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A questionnaire has gone out to staff who will work in the civil service part of the new organisation to get some feel for the number of people who would be prepared to consider, or who would be interested in, transferring from Edinburgh to the new location in Glasgow, wherever it is.
Since the opening day, there has been much talk in the Parliament of a new politics. People have placed different interpretations on that, but there is a wide desire to achieve a new way of going about our business.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2007
The new tier of RSA for SMEsand simplification of the grant structure is aimed at encouraging as manyeligible small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as possible to access grant.
We are investing in pre-schooleducation, and in new and refurbished schools, improving educationalattainment, supporting effective and affordable child care, and protecting andsupporting our most vulnerable children, young people and families.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected costs are of the new state-of-the-art digital radio system for emergency services announced in April 2006.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what cognisance it takes of Scotland’s carbon footprint when assessing proposals for new industrial development. The Scottish Executive does notroutinely assess proposals for new industrial development.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the publication of Choosing our Future: Scotland’s Sustainable Development Strategy in December 2005, which states that complex funding streams caused problems for those seeking to promote local environmental regeneration projects, when it will bring forward proposals to simplify the range and scope of these streams and on what date any new funding will be available. We expect to bring forward proposalsto simplify the range and scope of funding streams for local environmental regenerationprojects by the end of this financial year and to implement new arrangements forfunding as soon as possible thereafter.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider improving road access into and out of the Seafar and Ravenswood areas of Cumbernauld as part of the upgrade of the A80 to address the issue of limited access when traffic is diverted from the A80 to the A8011 as a result of accident or works on the A80. A new access road would be providedto the existing Seafar cottages which would not connect directly to the new M80and would therefore provide constant access.
Two ofthese jobs resulted from civil service dispersal – the posts were previously basedin the Scottish Charities Office within the Crown Office. Thirty-four new postshave been created with the establishment of OSCR.