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Among the essential objectives was one to tackle constraints on new development by allowing an estimated 120,000 new homes and more than 4,000 hectares of land for commercial development to be connected to the public networks.I also noted that the Minister for Communities will shortly make a separate announcement abo...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take any steps to assist local authorities and housing associations to acquire land for new affordable housing projects. Over the next three years we are making £1.2 billion available to support affordable housing projects across Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2005
The main reasons for not achieving the 80,000 new adult literacy and numeracy learners during the period 2001 to 2004 are as follows:Community Learning and Development partnerships found it difficult to engage new learners.Delay in establishing the “development engine” within Communities Scotland.A shortage of suitab...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its powers are in respect of applications for new casinos; what powers it has to regulate, or designate, regional casinos, and how many (a) casinos and (b) regional casinos there are in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what notice was given to NHS boards that they should start planning for the provision of out-of-hours care in the community. UK-wide negotiations over the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract began during 2001-02.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) inward investment decisions were made and (b) new jobs were created through inward investment in each year from 1999 to 2003.
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the amount of brownfield land available for new build in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Stirling, (e) Dundee and (f) Inverness.