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The action plan will identify what work needs to be taken forward to achieve the following long-term outcomes:· Reduction of the minority ethnic employment gap.· Elimination of the “ethnic penalty”.· Reduction in occupational segregation.· Increased access to finance and business support services for minority ethnic entrepreneurs...
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Date answered:
28 September 2005
However, Scottish Development International (SDI) does provide information on the number of jobs planned to be created and safeguarded in different industry sectors through projects supported by SDI. The following table shows the number of planned jobs created for manufacturing sectors over the last five years, and the number of planned jobs created in the ...
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Date answered:
27 September 2005
The available information isgiven in the following table. The bail order statistics held centrally do not distinguishseparately persons charged on indictment, nor do they include information on totalapplications for bail or refusals of bail.Persons Bailed for Crimes ofIndecency1,2, 1999-2004 Year Rape Attempted Rape Other Cri...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were trained as (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) physics teachers in each year since 1999. The following table shows the number of Postgraduate Certificate in Education student teacher entrants with the main subject of (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) physics in each year since 1999: ...
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Date answered:
15 September 2005
Estimated and actual non-domestic rate income (NDRI) are shown in the following table. Year Estimated NDRI (£) Actual NDRI (£) 1995-96 1,193,000,000 1,222,135,831 1996-97 1,313,000,000 1,332,051,869 1997-98 1,326,129,000 1,327,178,743 ...
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Date answered:
6 September 2005
Audit Committees are responsible for the oversight of the internal audit programme and are responsible for reporting to health boards.NHSScotland holding bodies are required to submit to the department annual monitoring reports which provide an overview of each holding body’s performance in managing property transactions completed that year and which highlight instances where the procedures detailed in the Property Transactions Handbook have not been followed...
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Date answered:
19 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the forest planting rates in each of the last five years, also showing year-on-year percentage changes. The following table provides details of the forest planting rates in each of the last five years, also showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 August 2005
The total budget allocation for the three national health demonstration projects is given in the following table. (£000) 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Have a Heart Paisley £1,081 £1,430 £1,140 Healthy Respect £667 £758 £590 Starting Well £1,072 - ...
The information is not available as yet, however progress is being made as follows. The Scottish Health Survey 2003, which will be published later this year, will contain qualitative information on the consumption of white fish.
Police strength figures (whole-time equivalent) for 2001 to 2005 are shown in the following table. Force Police Strength as at 31 March 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Central 728 715 732 760 832 Dumfries and ...