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To ask the Scottish Executive how much it is spending on flood prevention issues; what its future spending proposals are, and what this money is being, or will be, spent on.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it is spending on flood prevention issues; what its future spending proposals are, and what this money is being, or will be, spent on.
We expect boards to use some of this funding to help implement these plans. Allocations for future years are still to be decided. In addition, the Executive is making £8 million of central funding available over the next four years to support the modernisation process, and will appoint a project manager to facilitate and co-ordinate modernisation over the n...
The National Waste Strategy states that, as well as the waste hierarchy, a number of other principles need to be taken into account in establishing a sustainable future for waste management. As part of the implementation of the strategy, 11 Area Waste Plans are being prepared to set out the Best Practicable Environmental Option for dealing with the waste fr...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 March 2001
The Executive welcomes this report, which will be commended to health boards as a basis for planning future services for people with MS, although treatment of individual patients must, of course, remain a matter for individual clinical judgement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2001
In order to reduce the seal population below the 1997 level, much greater numbers of seals would need to be sterilised.There are no current plans to introduce contraceptive measures to control the Scottish seal population but the Executive will continue to assess the potential of any future non-lethal control measures. S1W-12284
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 2000
A comprehensive range of policy measures are in place to ensure that those with disabilities or other special needs can play an effective part in Scotland's economic future, and gain access to education and lifelong learning to improve their employability.Employment policy is a reserved area.