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Section 3 of the Housing Bill will give homeless or potentially homeless people not in priority need an enhanced package which ensures them advice and assistance and access to temporary accommodation while this advice and assistance is given. Take-up of the new enhanced package will depend on the circumstances of individual households and the extent to whic...
Rather, acute services have moved from the Stonehouse site to the New Hairmyres Hospital, while 40 continuing care beds are operational at Stonehouse and x-ray and physiotherapy services also remain in place.
Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway, who have been allocated substantial additional resources to assist businesses recovery, launched a number of new initiatives earlier this week which are available to business now.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 April 2001
In collaboration with other public and private sector partners, we are also setting up a new investment fund, Social Investment Scotland, to provide development advice and loan funding for social economy organisations.
Accordingly modern landfill sites are operated to minimise water ingress and leachate is extracted and treated to a high standard before being discharged. New landfill sites will be regulated by the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2000 and will have to meet the conditions in the EC Landfill Directive, which requires sites to be situated and des...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2001
We are taking major steps to widen access for young people to higher education, particularly those from low income families: by investing £22 million over the next three years in more pilots of Education Maintenance Allowances in schools; a new student support package which will be worth more than an extra £50 million when fully implemented, and £18 million...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will ensure that the four water features opposite the entrance to the new Parliament building at Holyrood are maintained at a clean and attractive standard and that the growth of algae and discoloration of the surrounding stonework is prevented.
The Millan Committee, in its report New Directions, which was published on 25 January, recommends the introduction of a community order, where a patient meets the criteria for compulsory measures.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 January 2001
I am very pleased that the change of status afforded to Scottish Equity Partners - formerly Scottish Development Finance, Scottish Enterprise's investment arm - has allowed the company to raise £80 million for a new Venture Capital Fund aimed at early stage and growth technology companies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2001