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Minor alterations have been made to those original Objectives to reflect the requirements of new legislation and improved data. Stakeholders were consulted in July 2008 on these amendments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Renfrewshire Council’s teacher access model for pre-school children, which has halved the number of teachers working in the pre-five sector in one year, is in line with new guidance published by the Scottish Government.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 October 2009
The budget reduction in 2010-11 is largely attributable to the anticipated completion of the new Fish Veterinary Aquaria for which additional capital provision was made available in 2009-10, and subsequently augmented by an additional £3.6 million of capital provision accelerated from 2010-11.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 September 2009
Estimated savings as a result of these changes are set out in the Simplification and Improvement Update Document published in May 2009 available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/News. S3W-27352
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2009
Under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, the building of any new thermal power station in excess of 50 megawatts in generating capacity would require consent from Scottish ministers.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps ministers can take to address concerns regarding the new quota system, also known as direct-to-pharmacy, introduced by pharmaceutical companies.
Details can be found at: www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/06/24094717. Further to these events, the First Minister will undertake a range of other engagements in line with usual business.
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its news release of 11 June 2009 on national qualifications, how literacy and numeracy will be assessed in secondary one to three.
Boards are required under the three equality duties for races, gender and disability to undertake equality impact assessments of all new and revised policies, strategies, functions or changes and to place them in the public domain.