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No additional funds have been made available to local authorities for the period up until 2006 as direct payments are made in lieu of services which a local authority would normally provide itself. From 2006-7, £1.8 million, and for 2007 onwards £2 million will be made available to local authorities to increase uptake through targeted support such as additi...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 December 2004
The consultation paper is available online at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange.The Executive is co-funding an interactive conference on 7 December to help raise awareness of the Scottish Programme review and engage stakeholders in the consultation process.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 September 2004
Period/Month Number of Applications Made by Volunteers As Per Cent of All Applications April 2002 to Mar 2003 9,242 7% April 2003 to Mar 2004 30,119 8% January 2004 1,357 2% February 2004 2,364 4% March 2004 3,383 8% April 2004 3,026 9%...
The figures for sentenced young people under 16 are as follows: 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1 1 5 In each case, the individuals were held in Scottish Prison Service premises for only a few days while awaiting a place in secure accommodation.Over the same time period, the number of under 16-year-olds remanded on Unruly certificates and the time spent in custody is in the following table: Time in Custody 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 (Prov) 7...
To ask the Scottish Executive why business transport taxes are 27% lower in Scotland than in the UK as a whole, as shown in the Comparative Study of Business Tax Revenue of 7 October 2003. The Executive’s report Comparative Study of Business Tax Revenue estimated that the revenue raised from business transport taxes in Scotland was equal to 1.1% of GDP in ...
The first three year review of the GB road safety strategy Tomorrow’s Roads – safer for everyonewas published on 7 April. The review reports that considerable research has beenundertaken by the Department for Transport to increase understanding of the risksassociated with falling asleep at the wheel.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2004
These compare to the original (1998)recovery and recycling targets of 38% and 7%, respectively. Increasingcompanies’ recovery and recycling obligations for packaging waste in this wayconstitutes a strong incentive for them to minimise the amount of packagingthey use in the first place.In otherrespects The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2003
Local Authority and NHS Partnership April 2004 Target Argyll and Clyde 233 Ayrshire and Arran 169 Borders 40 Dumfries and Galloway 8 Fife 90 Forth Valley 100 Grampian 228 Greater Glasgow 230 Highland 54 Lanarkshire 123 Lothian 345 Orkney 7 Shetland 2 Tayside 150 Western Isles 9 Total 1,788 Figures from the most recentISD Scotland census of patients ready for discharge can be found at http://www.nhsscotland.com/isdonline/files/July03pub.pdf.