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Eligibility for Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), which is a matter for the Inland Revenue, does not depend solely on income. SPS have been notified of 26 members of staff to receive WFTC, of whom 17 are prison officers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve and enhance the recreational and educational experiences of deaf people visiting the countryside. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28197 on 20 September 2006.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2006
Music instruction more generally, including instrumental music instruction, is delivered in primary schools by visiting music specialists, music instructors and instrumental instructors as well as by qualified music teachers.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S2W-17331 by George Reid on 21 June 2005 and in the event of any G8 leaders and/or their supporting delegations visiting the Parliament, whether they would be required to produce any identification such as a utility bill.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5734 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 July 2000, what effect the security requirements of the number of VIP visits to Edinburgh since 1 July 1999 have had on policing in the Scottish Borders.
Neither you, Presiding Officer, nor Mr Rumbles could have been aware that I had sent a further e-mail to the committee, dated 26 February, that did not appear in the report.
On a more serious point, I notice that the council agreed to seek permission to compulsorily purchase the land on 26 February 2002 and that it took ministers until May 2006 to confirm the authorisation.
That the Parliament agrees that, between 4 September 2006 and 3 January 2007, the Office of the Clerk will be open on all days except: Saturdays and Sundays, 1 December 2006, 22 December 2006 (pm), 25 and 26 December 2006 and 1 and 2 January 2007.
I am grateful for the minister's answer and his response to my parliamentary question on the same subject on 26 February. At that time, the minister agreed that the Mohs service should become more widely available in Scotland and stated that the national services advisory group felt that the service was too low cost and low volume to justify national organi...