service
Scottish Executive Justice Department (SEJD)
Sheriff x2
South Lanarkshire Council
Strathclyde Police
SWSI
|
| Review of the Councils of Voluntary Service
| 15 Sep 1999 | | To address:
the role of the Councils of Voluntary Service in building community capacity
organisational measures to strengthen the network of CVS in a way which will support the role of individual CVS in capacity building
the improvement of present structures of funding
the development of a set of quantitive/outputs/ outcomes to measure the effectiveness of CVS's use of government grant to deliver social policy objectives, especially in relation to the social inclusion agenda.
| Review of CVS - 15 Nov 1999
| 11 members:
COSLA
CVS Scotland
Deputy Minister for Communities
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
National Lottery Charities Board
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Executive x5
|
| Review of the Structure of the Police and Fire Services in Scotland
| Jul 1999 | | To review, having regard to the principles of Best Value, ways to maintain and where possible improve the quality of service provided by a) the police service and b) the fire service in Scotland. The review will consider options for the best means of delivering police and fire services in the future including existing central functions and their organisation, considering the costs and benefits of the current arrangements and of other options for each service; of possible changes in demand and in technology, which may affect the way in which each service is delivered; and the need to maintain local accountability.
| Interim report submitted to Ministers in Jun 2000
| 15 members:
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland x2
Association of Scottish Police Superintendents x2
Central Scotland Police x2
Chief Fire Officers Association
COSLA x3
Fire Brigade Union x2
Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade
Retained Firefighters Union
Scottish Police Federation x2
Strathclyde Fire Brigade
|
| Rural Community Transport Grant Scheme Steering Group
| 2 Jul 1998 | | To:
oversee the successful implementation for the Rural Community Transport Grant Scheme in the first year
consider the best ways of maximising participation in the Scheme
fine tune the grant application form and grant conditions of the Scheme and the timescale for applications
consider the list of projects put forward by the Rural Transport Development Officer and agree a final list of suitable projects to go to the Scottish Executive Minister for approval.
| None | Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers
Community Transport Association
COSLA
Scottish Executive
|
| SBG Action Plan Sub-group | 1996
| | To:
advise, co-ordinate and monitor those existing costed action plans where a Scotland-based agency is the "contact point"
advise on "champions" for those costed action plans
oversee preparation of costed action plans in the next tranche for species and habitats of particular importance in Scotland
liaise with other groups over these costed action plans where there is a significant Scottish interest but where the Scottish Biodiversity Group is not in the lead.
| | Michael Usher (Chair; SNH)
13 members:
Alister Jones, Forestry Commission
Clifton Bain, RSPB
Robin Harvey, SAMS
Steve Atkins, SNH
Andy Douse, SNH
Jane Dalgleish, SOAEFD
Joanna Drewitt, SOAEFD
Stuart Downes, SOAEFD
Steve Sankey, RSPB
Cameron Easton, SOAEFD
David Rae, RBGE
Mark Young, University of Aberdeen
|
| SBG Agricultural Sector Group | 1998
| | To raise awareness at all levels in these sectors of the Government's Biodiversity objectives, and the contribution which these sectors can make to achieve these objectives.
| | Mr John Henderson (Chair; SERAD - Ag Staff)
14 members:
Dr John Sheldon, COSLA
Dr Peter Pitkin, SNH
Mr Peter Harrison, Forestry Commission
Mr Mike Williams, FWAG
Mr George Lawrie, NFUS
Mr Malcolm Taylor, RICS
Mr Chris McDonald, SAC
Mr Sandy Renfrew, Crofters Commission
Mr Gerry Smith, SERAD - CANH
Ms Fiona Newcombe, Scottish Environment Link
Mr Donald Bailey, SERAD - Ag Staff (Secretary)
|
| SBG Business and Biodiversity Sector Group |
Nov 1997 | | As above.
| | Hugh Morison (Chair; SWA)
David Anderson, Scottish Power
Seaton Baxter
Jane Clark, SNH
Eileen Mackay
Charles McGill, UDV
Geoff Pearson, SERAD
John Ramsay, SERAD
Eliane Reid, SNH
Roddy Yarr, Scottish Airports
Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes)
Vicky Abernethy, National LBAP Project Officer
Jenny Carter, Carter Rae Communications
Emma Parkes, NE Scotland LBAP Project Officer
Jane Dalgleish, SERAD
Angus Maclauchlan, Shanks
Alisdair Meldrum, SEELLD
David Minns, RSPB Scotland
|
| SBG Education Sector Group | Feb 1999
| | To increase awareness of and aid the understanding of the Government's policies for biodiversity throughout the education sector.
| | Bob Kay (Chair)
10 members:
Adrian Fenn, SNH
Denyse Kozub, SCCC
Alastair Lavery, RSPB Scotland
John Ramsay, SERAD
Ken Thomson, Falkirk College
Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes)
Deirdre Elrick, Community Learning Scotland
Bob Hogg, SEED
Moira Laing, University of Strathclyde
|
| SBG Publicity and Marketing | 1996
| | To take forward the proposals for public awareness and involvement set out in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group Report in the Scottish context.
| | David Minns (Chair; RSPB)
6 members:
Rob Edwards
Iain Rennick, SNH
Jane Murray, FE
John Ramsay, SOAEFD
Stuart Downes, SOAEFD
Katherine Bradshaw, SEPA
|
| School Drug Safety Team | 1998
| | To ensure that appropriate guidance on handling drug incidents is available to teachers and thereafter decide on the effectiveness of drug education in schools, consider teacher-training needs on drug matters and promote the exchange of best practice.
| Guidelines for the Management of Incidents of Drug Misuse in Schools - 28 Jun 2000
| Ken Corsar (Chair; Glasgow City Council)
11 members:
Harry Black, Fife Primary Care NHS Trust
Christine Compton, Aberdeen City Council
William Crosbie, Castlebrae Community High School, Edinburgh
Barry Dougall, Strathclyde Police
Joan Forrest, University of Strathclyde
Beth McIntyre, Kirkland High School and Community College, Fife
Alistair Ramsay, Scotland Against Drugs
Raymond de Souza, City of Edinburgh Council
Harvey Stalker, HM Chief Inspector of Schools
Justine Walker, COSLA
Deirdre Watson, Scottish Child Law Centre
Ian Young, Health Education Board for Scotland
|
| School Education Information Advisory Group
| 14 Dec 1999 | | To provide a forum to allow partners in the school education system to consider and identify the key strategic information required and to ensure that the net burden on data providers is minimised, whilst maximising the value of the information.
| None | 16 members:
Association of Head Teachers in Scotland
COSLA
East Dumbartonshire Council
Head Teachers' Association of Scotland x3
Fife Council
Midlothian Council
Perth & Kinross Council
Scottish Borders
Scottish Executive x3
Scottish Qualifications Authority
South Lothian Council
|
| Scottish Advisory Committee on Alcohol Misuse
| 1998 | | To advise the Scottish Executive on policy, priorities and strategic planning in relation to tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland.
| None | 14 members
|
| Scottish Advisory Committee on the Dental Workforce
| May 1999 | | To take forward strategic workforce planning for the whole dental workforce.
| | Ray Watkins (Chair; Chief Dental Officer, Scottish Executive)
18 members:
Dental Services Manager
Fife Primary Care NHS Trust
Dental Practitioner
Head of Teaching and Funding, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)
Postgraduate Dean of Dental Education, University of Glasgow Dental School
Dental Practitioner, Edinburgh
Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
Dean of Dentistry, Dental School, Dundee
Dental Director, Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE)
Tutor in Dental Hygiene, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
Consultant, Lanarkshire Health Board
Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
|
| Scottish Biodiversity Group | 1996
| | To:
report and liaise as appropriate with UK/country groups, national targets groups, local issues group and information group
promote public awareness and involvement through government stimulated action, local action and promoting programmes of action by key sectors including environmental education and provide regular progress reports to the UK Biodiversity Group.
| | Jane Dalgleish (Chair; SERAD)
27 members:
Sandy Cameron, SERAD
James Curran, Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Cameron Easton, SERAD
John Henderson, SERAD
Stuart Housden, RSPB Scotland
Alister Jones, Forestry Commission
Bob Kay
George Lawrie, National Farmers' Union of Scotland
David Rae, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
John Ramsay, SERAD
Paul Ramsay, Scottish Landowners Federation
John Sheldon, COSLA
Alastair Sommerville, Scottish Wildlife Trust
Michael Usher, Scottish Natural Heritage
Jeff Watson, Scottish Natural Heritage
Jim White, Defence Estates
Stuart Downes, SERAD (minutes)
Craig Campbell, CBI Scotland
Ian Duncan, Scottish Fishermen's Federation
Rory Dutton, Scottish Crofters Union
Campbell Gerrard, sportscotland
Paul Jarvis, University of Edinburgh
Isabelle Low, SERAD
Diane McLafferty, SERAD
David Minns, RSPB Scotland
Hugh Morison, Scotch Whisky Association
Michael Scott, Plantlife
|
| Scottish Breast Screening National Advisory Group
| 1 Aug 1994 | | To advise the SEHD on the introduction of the breast cancer screening programme, to monitor effectiveness and efficiency and to review progress.
| None | Lesley Wilkie (Chair; Director of Public Health, Argyll and Clyde HB)
14 members:
Aberdeen University
Breast Screening Centre, Dundee
Breast Screening Centre, Glasgow
Crosshouse Hospital
Forth Valley HB x2
GP, Earlston Health Centre, Borders
ISD
Nurse Counsellor, Glasgow
Radiography QA, Edinburgh
Scottish Executive Home Department (SEHD) x2
Victoria Infirmary
West of Scotland Breast Screening
|
| Scottish Cancer Group | 1 May 1998
| | To lead and direct Scotland's cancer strategy; and to lead and advise Ministers/Scottish Executive/Chief Medical Officer on cancer issues.
| Reports to Chief Medical Officer
| Harry Burns (Chair)
|
| Scottish Cervical Screening National Advisory Group
| 1 Jul 1998 | | To advise the Minister for Health in Scotland and the Chief Medical Officer on clinical and policy matters regarding the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme (SCSP), including quality assurance and performance standards.
| | Ian Duncan (Chair; Clinical Director, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dundee University Hospitals NHS Trust)
20 members:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Argyll & Clyde Health Council
DOH (Observer) x2
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Health Boards x4
Inverclyde Royal Hospitals
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Monklands Hospital
Netherton Surgery, Dunfermline
NI Office (Observer)
Ninewells Hospital
SEHD x2
Welsh Office (Observer)
|
| Scottish Charity Law Review Commission |
29 Mar 2000 | Easter 2001
| To review the law relating to charities in Scotland and to make recommendations on reforms considered necessary.
| | Jean McFadden (Chair; Lecturer in Law at Strathclyde University and formerly President of COSLA)
14 members:
Colin Crosby, Fund Manager, Aberdeen Asset Management plc
Gillian Donald CA, Scott Moncrieff CA
Martyn Evans, Director, Scottish Consumer Council
Richard Fries, Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Civil Society at the London School of Economics
Alistair Grimes, Chief Executive, Community Enterprise in Strathclyde
Keith Jones, Head of Law and Administration (North), Aberdeenshire Council
Kaliani Lyle, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux
Simon Mackintosh, Partner, Turcan, Connell, Solicitors
Ian MacPherson, Head of Legal Services, Strathclyde Police
John Naylor, Secretary and Treasurer of Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
David Orr, Director, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Avril Sloane, Administrator, Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust
Jeanette Wilson, Solicitor to the Church of Scotland
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| Scottish Community Fire Safety Strategy Group
| 13 May 1999 | | To consider and advise on community fire safety strategies; to develop and recommend an annual programme of activities by the partners in community fire safety; and to report annually to the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council.
| None | Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
COSLA
Fire Protection Association
HM Inspectorate of Fire Services for Scotland
Scottish Executive
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| Scottish Compact: Consultation in Good Practice Guidance
| 23 Nov 1999 | | To help Divisions throughout the Scottish Executive who work with voluntary organisations, community groups or volunteers to carry out their responsibility to implement the Compact. Non-departmental public bodies and Scottish Executive Agencies may also find the guidance helpful in carrying forward their responsibilities for implementing the Compact.
| The Scottish Compact Good Practice Guides Consultation Document - 22 Nov 1999-15 Feb 2000
| SCVO
Scottish Executive - Voluntary Issues Unit
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| Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board Policy Review
| 1 Nov 1999 | | To carry out a study of the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board status and the relevance of its functions (Prior Options Study) in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance and having regard to the needs of the conveyancing and executry services profession.
| | Alastair Clark (Chair; SCEB)
Scottish Consumer Council
SEJD
University of Glasgow
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| Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group
| 31 Aug 1999 | Expected Spring 2001
| To advise the Director of Human Resources on how to make workforce planning an integral part of the way the NHS in Scotland responds to the new challenges facing the service.
| Interim report - Apr 2000
Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group - Stage One Report
| Gillian Needham (Chair; Postgraduate Dean, Aberdeen Postgraduate Centre)
20 members:
Argyll and Clyde Health Board
Dundee Dental School
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
NHS Trust
Economist
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
ISD Scotland x2
Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust
Napier University
Ninewells Hospital
Practices made Perfect Ltd
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
RARARI
Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee
Scottish Executive x3
SCPMDE
SWSI
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| Scottish Management Steering Group | 25 Apr 1999
| | To manage the Scottish arm of the pilot, providing guidance and making decisions where necessary on issues related to the pilot; to monitor implementation of the Pilot and development of a QA structure; and to ensure collaboration and effective liaison with the English arm of the Pilot
| | Jan Warner (Chair; National Co-ordinator, CCU)
18 members:
Evaluation Group x2
GPs x3
Health Boards x3
NHS Trusts x7
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| Scottish Manufacturing Steering Group | 24 June 1999
| | To consider the priority issues for Scottish manufacturing; to identify the potential opportunities; and to recommend the additional actions which the Executive, other bodies and companies could take to help develop the manufacturing sector.
| The Way forward for Scottish Manufacturing in the 21st Century - March 2000
| 29 members:
CBI Scotland
CR Smith
Electronics Scotland
Federation of Small Businesses
Glasgow Science Centre
GMB
HIE
Institute of Directors
Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders
MacFarlane Group
MSF
Murray Technology Associates
SCDI
Scotch Whisky Association
Scottish Chambers of Commerce
Scottish Engineering
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Executive x5
Scottish Financial Enterprise
Scottish Textile Manufacturers Association
STUC
Transport and General Workers Union
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| Scottish Offender Employment Forum | Feb 1999
| | To establish and implement an effective multi-agency approach to improving the employability of offenders in Scotland through education, training and other opportunities.
| None | 14 members:
Adult Offenders and Victims Issues Division
Apex x2
Association of Scottish Colleges
Benefits Agency
COSLA
Employment Service, Sheffield x2
Employment Service Office for Scotland
New Deal and Adult Training Division
Scottish Enterprise
SPS
Stirling Council Criminal Justice Social Work Services
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| Scottish Partnership Forum | Apr 1998
| On-going | To be the national forum for involving and engaging with trade unions/staff organisations on the modernisation agenda, specifically in respect of the human resources policy and partnership working.
| None | 30 members:
AEEU
BMA
CDNA
GMB
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Health Department x2
HR Strategy Implementation Manager
Labour Relations
Lothian Occupational Health Service
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust
PIN Board Secretary
Primary Care NHS Trust x5
Regional Industrial Organiser
Royal College of Nursing
Scottish Office
Senior Industrial Relations Officer
Society of Radiographers
STUC Representative
West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust
Yorkhill NHS Trust
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| Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse |
Nov 1998 | | To recommend a strategy on domestic abuse which is firmly located within the Government's overall strategy on violence against women which takes into account the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people and the need for effective intervention strategies to prevent male violence against female partners and their children.
| | Anne Smith (Chair; QC)
21 members:
COSLA/Local Authority x4 X4
National Health Service
Police
Crown Office x2
Judiciary
Scottish Prison Service
Law Society of Scotland
Women's Aid x5
Victim Support Scotland
Rape Crisis Scotland x2
Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust
Scottish Office/Scottish Executive x12
Consultant/research adviser
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| Scottish Studentship Scheme Advisory Group |
May 1999 | | To select successful applicants for 75 awards under the Scottish Studentship Scheme - an annual academic competition for awards for advanced postgraduate research in the arts and humanities.
| None | 12 members
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| Secure Accommodation Advisory Group | 12 Jan 2000
| | To consider a number of key issues for the future direction of Executive policy towards the use and development of secure accommodation for children and young people; and to offer advice to Scottish Ministers.
| None | 15 members:
Dundee City Council
Fife Police (Deputy Chief Constable)
Glasgow Children's Panel
Glasgow City Council
HMI Young Offenders Institution Polmont
Rossie School
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration x2
SEED x2
SEJD
Sheriff
St Mary's Kenmure School
SWSI
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| SEN Advisory Forum | Mar 2000
| 2003 | To advise Scottish Ministers on the development and implementation of policies to improve the standards of provision for special educational needs and their consistent application throughout Scotland.
| | Peter Peacock (Chair; Deputy Minister for Children and Education)
19 members:
Director Sleep Scotland, Member of Enable's National Children's Committee
Scottish Independent Special Schools Group
Deputy Regional Councillor, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy
Chief Executive, Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Head of SEN Department, Strathclyde University
Association of Directors of Social Work
Adviser: Support for Learning, Borders Council
Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Association of Directors of Education
Chair; Association of Scottish Principal Educational Psychologists
Scottish President, National Association for Special Educational Needs
COSLA x2
Chair of Social Policy, (Disability Studies), Glasgow University
President, Scottish Support for Learning Association
Headteacher, Royal Blind School, Edinburgh
Children in Scotland
Scottish Assoc. of Pre-School Home Visiting Teachers for Children with Special Educ. Needs
Parent, and information worker for families, of children with special needs
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| Small Business Consultative Group (SBCG) |
19 Jan 2000 | | To provide a forum for discussion of small business policy issues between the Scottish Executive and the business community. While items for discussion will normally focus on issues devolved to the Scottish Parliament, it will be possible by agreement to discuss reserved matters. It will be open to the core members to suggest issues for debate.
| None | Henry McLeish (Chair; Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning)
8 members:
CBI Scotland's Smaller Firm Committee
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
Federation of Small Businesses
Forum of Private Business
IoD
Scottish Chambers of Commerce
STUC
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| Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Steering Group |
7 Feb 2000 | | To oversee and audit in a Scottish context the implementation of the Scottish Executive's action plan published in July 1999 in response to the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.
| | Jim Wallace (Chair; QC MSP, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice)
19 members:
ACPOS
Association of Scottish Police Superintendents
Commission for Racial Equality
COSLA
Deputy Crown Agent
Scottish Executive (Justice Department) x2
Scottish Police Federation
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| Strategic Change Unit Capability and Leadership Reference Group
| 18 Jan 2000 | | To shape the Executive Development Programme for NHSiS Executives
| None | 12 members:
COSLA
Dumfries and Galloway Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Grampian Primary Care NHS Trust
Scottish Executive (Home Department) x2
SCPMDE
Strategic Change Unit
STUC
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust
University of Glasgow
Yorkhill NHS Trust
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| Strategic Change Unit Reference Group | 25 Oct 1999
| | To provide strategic context for the Unit by identifying:
key changes and developments which are likely to affect the NHS in Scotland in the immediate and medium term future
social, political and technological developments which may influence health services development and planning over he next 5-10 years
funded priorities for organisational and management development for the NHS in Scotland
feedback on the performance of the Unit.
| None | 19 members:
Border Health Board
Clinical Standards Board
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Eglinton Management Centre
Falkirk Council
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust x2
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Hamilton Scott Consultants
Lothian Health Board
MSF
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust
Scottish Executive Home Department x2
SCU x2
Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust
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| Strategic Issues Working Group |
| | To discuss how joint priorities between the Executive and local government can be identified, agreed and delivered to reflect both the priorities in "Programme for Government" as well as local priorities; and to examine ways of securing outcomes in terms of service delivery from budgets, with less emphasis on targeting and ring-fencing resources at specific services.
| None | David Middleton (Chair; Scottish Executive)
15 members:
Aberdeen City Council
Angus Council
City of Edinburgh Council x2
COSLA
Scottish Executive x7
South Ayrshire Council
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| Strategic Review of Need and Procurement Policy for Linear Accelerators
| Jun 1999 | | To review the need and procurement policy for linear accelerators in the cancer centres in Scotland.
| None | 11 members:
Grampian University Hospital
Lothian University Hospital
North Glasgow University Hospital
Raigmore Hospital
Scottish Executive - Health Department x5
Scottish Healthcare Supplies
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| Supporting People Stakeholders' Group | 19 Jan 2000
| | To provide advice to the Scottish Executive on the implications of proposed legislation and associated guidance on the long-term funding of the support needs of people in supported accommodation. The group will meet approximately 3 times a year until April 2003 and the introduction of the new arrangements.
| None | 18 members
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| Task Force on Disciplinary Procedures for Chief Executives
| Jan 2000 | | To review the adequacy of the current disciplinary and supporting procedures for chief executives.
| On-going | E C Davison (Chair; Scottish Executive)
8 members:
ALACE x2
COSLA x2
Scottish Executive x2
SODOPs
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| Tayside Task Force | 15 Feb 2000
| | To work with the Tayside Health Board and the two local NHS Trusts to ensure that local health services are planned and delivered effectively and within the total resources available. Key objectives of the Task Force are to assist in restoring the confidence of the NHS staff and the people of Tayside in the health service and ensure that everyone in Tayside receives the well-run, high quality health service they deserve.
| | Frank Clark (Chair; former General Manager of Lanarkshire Health Board)
5 members:
David Bolton, Director of Primary and Community Service Development at Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust
Cameron Revie, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Mike Fuller, Scottish Partnership Forum
David Rowley, Chairman of Tayside Acute Services Review
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| Tenant Participation Working Group | May 1998
| | To advise on ways of improving tenant participation across the public and social rented sectors in Scotland.
| Partners in Participation: A National Strategy for Tenant Participation - Apr 1999
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Stock Transfers - Summer 2000
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Best Value - Summer 2000
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Rural Areas - Autumn 2000
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation at the Local Level (in development)
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation at the National Level (in development)
Code of Practice on Tenant Participation in Area Regeneration (in development)
| COSLA
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Homes
Scottish Tenants Organisation x6
Shelter
Tenant Information Service
Tenant Involvement in the Islands, Grampian and Highlands Rural Areas (TIGHRA)
Tenant Participation Advisory Service
|
| Tourism Skills Group | 16 Feb 2000
| | Group still in process of being set up. It will set its own remit once membership has been announced by Minister.
| | Peter Lederer (Chair)
Further members are to be announced once Ministerial approval has been given.
|
| Treatment of HIV and AIDS - Expert Working Group
| 12 Jan 1998 | | To:
review the current and projected epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in Scotland, according to stage of disease
reach an agreement regarding indications for treatment, treatment regimes and priorities to ensure optimum use of available resources
note current arrangements for allocation of care and treatment resources to health boards
consider the implications for delivery of related laboratory services.
| NHS MEL (1999) 47 - Treatment of HIV and AIDS in Scotland: Report of an Expert Working Group
| Andrew Fraser (Chair)
10 members
|
| Tripartite Working Group (Justice Department)
| 17 Jul 1997 | | To allow an exchange of views on the operation of legal aid in Scotland.
| None | Niall Campbell (Chair; Justice Department)
9 members:
Justice Department x3
Law Society of Scotland x3
Scottish Legal Aid Board x3
|
| Tripartite Working Group (SERAD) | 3 Jun 1999
| | Having regard to the serious decline in wild salmon and sea trout stocks in the west of Scotland and the sustainability of the salmon aquaculture industry, to:
develop and promote the implementation of measures for the restoration and maintenance of healthy stocks of wild and farmed fish
develop and promote the initiation of measures for the regeneration of wild salmon and sea trout stocks
propose arrangements at a local and national level for taking forward the foregoing and to ensure that the results of this work are reflected in the development of local authority fish farm planning guidelines and framework plans.
| Tripartite Working Group Concordat and Report - Jul 2000
| Paul Brady (Chair; SERAD)
20 members:
Association of Salmon Fishery Boards
Association of West Coast Fishery Trust
Atlantic Salmon Trust
Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Pitlochry
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen x3
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Quality Salmon x4
SERAD x4
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| Victims Steering Group | 21 Feb 1996
| | To provide a consultative forum for the discussion of issues of relevance to the interests of victims and to advise on policy issues.
| None | C Baxter (Chair; SEJD)
18 members:
Crown Office
Dumfries and Galloway Council
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
Law Society
Scottish Prison Service
SEJD x9
Sheriff's Association
SWSI
Victim Support Scotland x2
|
| Working Group on HMO Guidance | 3 Sep 1999
| | To advise on and draft guidance for local authorities on the implementation of mandatory licensing of housing and multiple occupation (HMOs).
| | 12 members
|
| Working Group on Sex Education in Scottish Schools (McCabe Committee)
| 22 Feb 2000 | Jun 2000
| In light of the Scottish Executive's intention to repeal section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986, to:
consider the scope and general content of the package of safeguards described in the letter of 27 January 2000 to school boards and headteachers from the Minister for Children and Education
report to the Scottish Executive on whether this package is sufficiently wide-ranging and robust to meet the legitimate concerns of the public, parents and teachers
review existing curriculum guidelines, advice and support information bearing on sex education
consider whether these existing materials and the existing arrangements for on-going review are sufficient to meet the legitimate concerns of the public, parents and teachers.
| Report of the Working Group on Sex Education in Scottish Schools - 16 Jun 2000
| Mr Mike McCabe (Chairman; Director of Education Services, South Ayrshire )
11 members:
Headteacher of Cardinal Newman High School, North Lanarkshire
Headteacher of Park Primary School, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Senior teacher at Dunard Primary School, Glasgow
Vice Chair of Williamwood High School School Board, East Renfrewshire
Scottish School Board Association
Director of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council
Convener of the Church of Scotland Education Committee
Catholic Education Commission
Director of the Centre for Education in Racial Equality in Scotland
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| Working Group on Single Social Tenancy |
26 Jan 2000 | | To oversee the preparation of a model single social tenancy agreement.
| Model Tenancy Agreement - due Spring 2001
| 8 members:
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Homes
Scottish Tenants Organisation
Shelter, Scotland
Tenants Information Service
TIGHRA
Tenant Participation Advisory Service
|
| Working Group on the Administration of Medicines in Schools
| 14 Sep 1999 | | To develop good practice guidance for the administration of medicine in schools.
| In draft | 11 members
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| Total | 102
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