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The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is expected to be commenced towards the end of this year, at which time the tribunal system will become operational.
Officials met with the companiesconcerned in January and February 2004 and were given reassurances that steps hadbeen taken to ensure that the number of disconnections would not continue to rise.In my recent meetings with fuelsupply companies, I have been reassured that companies are trying to keep the numberof disconnections to a minimum. Disconnections for debt in Scotland havefallen sharply over the last year.
Following a search of ourfiles, we have found a letter dated 24 October 2003from John McCormick, BBC Scotland Controller, to the First Minister.I have placed a copy in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 35515).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the availability and uptake of direct payments across Scotland. The Scottish Executive is committed to developing direct payments as a way of giving service users choice and control over the care services they receive.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2005
Bodies which represent older and disabled people, such as the Scottish Older Peoples Consultative Forum and the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS), will be included. S2W-14002
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2005
This is however something which the National Sexual Health Advisory Committee could consider when it provides advice on a sexual health research programme for Scotland. S2W-14011
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2005
Information relating to those who may have been required to resign or who may have transferred to other forces outside Scotland is not held centrally. S2W-14421
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 February 2005
I have asked Angiolina Foster, the Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her reply is as follows:Discussions are continuing with the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations about measures to mitigate any effects arising from the withdrawal of section 54 of the Housing Act 1988.