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To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any development on funding for the Scottish Civic Forum. The Executive’s position remainsas set out by Tavish Scott on 24 February 2005 during the member’s business debateon motion S2M-2384 (Official Report col. 14853).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was allocated for specialist equipment for children with complex needs in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002, (e) 2003 and (f) 2004, broken down by NHS board area.
The Scottish Executive is committed to supporting and encouraging authorities to increase the availability of Gaelic-medium education through the provision of funding, guidance, training, teacher support and resources.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2005
This is a complex issue for which costs cannot be estimated.However, significant Executive programmes address aspects of child poverty, including the Community Regeneration Fund and Working for Families. S2W-13362
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any proposals to require people publicly-funded to deal with, or counsel, drug misusers to be subject to random drug testing.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will hold an investigation into any disparity between Edinburgh and Glasgow airports in respect of the award of airport routes. The Interim Route Development Fund is non-discriminatory. The Executive is not in a position to "award" routes as the ultimate decision rests with the airlines.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 January 2003
To ask the First Minister what impact the changes to Her Majesty's Government's funding policy for higher education in the rest of the UK will have on the Scottish budget.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how often, and when, its standing committee under Sir John Arbuthnott to review the formula for the allocation of NHS board funding has met. The Standing Committee on Resource Allocation has met on three occasions - in June and September 2001 and in August this year.