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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to suspend all further investment in the Raploch regeneration project until such time as it is satisfied that Stirling Council and Raploch Urban Regeneration Company Ltd have properly costed and assessed all the risks involved in this project. Decisions on future grantfunding for the Raploch regeneration pro...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2006
We are currently consideringwhat further investment is needed to support our talented and emerging athletesto fulfil their potential and be part of future GB Olympic and Paralympic teams.We also welcome the Chancellor’s announcement in the recent Budget of additionalfunding for UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme which will benefit thoseScottish at...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Agricultural College regarding the future of Mackie Hall on the Craibstone Estate which is currently used as a hostel for boarders from Aberdeen City Music School.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2006
The situation on Unst will be taken into account in future dispersal plans. Job dispersal decisions are taken on the basis of information provided by local authority and local enterprise company delivery partners.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 December 2005
As promised, I wrote to you on 30 November 2005 confirming that the preferred option at Bankfoot is to construct a junction improvement and climbing lane which will accommodate upgrading this section of road to dual carriageway in future years should that be necessary.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2005
We are in regular contactwith the Home Office on a wide range of issues but it would be inappropriate tocomment on the detailed circumstances in an individual case.Discussions are underway betweenthe Executive and the Home Office on a protocol to ensure that future removalsinvolving families with children are carried out in a sensitive and humane wayand tha...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2005
In addition, an additional £5 million has been allocated to NHS boards to allow the expansion of smoking cessation services in anticipation of increased demand leading up to the legislation coming into effect. The estimated costs for future years have not yet been finalised.
Since the UK Government has no plans to review the formula, and has had no such plans since devolution, there has been no correspondence or discussions between the Scottish Executive and the UK Government on the future of the Barnett formula. S2W-16944
We consulted recently on what Scottish Water’s future investment priorities should be, and we will announce next week the objectives we wish Scottish Water to address in the next regulatory period.