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To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to key priority 2.3 outlined in its National Cultural Strategy, what progress has been made in ensuring that Scotland attracts international events.
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific steps have been taken to encourage more tourists from (a) England and (b) Wales to visit Scotland. visitscotland has recently launched its biggest ever spring campaign and will be able to provide the detailed information requested.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions of companies or individuals illegally using Scotland to dump toxic waste there have been since July 1999.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the Annual Report of the Chief Social Work Inspector on services across Scotland. The Chief Inspector's report is being published today and copies will be made available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in IT companies were made redundant in each of the last two years in (a) West Lothian, (b) Renfrewshire and (c) Scotland. The Scottish Executive does not collect data on local area redundancies by sector.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to record centrally, in order to ensure the availability of reliable data on disabled children, all assessments of needs of children affected by disability carried out under section 23 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. S1W-11540
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2001
As at 28 February 2001, 56,800 Individual Learning Accounts have been opened in Scotland. By then, account holders had registered for a total of 13,545 learning episodes.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8321 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 July 2000, when it will publish the outcome of the consultation on The Physical Punishment of Children in Scotland: A Consultation. We hope to make an announcement shortly.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many copies of Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government were printed and what the costs were of printing and publishing the document.