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To ask the Scottish Executive how many organisations, registered with the Care Commission, failed to comply with one or more national care standards in each year since the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 came into force, detailing the standards involved in each case.
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Date answered:
20 April 2004
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:The Scottish Executive’s AffordableHousing Programme announcement for 2004-05 was made on 25 March 2004.
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Date answered:
22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any applications have been received from Syngenta to plant, and grow, GM mai'e Bt 176 in Scotland GM maize (Bt 176) hascommercial consent enabling it to be grown anywhere in the European Union.
This information wascollected for the first time in 2002-03. It showed that across Scotland 60%of young people leaving care were not in employment, education or training.
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Date answered:
19 February 2004
We will therefore focus ourattention on the key EU issues for Scotland, rather than try and deal with every EU initiative thatcould have an impact on Scotland.In a European Union of 15 –soon to be 25 – member states, compromises are essential in order to reach conclusionsor take decisions.
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Date answered:
10 February 2004
I have asked Angiolina Foster, the Acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Herresponse is as follows:As at December 2003, 28,672central heating systems had been installed.
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Date answered:
9 February 2004
However, ScottishDevelopment International does hold information on Scottish professional firmsas part of its work with UK companies operating in Scotland,and will encourage companies to consider their use whenever appropriate.
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Date answered:
26 January 2004
Motorways pass through orare planned to pass through Glasgow and Cumbernauld but no motorway bisects oris planned to bisect any town in Scotland. S2W-04476
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Date answered:
19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a table showing the types of (a) learning and (b) physical disability of those pupils who currently have a record of needs but will not be eligible for a co-ordinated support plan under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill. Eligibility for a co-ordinatedsupport plan will depen...
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Date answered:
16 January 2004
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Herresponse is as follows:As at October 2003, localauthorities had installed 9,702 systems and housing associations had installed2,938.