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Sportscotland is currently taking forward the Sport 21 review process to revise and update the strategy for sport in Scotland. In tandem with this, sportscotland will consult on the development of its strategy for distribution of the Lottery Sport Fund.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 September 2002
A number of representations on this general subject were made during the passage of the Sexual Offences (Procedures and Evidence) Scotland Act 2002 and it was raised in some of the responses to the Vital Voices consultation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 September 2002
The borrowing powers of the Scottish Executive are set out in section 66 (1) of the Scotland Act 1999 which states that "The Scottish Ministers may borrow money from the Secretary of State any sums required by them for the purpose of:(a) meeting a temporary excess of sums paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund over sums paid into that Fund, or(b) provid...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 September 2002
The Executive's recent Review of Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland (published in January 2002) indicated that of those surveyed, 85% of those completing their modern apprenticeship were still with the same employer two years after graduation, and 70% of modern apprentices in training intended to remain with their current employer.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 September 2002
As indicated in the answer given to question S1W-28252 today, the Scottish Executive Education Department is arranging discussion with representatives of local authorities about the applicability in Scotland of material issued recently by the Department for Education and Skills in England to supplement their guidance on the health and safety of pupils on ed...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 September 2002
Depending on the progress of these discussions, it should be possible to have an authorised PETS route in Scotland before the end of the year. S1W-28233
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 August 2002
The manpower planning system used in other parts of Scotland to provide this detail has only recently been installed in this area.What we do know is that in recent weeks, in the Lothian NHS Board area, the number of uncovered shifts amounts to less than 1% of all rostered shifts.
Further education colleges are autonomous bodies under the terms of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. Local management and human resource issues at further education colleges are for colleges themselves to address.The Scottish Executive has received no recent representations on management or human resource issues at Motherwell College.
Record-keeping is the subject of one of the hospital post-mortem examination standards being developed by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland. These measures are intended to ensure that requests for information about a post-mortem examination are handled as quickly and accurately as possible.
There are 11 sites, including farm scale evaluations, where GM crops are currently being grown in Scotland. The release sites are in Aberdeenshire, Ross-shire, Fife, and Tayside.