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Officials from the Scottish Executive European Structural Funds Division have had a series of discussions with opposite numbers for both Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire Councils to prepare for implementation early in the New Year. It is at the implementation stage that projects are identified for support.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 October 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer whether he will detail those factors not covered by commercial confidentiality which led to the contract being awarded to Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd to carry out cladding work on the MSPs' block in the new Parliament building. Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd were appointed following normal competitive ten...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 August 2001
The draft answer was overlooked in the Private Office during the clearing process. A new computer-based PQ tracking system introduced during June should help to minimise the risk of this recurring in future.
Running concurrently with that, the two Scottish electricity grid owners are, with external validation, conducting a study of the capacity of the network to accommodate the new renewable capacity that we expect our policies to bring on stream.
The Scottish Renewables Obligation will remain in place until 2015, while the new Renewables Obligation (Scotland) will remain in place until March 2026.
The Scottish Executive is committed to tackling problems of digital inclusion and to achieving universal access to the web by 2005. A new Digital Inclusion Unit has been created within the Executive to take this work forward.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made and to whom to secure new direct flights into Scotland to address the effect of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on the tourism sector.