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To ask the Scottish Executive how many migrants under the Fresh Talent initiative, including but not exclusive to those under the Working in Scotland scheme, have been (a) skilled, (b) unskilled and (c) semi-skilled, broken down by month.
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Date answered:
20 January 2006
The Scottish Executive has commissioned the following research in this area: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Scotland: a Skills and Aspirations Audit (March 2004) and Minority Ethnic Enterprise in Scotland: a National Scoping Study (June 2005).
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Date answered:
18 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to compile an estimate of the size of the illegal drugs trade in Scotland. The Scottish Executive has no current plans to compile an estimate of the size of the illegal drugs trade in Scotland but we are continuing to keep under review the various sources of available ...
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Date answered:
15 November 2005
The Executive has committed itself to reviewing the impact of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and associated regulations within ten years of it coming into force.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 November 2005
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has confirmed that imported paid donor plasma was not used to make fractionated blood products in Scotland at any time in the 1980s. S2W-19689
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the rate of inflation for wage-related costs within NHS Scotland. Details of the estimated increase in wage-related costs within NHS Scotland are given in Table 5.04 of the Draft Budget 2006-07, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Inform...