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Projects such as the ITIs, the co-investment fund and the new business growth fund are new and exciting departures and will lead to greater economic growth in the future.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2005
It makes more of resources available, giving immediate access to significant sums and delivering new services more quickly than would be possible with a publicly funded capital programme alone.
As part of our reform of the criminal justice system we aredetermined to reduce reoffending and invest to modernise the prison estate.This will reduce overcrowding and improve conditions in prisons.Our prison reforms havealready resulted in real changes:We have improved the basicconditions in which we expect offenders to tackle offending behaviour.The Scottish Prison Service(SPS) has moved some long-term prisoners out of Barlinnie to reduceovercrowding.Accommodation for male YoungOffenders has been consolidated in improved conditions at Polmont.For those who still have toslop out at Barlinnie and Polmont, we have provided more time and betterfacilities to do so.A new...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 January 2003
On average each year, for financial years 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 (estimate), the SABRIs have filed 10 new patents, there have been 70 new licences and two new spin-out companies.