Annual Reports

WAG: The number of recorded fly-tipping incidents in Wales has fallen, but Environment Minister Jane Davidson is calling on people to remain vigilant so we can end this blight on the country.  Through the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act the Welsh Assembly Government has introduced measures to enable local authorities and the Environment Agency Wales (EAW) to react more effectively to fly tipping.  
Press release ~ Fly-tipping, 2008-09 ~ Environment Agency Wales ~ EA – Fly-tipping ~ Pride in Our Communities
 
ScotGov: Reducing the number of problem drug misusers and disrupting the illicit drugs market can bring huge social & economic benefits to Scotland, Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing has claimed. 
The Minister was commenting on the publication of two related research reports - Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland and Assessing the Scale and Impact of Illicit Drug Markets in Scotland.  Both reports were commissioned by ScotGov & ISD Scotland and are based on data from 2006. 
Press release ~ Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland ~ Assessing the Scale and Impact of Illicit Drug Markets in Scotland ~ The Road to Recovery - Scotland's National Drugs Strategy ~ ISD Scotland
 
DH: Almost 1m more people registered to become organ donors in the last year and hundreds more lives were saved in the UK through organ transplants according to a new report, which details the progress made in the first year of the Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programme. The programme was set up by the Government to increase organ donation by more than 50% by 2013 with the aim of enabling the NHS to carry out more than 1,400 extra transplants every year.
 
The Programme aims to do this by implementing the 14 recommendations of made by the Organ Donation Taskforce in January 2008.
Press release ~ Working together to save lives: the Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programme's annual report, 2008/09 ~ DH – Organ Donation and transplantation ~ Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programme
 
ScotGov:   A 'significant fall' in NHS Scotland's sickness absence rate in the past 2 years has made staff available for 1m more hours of patient care, according to latest figures. The reduction - from 5.55% of all working hours in 2006-7 to 4.95% in 2008-9 - represents a 'sustained downward trend'. The Scottish Government has given more than £300,000 to NHS boards across Scotland to fund projects designed to reduce rates of sickness absence.
Press release ~ PQ - NHS sickness rates
 
DCSF: In response to the Statistical Release - Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions From Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England, 2007/08 - Schools Minister Vernon Coaker said:  “It is positive to see the rate of exclusions decreasing indicating that behaviour in our schools is getting better”.  
Press release ~ Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions From Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England, 2007/08 ~ Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) ~ Home-school agreements ~ Behaviour and Attendance Partnerships
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