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The purpose of the draft Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 is to ensure that public funds are targeted to those on the lowest incomes.
Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2002 (draft) The draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2002 is laid under the affirmative procedure, which means that Parliament must approve the instrument before it comes into force.
Many of those who leave the country are young people, whom we need for the future of Scotland—the people whom Miss Jean Brodie would call la crème de la crème.
Scottish Ambulance Service I welcome Mr Geoff Scaife, who is chief executive of the national health service in Scotland. Mr Scaife is accompanied by the chief medical officer for Scotland, Sir David Carter.
Youth Projects (Funding) To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated under the quality of life initiative for youth projects and whether any of this funding has been allocated to warn young people about the dangers of underage drinking.
The CCTV van to which Duncan McNeil refers was funded through social inclusion partnership moneys rather than through community safety, but he identifies a real problem.
When the minister comes to write his letter of guidance to the funding councils following the spending review, will he make a point of specifying that he expects the speedy implementation of pay modernisation?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 January 2005
(a) 100 percent of electricity consumed by the Scottish Executive was generated from renewable sources.(b) 4.4 percent of the energy used for heating the 14 largest Scottish Executive buildings was generated from renewable sources.