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Henry McLeish's letter to the convener dated 4 July stated that the minister would shortly agree the arrangements for evaluating the two discretionary fund pilots and that a full report would be issued on the outcome.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to develop and promote the metropolitan region approach in order to stimulate and grow the economy.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 February 2006
This identified a total of about 8,600 development sites, with the capacity to accommodate 230,000 houses, and a further 14,000 hectares for non-residential development across Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 August 2003
In addition, Scottish Water will be keeping the Scottish Executive, local authorities, Scottish Enterprise, developers, and housing associations informed about any development constraints.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2003
The Scottish Biodiversity Forum has developed, at the request of my colleague Allan Wilson, a draft strategy for biodiversity in Scotland which will be an important contribution to meeting the objectives agreed at the World Summit on sustainable development in Johannesburg last year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 December 2002
All applications for Regional Selective Assistance are assessed against the scheme's standard eligibility criteria. The additional sustainable development assessment, to be applied to grants of £2 million and over from 2004, will be developed in the intervening period.