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Date answered:
18 May 2000
S1W-06583
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new jobs created in each of the last five years in (a) Lothian, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Fife, (d) Glasgow and (e) Dunbartonshire are attributable to the work of Locate in Scotland. The following details are available of planned jobs announced for the areas specified over the last five years; arising from projects attracted by Locate in Scotland: 1994-951995-961996-971997-981998-99Lothian1,0051,4812,5483,1491,505Lanarkshire1,7744,3422,8476,992 763Fife1,5511,606 506 439 625Glasgow1,404 424 5141,4911,507Dunbartonshire 52 103 141 120 140A recent analysis suggests that, on average, 73% of planned jobs actually materialise.Locate in Scotland results for the year 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 will be published in June 2000, however, I can tell you that information already publicly announced by companies for the year to 31 March 2000 in the areas specified are:Lothian3,080 planned new jobsLanarkshire2,200 planned new jobsFife1,200 planned new jobsGlasgow3,025 planned new jobsDunbartonshire650 planned new jobs S1W-06583
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Date answered:
17 April 2000
S1W-05913
However, the Labour Force Survey, which includes about 6,000 households each quarter in Scotland, gives reliable estimates although not broken down by local authority area.
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Date answered:
30 March 2000
S1W-05394
The Scottish Executive has power to legislate and make regulations concerning fish and fisheries in Scotland.There is general recognition that stocks of salmonid are in a worrying state throughout their North Atlantic range. In Scotland this has led to many Boards and proprietors introducing catch and release policies; to Boards seeking and obtaining from the Scottish Executive powers to prohibit certain types of baits and lures; and to the Salmon Net Fishing Association of Scotland proposing to its members a postponement of the start of this year's season.The Scottish Executive is continuing to monitor the situation closely and to encourage the urgent adoption of appropriate measures to reduce exploitation.
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Date answered:
17 February 2000
S1O-01172
Mr Colin Milne, one of the Regional Chairmen of Employment Tribunals (Scotland), is responsible for routine administrative matters on a caretaker basis.
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Date answered:
15 December 1999
S1W-02894
To ask the Scottish Executive what aspects of implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to licensed taxis are devolved and how it intends to progress these matters. Under schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 the power to determine the technical specifications for public passenger transport vehicles, including taxis, under Part V of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, is a reserved matter.However the regulation making powers in section 33(2) of the 1995 Act and section 20 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (as amended by section 39 of the 1995 Act), have been executively devolved to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc,) Order 1999.
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Date answered:
14 December 1999
S1W-02906
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will explain the delay in repealing the provisions listed under the Local Statutory Provisions (Exemption from Repeal) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/157). Section 59 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 was introduced as a mechanism of requiring all new councils to r...
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Date answered:
25 November 1999
S1W-02123
It is open to the applicants to come forward with acceptable alternative proposals for wheelchair access.Significantly, Disability Scotland, which aims to be the national voice of the disabled movement in Scotland, are also in favour of an alternative point of access.
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Date answered:
9 November 1999
S1W-01902
Distribution amongst the three authorities is given in the table below: -AuthorityProvisional EFL 2000-01Indicative EFL2001-02North of Scotland Water Authority£50.0m£70.0mEast of Scotland Water Authority£76.0m£66.0mWest of Scotland Water Authority£90.9m£82.0mTotal£216.9m£218.0...
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Date answered:
15 October 1999
S1W-00116
Our Partnership for Scotland statement aims for steady improvements in water quality, targeting all Scotland's beaches to meet clean water standards by 2005.On environmental water, we are considering, with Scottish Environment Protection Agency, measures to tackle agricultural and industrial pollution.
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Date answered:
29 September 1999
S1W-01719
In addition, although the mechanism of floating charges is used extensively by companies in Scotland to obtain finance, it is thought to have some disadvantages.
