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Date answered:
8 December 2005
S2W-21143
The Scottish Executive has committed £35 million of funding for 2006-07 and 2007-08 to the new statutory regional transport partnerships towards implementation of their strategies.
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Date answered:
8 December 2005
S2W-20905
The Executive provides help with travel costs for mature students under further and higher education funding. Beyond that, student discounts for travel are commercial decisions made by travel operators at their discretion and information on such schemes is held by the operators concerned and not the Executive.
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30 November 2005
S2W-20895
The industry benefits from longstanding arrangements which remove the duty which would otherwise be paid on fuel oil. The Scottish Executive is co-funding a long-term project, being undertaken by the Sea Fish Industry Authority (SEAFISH) to identify ways in which the industry might reduce its dependency on fuel oil.
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Date answered:
4 November 2005
S2W-19721
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the research published by Communities Scotland, The impact of second and holiday homes on rural communities in Scotland, it will urge HM Treasury to reconsider the implementation of new tax rules on 1 April 2006 which would allow second homes to be placed in pension funds. One of the conclusions of therece...
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31 October 2005
S2W-19827
Although the Scottish Executive provides funding for salaries and wages as part of the block grant provided to local authorities, it is the responsibility of each authority as to how this money is allocated.
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14 October 2005
S2W-19495
There are a number of local initiatives, supported by Executive and European funds, to help the unemployed, such as the Full Employment Areas Initiative in Glasgow and Genderwise programmes to close the gender gap in the labour market.
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23 August 2005
S2W-18116
In a Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs funded research project, the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology investigated the level of gene flow between cultivated crops and wild relatives in or adjacent to fields used for the farm-scale evaluations (FSE) of genetically modified crops.
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18 August 2005
S2W-17780
Financial Year 2002-03: £7,400Financial Year 2003-04: £4.300Financial Year 2004-05: £16,900.In addition, in both 2002-03 and 2003-04 the Executive provided over £1.3 million in core funding to the Met Office. However, as the core business of the Met Office lies largely within areas reserved for the UK Government it was agreed that from 31 March 2004 public ...
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Date answered:
10 June 2005
S2W-16970
Highland Council and Orkney Islands Council are planning to submit claims for emergency financial assistance under the terms of the Bellwin Scheme and any decision on the extent of any funding contribution from the Executive would have to await consideration of those claims.
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Date answered:
12 April 2005
S2W-15245
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost of a single school meal under its free school meals programme was in each of the last five years and what the projected average cost will be for each of the next five years. 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 £1.69 £1.65 £1.63 £1.57 £1.57 The cost of school meals in the future is a matter for individual local authorities. Authorities are provided with funding...
