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Through this dialogue Scottish Enterprise was aware that Railcare was in talks about new ownership. Scottish Government officials in Transport Scotland were advised on 29 July 2013 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) that it was likely Railcare would be placed into administration within the next 24 to 48 hours.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 August 2013
In addition to Babcock’s major role in the build of the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, the company has been pursuing a plan to secure work in key commercial markets which utilise key facilities and engineering skills at Rosyth.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 August 2013
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx. New data for the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme will be published on 27 August 2013 and can be accessed on the Information Services Division websit...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the current level of Housing Association Grant is sufficient to allow housing associations to build new homes. The Scottish Government recognises that councils and housing associations are facing many pressures on their finances, not least from the UK Government’s welfare reform agenda.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that 'medical unavailability for new outpatient appointments' in NHS Grampian was 2.4% in March 2013 compared with the national average of 0.7%.
The last national review was preparatory to the establishment of the current commercial arrangements for the provision of this service which have been in place since July 2011. It is now planned that a new quality and cost effectiveness review will be established to be led from within NHS Scotland to help plan for the future, to which patient groups will a...
To ask the Scottish Government whether issues regarding recording ethnicity were identified in the pilot exercise for the new death certification process. Ethnicity is not recorded on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Form 11) and therefore did not form any part of the test sites or their evaluation.