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The impact of price rises on fuel poverty depends on a number of factors including the energy efficiency of the home and household income. The Fuel Poverty in Scotland Report for the Scottish House Condition Survey estimates that an across the board rise of 5% would increase the number of fuel poor households by 30,000, assuming that incomes and household e...
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Date answered:
24 November 2005
Measurements of the radionuclide concentration in woods from the West of Scotland were carried out by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) in 2003 on behalf of Forest Research.
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Date answered:
17 November 2005
The Executive provides grant funding to the Energy Saving Trust in Scotland to deliver a range of programmes and advice to promote energy efficiency in the domestic sector.
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Date answered:
16 November 2005
The information is given in the following table Scotland Academic Year Borrowers Write-Off Amount 1-9-1998 2,567 183,822 1-9-1999 1,304 139,049 1-9-2000 1,598 208,853 1-9-2001 1,971 356,625 1-9-2002 ...
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Date answered:
7 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17890 by Mr Andy Kerr on 8 August 2005, what the terms of reference are for the December 2005 progress review on troponin testing commissioned by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. The objectives of theassessment are to evaluate the dissemination of the recommendations of thehealth technol...
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Date answered:
7 November 2005
There are no plans to make financialeducation compulsory within the curriculum.The secondary school curriculumin Scotland is not prescribed by statute and delivery is a matterfor education authorities and schools.
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Date answered:
3 November 2005
Information about the incidence of autism in the non-vaccinated population in Scotland is not held centrally. A population-based study of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and autism compared the risk of autism or other autistic spectrum disorders in MMR-vaccinated and MMR-unvaccinated children in Denmark.
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Date answered:
2 November 2005
Investment in IT and associated support is being put in place including plans for further growth to meet requirements.Cancer mortality in the under 75s in Scotland has reduced by 14.8% between 1995-2004.
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Date answered:
19 October 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:New homes in the following locationsare planned under the Homestake shared equity scheme:Aberdeen Auchenback, East RenfrewshireAviemoreCarlukeCarrbridgeClydebank CumbernauldDalry, Dumfries and GallowayDundee Dunfermline DunoonEdinburgh Fort William ...
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Date answered:
10 October 2005