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The Care Commission
- Regulates all care services for adults and children, and independent healthcare services in Scotland. Offers a profile, news, local contacts, and how to make a complaint.
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The Court of the Lord Lyon
- The heraldic authority for Scotland that maintains the Scottish Public Registers of Arms and Genealogies. Provides a profile and history, with information about coats of arms, Scottish clans and tartans, and flags.
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Crofters' Commission
- Represents the interests of crofting communities and advises the Scottish Government on crofting issues. Includes a guide to their services and schemes.
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Direct Scot
- Experimental prototype website allowing Scots to access government functions online.
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General Register Office for Scotland
- Responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces, and adoptions; also runs the Census, and maintain family history records.
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Info Scotland
- A portal for the wide range of public information campaigns of the Scottish government.
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Office of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland
- Gives public access to Scottish legislation and works with the government for Scotland and manages licensing and copyright issues.
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RoS - Registers of Scotland
- Responsible for compiling and maintaining registers relating to property and other legal documents; provides a profile and details of their services, with official housing market statistics and house price information.
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Scotland's Census
- A complete guide to the next census, set to take place in March 2011.
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Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA)
- Aims to provide a safety net for vulnerable children and young people by administering the Children's Hearings system; provides a comprehensive guide, with contacts, recruitment, and publications list.
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The Scottish Government
- Offers details of departments, news, publications and contacts.
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Scottish Information Commissioner
- A public official responsible for enforcing and promoting Scotland's freedom of information laws. Includes a guide to your rights, guidance for public authorities, details of legislation, a FAQ, and a listing of decisions.
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Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO)
- Provides information and statistics to support public health decision making. Includes a substantial collection of data, reports, and comparative profiles.
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Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
- An independent and impartial service handling complaints about public services, including councils, the NHS in Scotland, housing associations, water and sewage providers, prisons, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments, universities and colleges, and most Scottish public authorities.
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SCROL - Scotland's Census Results Online
- Provides access to all of the results from the 2001 Census in Scotland, available as tables and maps.
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