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Although tackling those leaks requires new investment, the work is more a matter of repairing existing pipes than putting in place new facilities, and we need the capacity to pull together and take forward such projects.
I acknowledge that substantial investment in new ferries has been made. For example, a new ferry has been introduced—albeit with one or two niggles—on the Mallaig to Armadale service; the small isles have a new ferry service; and new pi...
At the moment, it is hard to resist the introduction of a new service, and it is difficult to make checks or to question its cost-effectiveness right at the outset.
I do not think that an inordinate additional burden will be created, given that the police train constantly for new initiatives and legislation. The police have a structured training programme into which the new provision can be built.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities currently run direct payment schemes. Latest figures published by Direct Payments Scotland show that 17 local authorities are currently making direct payments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2001
Expenditure on research and development by businesses in Scotland amounted to £393 million in 1999, the latest year for which figures have been published by the Office for National Statistics.