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Our cultural agencies are all aware of this strategy and work hard topromote Scotland’s culture abroad. The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contentsand Artistic Expressions has no direct bearing on these activities.The Convention’s focus is onencouraging developed countries to assist poorer, less developed nations to develop...
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Date answered:
3 November 2005
While it would be possible for Scotland to adopt a different target to the rest of the UK for the use of biofuels, the measures to deliver an increase in biofuels usage in relation to taxation are best pursued at a UK level.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2005
In its June 2003 report on GP prescribing, Audit Scotland recognised that the potential benefits of further generic prescribing were at that time marginal.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 September 2005
The demand for midwives reflects the continuing falling number of births in Scotland. The number of births has reduced from 56,589 per year in 1999 to 52,112 in 2004, a drop of 7.9%.The workforce required to meet the future shape of maternity services in Scotland is being led by the National Maternity Services Workfo...
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Date answered:
24 August 2005
The national strategy for sport in Scotland, which is owned by all the key agencies and partners in sport including the Scottish Executive, is set out in Sport 21 2003-07.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 August 2005
The official source of low income data for Scotland is the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset which is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS).The FRS is an annual survey run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).Only annual statistics relating to families living in relative poverty are therefore available.The following link provides the latest low income headline figures for Scotland (2003/04), together with data for previous years, which was published on 30 March 2005:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/29170611/06123.
The concept of a crofting community land trust was first explored by the then Scottish Office in 1996 in connection with proposals for community ownership of croft land owned by the Secretary of State For Scotland. Parliamentary consideration of options for the creation of community bodies and crofting community bodies under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 was informed by the community land trust concept.
However, the Central Office of the Employment Tribunals in Scotland, The Eagle Building, 215 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, holds a public record of all Employment Tribunal cases brought in Scotland.