Chamber and committees

This information is published in table 3.3 of a supplementary dataset to the National Statistics publication Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 1: 2010 Edition available on the Scottish Government website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/pupilsupdata.

This information is published in table 3.3 of a supplementary dataset to the National Statistics publication Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 1: 2010 Edition available on the Scottish Government website at: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/pupilsupdata.

Information on childcare vouchers for employers is available on HMRC’s website. There have been no specific steps to raise awareness of childcare vouchers among voluntary and private sector employers in Scotland since the January-June 2009 project to do so. However, information is available to voluntary and private sector employees on the Scottish Childcare Information Service website and the Scottish Government website, as well as HMRC’s website.

The Scottish Government allocates funding to Skills Development Scotland (SDS) on an annual basis for delivery of national training programmes, including Get Ready for Work and Lifeskills. It is up to SDS to determine how to allocate this funding between the different programmes. As such, I will ask the Chief Executive of SDS to respond to you further.

The Scottish Government allocates funding to Skills Development Scotland (SDS) on an annual basis for delivery of national training programmes, including Get Ready for Work and Lifeskills. It is up to SDS to determine how to allocate this funding between the different programmes.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. I will ask the Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland to respond to you.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. I will ask the Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland to respond to you.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. I will ask the Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland to respond to you.

In July 2011 we committed to review building regulations to see if all new homes should be fitted with carbon monoxide detectors. A working group has now been formed and will have its first meeting before the end of the year. The review could lead to changes for new homes in 2013.

The test that has to be met is whether the applicant is ordinarily resident in Scotland. In general terms, an applicant would not be considered ordinarily resident in a second home.