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The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority and Office of Rail Regulator on issues relating to rail freight in Scotland. S1W-02616
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1757 by Henry McLeish on 12 October 1999, whether the conditions applying to recent grants to UNISYS were varied from the norm by taking into account the closure of a UNISYS plant in Scotland and its removal elsewhere in 1991.
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Date answered:
12 January 2000
The paper invites the views of interested parties on the extent of problems experienced in Scotland from leylandii and other high hedges and on the adequacy of existing remedies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Secretary of State for Scotland with regard to the potential impact of his department's spending plans on the Executive's ability to deliver its spending plans this financial year and whether it has made any such representations for future years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 1999
I understand that the Home Office has not yet contracted for the provision of any accommodation in relation to the new arrangements for supporting asylum seekers which comes into effect from 1 April, whether in Scotland or elsewhere. S1W-02713
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Date answered:
6 December 1999
As indicated in our paper Strategy for Carers in Scotland and as discussed in the debate on 25 November, the carers' legislation working group which we are setting up will consider what provisions are necessary to ensure that carers under 16 years can have an assessment of their care needs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student grant applications to the Student Awards Agency for Scotland in 1998 were turned down because of late submission which would have otherwise been valid.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 October 1999
Scottish Household Survey results show that, for Scotland as a whole, in the first half of this year, a car or a van was the usual main method of travel to work for about 65% of the people surveyed who travelled to a place of work.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 October 1999
In terms of section 56 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, local authorities may arrange for the discharge of any of their functions by officers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 October 1999
In terms of section 56 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, local authorities may arrange for the discharge of any of their functions by officers.