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For the first time, low income families with a disabled child under 16 may be able to receive help beyond basic insulation measures. To implement this change, new regulations are being prepared which will be laid before Parliament in January.
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Date answered:
27 November 2008
We aim to introduce the Business Gateway as a new service for businesses in the Highlands and Islands in 2009, and local authorities will be responsible for determining appropriate models for its local delivery.
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Date answered:
26 November 2008
In addition www.scotland.gov.uk uses Dexerit text to speech software for official publications and news releases. We will supply Scottish Government published documents in alternative formats where appropriate or on request to increase public accessibility.
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Date answered:
20 November 2008
We are prioritising bringing forward new construction but also spending on off the shelf units and land acquisitions where this is strategically sensible and offers good value for money.
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Date answered:
10 November 2008
The following table gives the number of new names added to the NHS organ donor register in Scotland and in the UK as a whole in each month since March 2008: Month (2008) Scotland UK March 54* 80,804 April 49* 122,963 May ...
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Date answered:
6 November 2008
On 23 October 2008, my officials met the Council of Mortgage Lenders who confirmed that their new guidance on repossession issued on 22 October applies to all of their UK members, including those in Scotland.
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Date answered:
3 November 2008
Cold case reviews are normally carried out when new evidence comes to light or when technological advances mean that existing evidence can be subjected to further analysis.
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Date answered:
30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional households in Tayside will be eligible under the new qualifying criteria for the central heating programme Helping Scots cope with the impact of high fuel bills and tackling fuel poverty forms part of our six point programme aimed at reducing the impact of the global financial crisis.
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Date answered:
27 October 2008
The NHS QIS stroke standards will also be updated to reflect the new recommendations. The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT) and the Scottish Stroke Research Network are working together with Stroke Managed Clinical Networks to introduce telemedicine links between hospitals and between consultants homes and hospitals to help ensure that thrombolysis is a...
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Date answered:
3 October 2008
We are also investing £3 million in new innovative approaches, with a focus on self help, to better reach and support those with anxiety or depression.