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The Equal Opportunities Committee in the previous session raised the issue and considerable work was done to back up the committee's conclusions. The new Equal Opportunities Committee has looked into the matter and has come to the same conclusions.
If we could go back in time, it would have been ideal if we could have ensured that the bridge included a rail element when it was being constructed—that links closely to last week's arguments about the new Forth crossing—but we cannot go back in time to do that.In my view, the Dornoch rail link and bridge have almost iconic status in the north of Scotland ...
I clarify that I meant that subject committees will need to consider the budget that was set by the previous Executive and the changes that the new Government has introduced, which will highlight the policy differences.
This information is not available from 1999 because there was no target of this nature at that time. There is now a new joint target for Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), the Scottish Police Service and the Scottish Court Service to dispose of 60% of sheriff summary and district court cases within 26 weeks of the date of caution and charge by March 2008.A sampling exercise in 2003-04 suggested that around 42% of sheriff summary and district court cases were disposed of within 26 weeks of the date of caution and charge.
To ask the Scottish Executive the number of people from each EU state, excluding the UK, who are resident in (a) Edinburgh and (b) Scotland. The latest availableinformation is from the 2001 Census.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2005
The following information is collected about evictions in each of the two main social rented tenures:TenureInformation Collected Frequency of Collection Data Collected Since:Latest AvailableRented from CouncilTotal number of evictionsNumber of evictions on the grounds of anti-social behaviourQuarterlyBoth from the quarter April-June 2001July-September 2001Rented from Registered Social LandlordsTotal number of evictionsNumber of evictions on the grounds of anti-social behaviourNumber of evictions for non-payment of rentAnnuallyThe first since year to March 1999The others will be collected from 2001-02 For total evictions:Year to 31 March 2001Information on evictions of private sector tenants is not collected centrally and we have no plans do to so.The latest...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2010
As part of modernising planning the main legislative changes to development management, including planning application procedures, enforcement, planning appeal procedures and new local review procedures took effect from 3 August 2009.
However, the successful management of the fishery was soon apparent to others, and new entrants came into the area. Unfortunately, because the code of management was voluntary, not all signed up to it.It then became very apparent that steps had to be taken to control the overall effort of the fishery in the area.