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The Fuel Poverty Report based on the Scottish House Condition Survey 2002 demonstrates the impact that the Executive’s policies have already had on reducing fuel poverty and will be used as an evidence base to inform future policies. S2W-09006
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Date answered:
22 April 2004
This is essential to ensure the right action is taken in future toensure that affordable housing of the right size, tenure, type, and quality isprovided in the right places in both urban and rural areas.Expenditurein 2003-04 by Communities Scotland to increase the availability of affordablehousing in urban Scotland will exceed £175 million.
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Date answered:
13 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities should accept responsibility for dealing with material disposed of illegally on private land and, if so, whether it will make provision for this in future legislation. There are no plans to amendthe existing legislation regarding responsibility for dealing with materialillegally disposed of on private...
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Date answered:
10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland and Royal Mail to promote future issues of postage stamps that celebrate Scottish themes.
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Date answered:
27 January 2004
The Scottish Executive is currently reviewing its Strategy for Agricultural, Biological and Related Research. Future support will be guided by the outcome of this review which will be published in the spring.As part of our review we have noted significant support for veterinary servicesat the Scottish Agricultural College.
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Date answered:
17 December 2003
Any needfor additional classrooms in particular schools, consequent on our commitmentto increase teacher numbers to 53,000 by 2007, will be influenced by issuessuch as local school occupancy levels, future pupil numbers and effectivenessof timetabling.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 November 2003
The Scottish Executive is currently in discussionswith the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council with regard to targetnumbers for future intake to dental schools in Scotland.