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Date answered:
26 January 2007
S2W-31390
This increase is consistent with that announced by the Secretary of Statefor Education and Skills in September 2006 for English and Welsh domiciled students.The Scottish Funding Council(SFC) has also agreed to maintain the alignment between the further and higher educationsectors by, where appropriate, uprating the support available to further educationstud...
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Date answered:
15 January 2007
S2W-30398
The figures shownfor 2006-07 and 2007-08 are budget figures.Decisions about funding beyondMarch 2008 will be taken in light of the next Spending Review.
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Date answered:
24 November 2006
S2W-30124
The final evaluations of thepilot youth courts in Hamilton and Airdrie are published today, Evaluationof the Airdrie Sheriff Youth Court Pilot, Evaluation of the Airdrie and Hamilton Youth Court Pilots which canbe accessed at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent.I am pleased to note that thepilots are judged to be a success with particular strengths in fast-tracking ofyoung people through the court and in the wider range of services and resourcesavailable to address the behaviour of these young people. I have therefore decidedto fund...
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Date answered:
15 November 2006
S2W-29182
The Scottish Executive allocated£190,000 to Bookstart in Scotland in 2003-04, £190,000 in 2004-05 and £250,000 in 2005-06.Bookstart in Scotland will receive £500,000 over the next two financial years- £250,000 in 2006-07 and £250,000 in 2007-08. Decisions regarding funding beyond2007-08 will be a matter for the next spending review.
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Date answered:
14 November 2006
S2W-29429
We have asked NHS boards tolook at their vacancies and consider whether there are opportunities for newly qualifiedphysiotherapists through reviewing the skill mix of existing services with a viewto enriching this to accommodate newly qualified practitioners.Nationally, we have recruitmentand retention initiatives in place, and are provided funding for educ...
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Date answered:
13 November 2006
S2W-29119
We havetaken steps to support and encourage people to return to learning, including ourIndividual Learning Account (ILA) schemes, the Scottish Union Learning Fund, providingadvice and guidance through Learndirect Scotland and our work on adult literacyand numeracy, which has helped over 137,000literacies learners to date.
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Date answered:
10 November 2006
S2W-29271
It also supports localauthorities by funding training, providing grants and making other resources available.The Food StandardsAgency in Scotland has written to local authorities in Scotland highlighting possible importation of rice contaminated withGM material into Scottish ports and the requirement for consignments to be accompaniedby a valid analytical r...
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Date answered:
7 November 2006
S2W-28980
In addition, the cost of unavoidable overnight expensescan be reimbursed if it is considered that an overnight stay is, in practice, unavoidable.Help for visitors to patientsin hospital is not available under the travelling expenses schemes and there areno plans to extend the schemes to allow this.However, recipients of qualifyingbenefits visiting someone in hospital may be able to obtain some help in the formof a Community Care Grant from the Social Fund...
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Date answered:
19 September 2006
S2W-28117
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the provision of additional funding to assist local authorities to meet their obligations under equal pay legislation and the Equal Opportunities Commission’s Code of Practice on Equal Pay.
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Date answered:
16 August 2006
S2W-27518
Creating an ALMO would not, however, qualify the councilfor Treasury funding to redeem residual housing debt which is available to councilsthat transfer ownership of their housing to a Registered Social Landlord.The consent of the Scottish ministers is required under section 92(5) of the Housing (Scotland) Act2001 should a local authority wish to provide as...
