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17 January 2005
S2W-13494
From 2005-06 these will also increase so that maximum bursary support will be provided to students whose parents earn up to £17,500 (the equivalent figure for 2004-05 is £10,740) and students will qualify for some bursary support up to parental income of £31,000 (the equivalent figure for 2004-05 is £28,000).These changes mean that eligible young Scottish students studying full-time higher education courses in Scotland...
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16 December 2004
S2W-12839
The Executive’s proposals to ensure coverage across Scotland of relevant and up to date development plans should therefore help to ensure that decisions on planning applications can be taken more quickly and consistently.A white paper outlining the Executive’s proposals for modernising planning is expected to be published in spring 2005.
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10 December 2004
S2W-12571
The Executive has also contributed funding of £2.2 million towards the establishment of the European Marine Energy Centre, and £3 million towards the Moray Firth offshore wind demonstrator.We also fund a range of other renewables support measures through the activities of HIE, Scottish Enterprise, EST and the Carbon Trust, as well as offering direct business support and Regional Selective Assistance funding for small businesses and companies involved in renewable energy activities.Renewables projects in Scotland...
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8 December 2004
S2W-12015
The amount shown for financial penalties includes fines, compensation orders and confiscation orders imposed by the High Court and the Sheriff Courtsin Scotland and penalties transferred from other jurisdictions in the UK.
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1 December 2004
S2W-11401
These assessments have made clear the threat posed by immigration crime and the SDEA and Scottish Police Service have adopted a close joint working relationship with the UK Immigration Service in an effort to counter this.An example of the impact of this joint working was highlighted at the start of October 2004 following an operation in which the SDEA led a multi-agency taskforce (which included the UK Immigration Service, Lothian and Borders Police, the National Criminal Intelligence Service, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise, the Department of Work and Pensions and the Inland Revenue) to target the criminal activities of an organised criminal network involved in harbouring and facilitating illegal immigrants throughout Scotland...
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30 November 2004
S2W-12310
Local Authority Number of Pools Aberdeen City 16 Aberdeenshire 11 Angus 3 Argyll and Bute 2 City of Edinburgh 26 Clackmannanshire 3 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 7 Dumfries and Galloway 3 Dundee City 7 East Ayrshire 3 East Dunbartonshire 3 East Lothian 3 East Renfrewshire 2 Falkirk 5 Fife 14 Glasgow City 13 Highland 8 Inverclyde 4 Midlothian 4 Moray 4 North Ayrshire 1 North Lanarkshire 12 Orkney Islands 6 Perth and Kinross 5 Renfrewshire 3 Scottish Borders 1 Shetland 3 South Ayrshire 0 South Lanarkshire 3 Stirling 6 West Dunbartonshire 2 West Lothian 13 Scotland...
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25 November 2004
S2W-12206
Sustainable flood management is a developing subject area internationally; the inclusion in the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 of a duty to promote sustainable flood management has set an example for other EU member states to follow.
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23 November 2004
S2W-12125
Copies of the Report are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre and it is also available on the Funding of Learners Review website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/ELLD/FoL/00017431/page677853067.aspx.The report presents the findings of the Review of Funding of Learners, the commitment to which was made in the Lifelong Learning Strategy for Scotland published by the Scottish Executive in February 2003.
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19 November 2004
S2W-12045
It is for local authorities to determine what measures they will take under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 to mitigate the flooding of non-agricultural land in their areas.
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16 November 2004
S2W-11522
The Scottish Procurement Directorate (SPD) comprises of five branches; Policy,Procurement Operations, Building Division, eProcurement Scotland and EASEbuy Implementation.The Directorate has to achieve Value for Money in the procurement of goods and services and savings for the financial year have to exceed the direct running costs of the Procurement Operati...
