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There is a role there for policy, as well as other areas. For example, lenders could de-risk that transition process, which on farms can take anything up to six years, and there may be impacts on production during that period.
No, the change of status will not give it a greater budget or more powers; that happened subsequent to the proposal for it to become an executive body. It currently employs 26 permanent staff and it has annual funding from the Scottish Government of £2.29 million—that figure is for 2010-11.With regard to Architecture and Design Scotland’s responsibilities, ...
However, she might wish to look for advice from Iveta Radicová of Slovakia, who has been credited with restoring the relationship with a large neighbour after her predecessor put it under significant strain.
Only about two thirds of pensioners take up pension credit, which means not only that they are losing pension credit, but that they are losing access to programmes such as the energy assistance package—pension credit is one of the passports for getting a central heating system...
I suppose that it is a hybrid somewhere in between directly supplying and not directly supplying, and it offers a number of advantages for de-risking the venture. As Kate Morrison suggested, if addressing fuel poverty is the objective, there are multiple ways of providing low-cost energy if the margins in the market allow it.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to deal with any social or economic impact of the credit crunch. The most significant of our devolved powers are those relating to housing, and the provision of information and advice.