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Date answered:
22 September 2006
S2W-28255
Cycle training is offered to all P6and P7 pupils throughout Scotland and is designed to provide pupils with the skillsand knowledge needed to cycle safely on the road.In June this year, I announceda funding package of £8 million to Sustrans over this and the next financial yearto upgrade and expand the National Cycle Network, focussing on building links tos...
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Date answered:
28 August 2006
S2W-27334
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26513 by Nicol Stephen on 27 June 2006, how much funding has been clawed back from foreign companies that were in receipt of regional selective assistance because they failed to meet the conditions attached to the funding concerning job targets or ...
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Date answered:
23 May 2006
S2W-25745
Each NHS board receives ageneral allocation of funds. It is for Boards to decide how best to utilisethese funds to meet the health care needs of their resident population,including mental health services, taking account of national and localpriorities.The expenditure on mentalhealth services, prescription drugs and a...
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Date answered:
8 May 2006
S2W-25401
The information requested for 2000-01 and 2001-02 can befound in tables 9, 10 and 11 of the Statistical Publication Notice 5-14Attainment in Publicly Funded Schools 2001-02 (by June 2002)published by the Scottish Executive on 4 December 2002.
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Date answered:
13 September 2005
S2W-18618
Teacher training establishments have increased the number of places available for trainee physical education teachers. Extra funding is being provided to support the recruitment of additional teachers from 2006-07 when the first of the additional PE teachers will start to be available.
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Date answered:
24 August 2005
S2W-18245
Grant-in-Aid for museums and galleries is shown in the following table: 2002-03 (£000) 2003-04 (£000) 2004-05 (£000) 2005-06 (£000) National Museums of Scotland Running Costs 15,592 16.546 17.452 18.720 National Museums of Scotland Capital 0.450 1.050 3.050 4.763 National Museums of Scotland Purchases 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500 National Museums of Scotland (National Fund...
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Date answered:
27 July 2005
S2W-17669
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16075 by Mr Tom McCabe on 27 April 2005, what the safeguards are in the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 relating to how local authorities should account for any surplus or deficit in pension funds. I refer the member to theanswers to question S2W-17667 and S2W-17668 on 27 July 2005.It is for each localauthority to address a surplus or deficit in the pension fund and this will bedone over a long period taking into account actuarial recommendations on theemployer contribution rate, investment strategy and information on demographics.The Local Government inScotland Act 2003 does not give specific safeguards for the control of localauthority finances, rather it provides Scottish ministers with the power to interveneand exercise control:The act provides:a duty to secure best value inlocal government service provision;an extension of the AccountsCommission for Scotland's powers to hold hearings and publish findings sothat they cover issues relating to best value and community planning;the provision of a ministerialintervention power for continued or extraordinary statutory failure in BestValue or a significant misuse of the power of well being;amendments to constraints onlocal authority trading activity, with the repeal of all existing legislationrelating to compulsory competitive tendering;a statutory basis for publicperformance reporting and arrangements to improve accountability;a statutory basis for communityplanning to ensure long-term commitment to effective partnership working withcommunities and between local authorities and other key bodies andorganisations;a power of well-being toenable local authorities to work in a more innovative and creative way inresponding to the needs of their communities, anda vehicle to progress anumber of miscellaneous provisions which relate to local government matters.
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Date answered:
9 May 2005
S2W-15727
Earlier service in the grade with any other trust/health board should be reflected by that date.In 1998-99, £44 million for waiting times initiative funding was made available nationally, £3.2 million of which was given to NHS Tayside.
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Date answered:
22 March 2005
S2W-14385
The figure of £150 million shown as the 2003-04 Integrated Transport Fund (ITF) budget figure in Table 8.08 of Draft Budget 2005-06 is a comparative figure only, as is the figure for 2002-03.
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Date answered:
20 April 2004
S2W-07221
The Executive through the RuralCommunity Transport Initiative (RCTI) funds community transport measures in themore remote areas of Scotland, particularly where there are no scheduled or very limitedbus services.
