There are 131,951 results relating to "flexible workforce development fund"
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Date answered:
1 February 2007
S2W-31297
(Scotland) Act 2004 to disperse groupsengaged in persistent ASB, including street drinking, and to close premises beingused as drug or drinking dens.We are supporting local authorityproposals to introduce byelaws prohibiting drinking of alcohol in designated publicplaces under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.These measures are in additionto the £120 million funding which is supporting local authorities between 2004 and2008 to develop a full range of ASB services appropriate to local circumstances.We require local authorities to show how local action to tackle ASB is co-ordinatedwith that to tackle alcohol and drug addictions.
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Date answered:
28 November 2006
S2W-29703
The Executive has not hithertohad a stand-alone strategy for the creative industries; instead we have sought tohelp the sector through policy initiatives and funding provided by the enterpriseagencies and the Scottish Arts Council (SAC).
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Date answered:
22 November 2006
S2W-29852
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children, who would previously have been dealt with by a children’s hearing panel, it estimates will not now be dealt with as a result of the decision by the Principal Reporter of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration to prioritise cases by risk, in light of the decision of Scottish ministers to refuse a request for £20 million of additional funding to support its front-line services.
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Date answered:
4 October 2006
S2W-28487
In criminal law, the Public Defence Solicitors’ Office based in Inverness would cover access to justice issues in Moray.Lastly, it is proposed that the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill should include provision for funding non lawyers to provide advice and assistance in specialist areas.Ways of supporting use of appropriatetechnology to facilit...
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Date answered:
4 May 2006
S2W-24670
Thisaims to provide employers, learning providers and policymakers with intelligenceon the labour market, and on education and skills.The Scottish Funding Councilalso has a number of performance indicators that benchmark and monitor the investmentmade in tertiary education, and will develop a number of further perfor...
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Date answered:
21 February 2006
S2W-22852
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21186 by Robert Brown on 27 January 2006, what the wider criteria referred to are for the Children, Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund. The current criteria are: to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable and deprived children and young people;to protect children – through effective early intervention with children and families and/or support when they need protection;to improve the health, education and care of children and young people who are affected by disability and/or who have special educational needs/additional support needs;to assist in meeting the health needs of children and young people by engaging in health initiatives complementary to those required by statute;to deliver better outcomes for children, young people and families from ethnic minorities;to promote the rights and reflect the views of all children and young people – especially those who are vulnerable or deprived;to enhance the physical, mental and emotional development and well-being of all children and young people by promoting healthier, more positive lifestyles through social inclusion, lifelong learning and active citizenship, andto provide mediation and counselling services for families/couples experiencing stress or in transition.
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Date answered:
23 January 2006
S2W-22131
In addition, schools were using a range of different strategies to promote healthy eating, such as involving pupils in designing their own promotional material.In addition to this action at school level, NHS Scotland and the Food Standards Agency run a number of national campaigns to highlight the benefits of healthy eating. In particular, the Executive funds the healthyliving campaign which includes mass media advertising, brand marketing and PR, the healthyliving helpline, website development, support for NHS and other public sector providers and monitoring and evaluation of the campaign.
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Date answered:
13 October 2005
S2W-19644
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18938 by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 October 2005, how many developments have been completed, and how many approved, since the reintroduction of GRO grant funding and how many low-cost homes have been provided by these schemes, broken down into low-cost ...
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Date answered:
31 August 2005
S2W-18315
We expect to reduce mortality rates in the target population by 15%, potentially preventing over 150 lives being lost to bowel cancer per year.We have already made available £2 million of capital funding to finance the extension of the Dundee laboratory and the development of a new IT system in order to prepare for n...
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Date answered:
31 January 2005
S2W-13238
Similarly there was a 10% increase in 2003-04 in the number of Supervised Attendance Orders, which contain an element of community reparation, imposed by courts in dealing with fine defaulters.A new development for 2005-06 is commencement of two year Executive funded pilots of Community Reparation Orders to deal with...
