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To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned in the last three years into why Glasgow has the highest rate of cancer in Scotland and among the highest rates in the United Kingdom.
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Date answered:
18 February 2005
The CDO will continue to play a lead role within the Executive in reforming NHS dentistry in Scotland. The work which he will undertake one day a week with NHS Education for Scotland is a vital part of securing the additional workforce needed to deliver the improvements to dental services.
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Date answered:
10 February 2005
Over the next three years we are making £1.2 billion available to support affordable housing projects across Scotland. We expect that a further £500 million of private funding will be levered in as a result of our substantially increased investment.
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Date answered:
1 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs have been created through inward investment in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow, (f) Inverness and (g) Stirling in each year since 2003.
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Date answered:
31 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it interprets section 25 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999 in respect of their application to the upper Border Esk.
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Date answered:
25 January 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:Barrhead Housing Association has completed 188 units for social rent since 1999.
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Date answered:
21 January 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:Guidance issued by Communities Scotland to Community Planning Partnerships in August 2004 states that the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) should be targeted primarily at the most deprived 15 per cent of ar...
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Date answered:
20 January 2005
EventScotland iscurrently taking a leading role in co-ordinating negotiations in relation to thestaging of the event and maximising the benefits to the area and Scotland as awhole. S2W-13319
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Date answered:
19 January 2005