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However, the Scottish Executive has commissioned a series of Information Sharing Seminars acrossScotland to facilitate the sharing of practice across education authorities,health boards and other services. These seminars will take place over the nexttwo months.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2006
We have no plans to include areference to Planning Aid for Scotland in legislation. The services of the organisation arealready well known to, and promoted by, planning authorities and a wide range ofcommunity groups.In addition to financial support,Planning Aid is endorsed by the Scottish Executive in a number of ways includingin the Planning Advice Note o...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why the publication of the report of the Budget Review Group has been delayed until 2007, given the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform's statement to the Finance Committee on 7 November 2005 that the findings would be published by spring 2006 (Official Report c. 3012).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all the fee income of Registers of Scotland is used to improve the efficiency of its service. Registers of Scotland isself-financing and operates under arrangements analogous to these applying toTrading Funds.
Expenditure on fuel used by theGovernment Car Service (Scotland) (GCS) in each of the last five years is shown in thefollowing table: Year1 Fuel Costs (£) E2001-02 39,026 2002-03 42,131 2003-04 47,178 2004-05 47,298 2005-06 59,3462 Notes:1.
Scottish Enterprise andHighlands and Islands Enterprise’s launched the Women’s Enterprise Strategy Sharpeningthe Focus on Women’s Enterprise in Scotland in 2005. The strategy highlightsthe services and activities currently provided by the enterprise agencies and aimsto assist more women to start-up and grow their businesses.Specific details about activityun...
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not availablein the format requested, due to the turnover of prisoners, particularly those onshort-term sentences.The following table show thetotal number of prisoners gaining SQA qualifications: Year SQA Qualif...
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Scottish Natural Heritage concerning the potential impact on the marine environment of the proposed net servicing station at Stromeferry. No substantive discussionhas taken place between the Scottish Executive and Scottish Natural Heritage(SNH) on this matter.I understand that theproposal is be...