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To ask the Scottish Government whether the non-profit distribution method of using private contractors to fund new buildings and roads increases (a) overall costs, (b) public-sector debt and (c) private-sector control of the schemes for the lifetime of every project.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 August 2015
We do this through the Scottish Funding Council, the network of Innovation Centres, through our enterprise agencies and through the new ministerial-led Scotland CAN DO Innovation Forum which held its first meeting on 20 May 2015.
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the oil and gas industry to discuss the publication of a new oil and gas bulletin; when those meetings took place, and who attended.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 April 2015
Our commitment to tackling obesity is set out in our prevention of obesity route map, one of a coherent group of policy frameworks and guidance which includes: Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action; Better Eating, Better Learning – A New Context For School Food; Recipe for Success and a ten year Physical Activity Implementation Pla...
The table at paragraph 108 shows an estimate of the number of students who would be eligible for each level of bursary payment under the new student support system. This was drawn from analysis conducted in 2011-12, which used Student Awards Agency Scotland data drawn from the application process showing students by status (e.g. young or independent); thei...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2015
Any decision whether to update a guideline is based on the volume of new evidence to update that recommendation and Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) Council will prioritise topics for update in line with capacity within the SIGN programme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 February 2015
All of the consequentials have been announced and will be used as follows: Total (£ million) Additional National Resource Allocation Committee funding 33.1 New drug pressures – support for boards 32.0 Delayed discharge 30.0 Specialist nurses 2.5 Performance capacity and quality 31.5 Sub total 129.1 Scottish Government Health and Social Care ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 January 2015
As I explained previously, equality impact assessment is applied to new or revised plans, policies and strategies, but is not normally applied to individual operational decisions, such as which monuments and structures to designate.