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Official Report
Meeting date:
13 November 2003
Plenary, 13 Nov 2003
That is the work-life balance with which we must come to terms.I will talk quickly about what the Executive is doing to tackle issues and I will focus on a few measures. We have talked about the women's fund for Scotland before. Two big developments have occurred, one of which is the establishment of a Scottish women...
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2004
Plenary, 16 Dec 2004
However, "Scotland's Criminal Justice Plan" refers to a proposal to fund 400 front-line police and social workers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2007
S2W-31818
Lastyear we signed a co-operation agreement with Shangdong Province – China’s secondlargest regional economy.Scottish Development International(SDI) has offices in Beijing and Shanghai and has recently doubled its staff in China.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2006
S2W-30201
To ask the Scottish Executive why NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) has decided to wait until the Department of Health’s National Service Framework is published in May 2008 before undertaking further work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); why NHS QIS is not committing to developing clinical standards for COPD, and how the independence of NHS QIS is ensured, in light of these developments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 May 2006
S2W-25688
To this end, as they receive informationabout the London 2012 procurement strategy, the sub-group will arrangeworkshops on bidding for Olympic contracts.The Economic Development sub-groupis also planning to organise a conference for Scottish business before the nextround of contracts are to be announced.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 May 2006
S2W-25457
In addition the RTP will have a role in promoting rail projects and in the development of service improvement proposals” and in light of the statement on the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport website that “SPT’s rail functions have already been transferred to Transport Scotland”, whether it will confirm that it is no longer the case that the RTP “will continue to manage, develop and monitor rail services in its area” as stated by Nicol Stephen in answer to question S2W-12526 on 20 December 2004.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 March 2006
S2W-21646
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18353 by Tavish Scott on 18 August 2005, when it expects to conclude its review of the Glenmayne scheme. In developing the design forthis scheme since the original announcement in March 2003, a total of elevenoptions have been considered.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2006
S2W-21955
These include: the ICASS (Innovators’ Counselling and Advisory Service for Scotland) service, which provides free, specialist, confidential advice to innovators, inventors and small innovative companies on issues such as commercial viability, intellectual property protection and product development;the Small Companies Innovation Scheme (SCIS) delivered by Scottish Enterprise and equivalent support offered by Highlands and Islands Enterprise;the Executive’s SMART, SPUR and SPURPLUS industrial research and development (R&D) support schemes; Scottish Enterprise’s R&D Plus scheme for large companies, and the £49 million Proof of Concept Programme to assist universities, research institutes and NHS Trusts to bring ideas from the laboratory into the market place.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2005
S2W-20572
The SCRE evaluation recommended that the Executive support the development of SS/OSHL by offering more strategic direction, raising awareness of the impact OSHL can have on young people and school communities, promoting partnership working and continuing to support the dissemination of good practice.In response to this, officials have been working with the Scottish Study Support Network to develop new guidance for OSHL in Scotland.
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Date answered:
21 November 2005
S2W-20593
Scottish education authorities work with their schools to ensure their development plans reflect appropriate objectives for behaviour and attendance.
