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The implementation of free nursing care will be co-ordinated with the introduction of the new system of assessment. It, too, will be brought into operation in 2002.We want to go further.
Perhaps that in itself is a good reason for having an independent review. However, we have a new Executive, a new Parliament and a new Local Government Committee, and I hope that we would think carefully before going down the road of having an independent review of local autho...
Year-on year changes should be treated with caution due to the small numbers of new build local authority dwellings.Currently, almost all new building of social housing is by housing associations rather than local authorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that Her Majesty’s Government will bring forward the new grant programmes intended to replace the PowerShift scheme and on what date applications for grants under the new programmes will be considered.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what measurable improvements are being delivered as a direct consequence of the job-planning process introduced under the new consultant contract. The new contract was introduced on 1 April 2004.