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To ask the Scottish Executive how often it anticipates using the powers it intends to take under the draft School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools) (Scotland) Bill. We anticipate that the powerswould be used infrequently.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering introducing legislation in respect of party representation on council committees as part of its consultation on the draft Local Governance (Scotland) Bill. The Scottish Executive has no plans to do so.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been referred to GPs from diabetes tests in local pharmacies in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Lothian and (c) Scotland since July 2002. This information is not held centrally.
To ask the Scottish Executive why the activities of Breast Cancer Research (Scotland) were not suspended when the formal investigation into its activities began.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent in each year since 1998 by each local authority on section 13 payments under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The information requested is not held centrally.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consult the Parliament before reaching a position on the impact in Scotland of the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill.