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Date answered:
29 February 2008
S3W-09780
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all parents are entitled to receive funding towards their children’s nursery education.
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Date answered:
1 February 2008
S3W-08702
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with the Ofgem proposal to use the money raised through a windfall tax on energy companies to introduce measures targeted at addressing the problems of fuel poverty; if so, how it would envisage any such measures being taken forward in Scotland and, if not, what alternative proposals it has for the use in Scotland of the funds raised. We think that this proposal from Ofgem merits consideration.
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Date answered:
21 January 2008
S3W-08406
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft budget expenditure for Life Sciences, as shown on page 114 of Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007, of (a) £2 million in 2008-09, (b) £3 million in 2009-10 and (c) £5 million in 2010-11 represents expenditure associated solely with the proposed Scottish National Institute for Life Sciences in Dundee. The funding of £2 million/£3million/£5 million represents expenditure which is intended to be associated solelywith the proposed life sciences institute.
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Date answered:
18 January 2008
S3W-07946
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available through its concordat with COSLA to secure South Lanarkshire Council’s school building programme.
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Date answered:
18 January 2008
S3W-08111
The previous administrationhad a commitment to increase teacher numbers to 53,000 by 2007 and to reduceprimary 1 classes to a maximum of 25 and S1 and S2 maths and English classes toa maximum of 20. Funding of £32.5 million was made available in 2006-07 and£50.3 million in 2007-08 to help achieve these commitments.
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Date answered:
4 January 2008
S3W-07583
Officials have recentlydiscussed the effects of the StrategicSpending Review 2007 on the funding of community transport by telephone withthe CTA’s Director for Scotland.
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Date answered:
19 December 2007
S3W-07748
To ask the Scottish Executive which public agencies will be responsible for the funding of an enhanced level of community wardens in the (a) Highland Council, (b) Moray Council, (c) Argyll and Bute Council, (d) Orkney Islands Council, (e) Shetland Islands Council and (f) Western Isles Council areas.
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Date answered:
19 December 2007
S3W-07550
These willbe made shortly and stakeholders will be informed as soon as possible.Where formalScottish Enterprise funding commitments exist for approved projects, these willbe honoured.
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Date answered:
19 December 2007
S3W-07490
The Scottish Governmentcontinues to be advised by the Food Standards Agency on this matter. The World CancerResearch Fund goes further than current government advice which continues to recommendmoderate consumption of red meat as part of a healthy balance diet.
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Date answered:
19 December 2007
S3W-07489
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6636 by Shona Robison on 29 November 2007, whether it will make any recommendations or representations to the Food Standards Agency regarding the relationship between meat consumption and cancer in response to the findings of the report by the World Cancer Research Fund. The Scottish Gove...
