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Date answered:
25 November 2003
S2W-04020
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has identified any marine and coastal areas that are of international importance for seabirds and, if so, what measures it is taking to protect such areas from inappropriate development and commercial exploitation.
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Date answered:
23 March 2007
S2W-31877
Maintenance of the railway isan operational matter for Network Rail, who are funded by Scottish ministers underthe terms of the Railways Act 2005.
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Date answered:
5 March 2007
S2W-31960
However, Communities Scotland aims to provide a grant applicant witha decision in principle within six weeks of receiving a fully completed outlineapplication for funding. If the outline application is approved, a grant applicantwill be asked to complete a more detailed application.
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Date answered:
6 October 2006
S2W-28477
Expenditure from the Scottish Executive Budgetand expenditure from outwith Total Managed Expenditure i.e. funds which come directlyfrom HM Treasury and are outside the Scottish Executive Budget.Expenditure from within the ExecutiveBudget includes the payment of tuition fees, grants, bursaries, SAAS running costsand costs associated with running the student ...
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14 August 2006
S2W-27483
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent research published by Professor Gillian Baird in The Lancet stating that autism now affects one child in 100 in the United Kingdom and that environmental factors are implicated, what urgent steps will be taken to identify the environmental factors which are the potential triggers for this condition and whether it will now directly fund independent research. The report by ProfessorGillian Baird and others which was published in The Lancet on 14 Julydoes not implicate environmental factors as a reason for an increase in theprevalence of autism and related spectrum disorders (ASDs).
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Date answered:
8 June 2006
S2W-26437
The Executive has made £500,000 availablethis year to take forward six BID pilots in Scotland.In addition, the recentlypublished regeneration policy statement commits the Executive to a range of specificactions that will benefit all of Scotland’s towns and cities, including modernising theplanning system, improving the alignment of key players in regeneration,removing the barriers that can inhibit regeneration led by others andrealigning and consolidating funding...
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Date answered:
30 May 2006
S2W-26003
Her response is asfollows:The approval of RegenerationOutcome Agreements (ROAs) in October 2005 meets our Partnership Agreement commitmentto merge Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) with Community PlanningPartnerships (CPPs).The Community RegenerationFund (CRF), which replaced SIP funding from April 2005, is allocated toCommunity Planning Partnerships and...
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Date answered:
17 May 2006
S2W-25824
Guidance toPE Colleges on the subject was published in January 2005 when PartnershipMatter’s set out the roles and responsibilities of the various bodies involvedin providing support to students, and other tools from the Scottish Further andHigher Education Funding Council. S2W-25824
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Date answered:
17 May 2006
S2W-25828
The awards specifically related toautism spectrum disorders have totalled over £1.5 million and are made on the basisof a two or three year cycle.In addition, the Executive provideda total of £3 million in 2004-05 and in 2005-06 to the Health Boards to assist themto prepare for and to support the implementation of the Education (Additional Supportfor Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. This funding could be used in a variety of ways,such as to provide additional allied health professionals to support children andyoung people with additional support needs, including autism spectrum disorders.
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Date answered:
15 May 2006
S2W-25694
Local authorities indicatedin their local financial returns for social work that net revenue expenditureon fostering across Scotland over the past five years was as follows: Year Fostering Net Revenue Expenditure (£ Million) 1999-2000 35.507 2000-01 38.379 2001-02 43.045 2002-03 44.075 2003-04 47.334 2004-05 55.671 Source: LFR 3 (Social work)returns.In addition, we haveallocated £12 million extra funding...
