It should be noted that the Draft Strategy was widely distributed in the education field including: Association of Head Teachers in Scotland; Educational of Scotland; Scottish Council for Independent Schools; Scottish Parent Teacher Council; Scottish School Board Association; Scottish Secondary Teachers Association; National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers; School Board Support Units; NUS Scotland; Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland. The main distribution included all Scottish local authority Directors of Education, Finance and Social Work.
It should also be noted that the summary document was available in a number of languages and in Braille, large print and audio tape.
There were 15 separate submissions from a voluntary relationship counselling organisation, 12 Individual responses look like the result of a photocopy campaign although there are slight variations, 54 Individual (self-identified religious perspective) responses are clearly the result of a Roman Catholic photocopy campaign relating to parental consultation, abstinence before marriage and fast tracking abortion.
It should be noted that the teenage pregnancy figures outlined in the NHS ISD Scotland release (10.09.04) indicate that there was in fact a drop in Lothian from 1,479 to 1,381 in teenage pregnancies (13-19) from 2001-2002, and a rise in 5 other Health Board areas for the same period. See
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pContentID=2071&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&
It should be noted that the Minister for Health and Community Care has also given his assurance that school based clinics will not provide the Morning After Pill.
On 29 October 2004 the Scottish Executive introduced a new Bill which will offer greater protection against FGM. Like the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in force in the rest of the UK, it will have extra-territorial effect (making it unlawful to take a girl out of Scotland to have FGM performed abroad) and will increase the maximum penalty on indictment from 5 to 14 years imprisonment.
It should be noted that the Draft Strategy was widely distributed in the education field including: Association of Head Teachers in Scotland; Educational of Scotland; Scottish Council for Independent Schools; Scottish Parent Teacher Council; Scottish School Board Association; Scottish Secondary Teachers Association; National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers; School Board Support Units; NUS Scotland; Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland. The main distribution included all Scottish local authority Directors of Education, Finance and Social Work.
It should also be noted that the summary document was available in a number of languages and in Braille, large print and audio tape.
Not able to assess overall view as the response only referred to some specific points within the strategy and/or did not express opinion.
Personal communication: National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health
Definition laid out in the national strategy to eliminate domestic abuse in Scotland, written by the Scottish Partnerships on Domestic Abuse and published by the Scottish Executive in November 2000.
Female Genital Mutilation: a joint WHO/UNICEF/UNIFPA statement', WHO:1997, p.3
The Scottish Office. Towards a Healthier Scotland. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office,1999
Scottish Office.1998. New Community Schools Prospectus. Edinburgh: Scottish Office.
www.scotland.gov.uk
Aggleton P, Oliver C, Rivers K. Reducing the rate of teenage conceptions - The implications of research into young people, sex, sexuality and relationships. 1998. London: Health Education Authority.
http://www.who.int.org
Adapted from Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health, Scottish Council Foundation and Office of Public Management. Building community well-being: an exploration of themes and issues. 2003. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.