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28 May 2013
S4W-14784
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on developing search locations for (a) minke whales, (b) Risso’s dolphins and (c) white-beaked dolphins in marine protected areas.
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9 May 2013
S4W-14426
We are aware of a potential mismatch between Scottish dental school graduates and availability of vocational training (VT) placements, and are actively exploring through NHS Education for Scotland several options to increase VT capacity in Scotland, including: the initiation of a further recruitment drive of dental practice trainers (DVT); contacting clinical leads in the salaried dental service in each of the territorial health boards to determine the extent of capacity; determining capacity within the hospital dental service; the relaxation of current criteria requirements in aspects of the recruitment of DVTs which will not affect the quality and development...
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Date answered:
1 May 2013
S4W-14332
The Scottish Government is seeking views on future design of support for crofting through the recently released public consultation on the design of the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) for 2014-20 and welcomes the submission made by the Cross Party Group on Crofting’s Working Group and engagement by the Working Group as we consider the future sh...
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Date answered:
30 April 2013
S4W-14325
As part of their Patient Transport Service Improvement Programme - which includes investment in new technology, training and staff development - the Scottish Ambulance Service expect that staff numbers are likely to reduce by around 60 and the Patient Transport Service fleet will reduce by around 33 vehicles.
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Date answered:
24 April 2013
S4W-13998
This view is consistent with the findings a review by the UK Energy Research Centre of over 200 studies into the impacts of renewables generation on the electricity network, available online at: http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/Downloads/PDF/06/0604Intermittency/0604IntermittencyReport.pdf In addition, we consider that advances in grid technology and management techniques, together with increased interconnection and developments...
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14 March 2013
S4W-13421
Through its National Park Partnership Plan the Park seeks to deliver a broad range of agreed and co-ordinated action which supports the continued development of the Park and delivery of Scottish Government objectives.
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22 February 2013
S4W-12676
In its report on the achievability of the Scottish Government’s renewable energy targets of 23 November 2012, the Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Committee stated that it “has seen no empirical evidence which demonstrates that the tourism industry in Scotland will be adversely affected by the wider deployment of renewable energy projects, particularly onshore and offshore wind.“ and that “no witness has provided the Committee with robust, empirical evidence, as opposed to anecdotal comment and opinion, that tourism is being negatively affected by the development...
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18 February 2013
S4W-12696
In line with the recommendation of the Electoral Commission, the Scottish Government has proposed to the UK Government that the two governments should engage in preparatory discussions to exchange the factual information that will be required to underpin post-referendum negotiations, and to develop an understanding of the issues that will require to be agre...
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Date answered:
28 January 2013
S4W-12283
On 29 October 2012 the Justice Secretary wrote to the Justice Committee advising that he had agreed the Scottish Prison Service Chief Executive’s recommendation that the SPS should proceed to develop HMP Inverclyde as a “custom made” national prison for women offenders, with both the regime and the building fully meeting the aspirations and recommendations ...
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25 January 2013
S4W-11870
The Scottish Government’s Land Use Strategy sets out the importance of applying an ecosystems approach to policy making and we aim to do that as we develop future CAP Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 systems.
