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In the context of forward planning, does he welcome the EnQuest takeover—for want of a better expression—of the Sullom Voe facilities, because it is a company that will, we hope, extract more with BP now seeking to develop west of Shetland, rather than in the east Shetland basin?
However, if you are economically inactive rather than unemployed, it is also likely that you will miss out on your national insurance credits so you will also potentially stop building up your state pension.
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Date answered:
14 August 2015
We aim to provide a suite of training programmes for Scottish Government modern apprenticeship managers, designed to provide them with interviewing skills and techniques that will allow those on the autistic spectrum to express themselves clearly and fairly at interview, in what is a competitive and sometimes stressful situation.
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Date answered:
22 April 2015
This consultation involved a number of public meetings to advise local residents of the proposals, and how they can get involved to express their own views. NHS Lanarkshire estimate that 6,000 written consultation responses were received during this period.
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Date answered:
10 March 2015
The Scottish and UK Governments are aware that many companies, academics and representative bodies have expressed long-standing concerns about security of electricity supply within the GB market.
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Date answered:
17 February 2015
The Leader of Fife Council, David Ross and I wrote a joint letter to David Lewis, Tesco Chief Executive on 30 January 2015 following the announcement to close four Tesco stores in Scotland including a superstore in Kirkcaldy with 189 employees. This letter expressed both the Scottish Government’s and Fife Council’s concern that the company had decided to cl...
Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and stakeholders have expressed concerns about the proposals and the need to ensure compliance with European legal requirements.
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Date answered:
1 November 2013
Those companies are Abellio, Arriva, First Group, MTR and National Express, each of whom demonstrated in its response to the PQQ an understanding of, and a commitment to realise, our ambitions for a transformed rail service.
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Date answered:
3 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in kinship care are living in (a) formal arrangements, (b) under section 11 orders of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and (c) other informal arrangements, also expressed as a percentage of all children in the country.