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The Government funds the Envirowise programme, which provides advice to business on how to reduce the amount of waste they produce http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/scotland, and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is also developing a business waste advisory service for the business it regulates.
As councils were responsible for producing the SOAs and are responsible for the delivery of local services, questions regarding the content of individual SOAs should be directed to them in the first instance.
As councils were responsible for producing the SOAs and are responsible for the delivery of local services, questions regarding the content of individual SOAs should be directed to them in the first instance.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of producing and sending invoices, issued by Business Stream, for nil amount water and waste water charges for 2008-09 to charitable and voluntary organisations which qualify for exemption from water and waste water charges under the Water Charges Exemption Scheme.
However, a forecast of the average and median times to repay can be estimated using the student loan model. The model does not produce estimates on the precise number of days.
I have deliberately restricted membership of the Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on Universities to create space where we can have a challenging dialogue between the government and university principals and to ensure that, arising from this, we produce tangible results within a short timescale.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2008
Better access to GP practices remains a significant issue for people. In producing the Better Health, Better Care Action Plan, we saw over 2,000 people face to face and received nearly 600 submissions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 February 2008
The previous administration, in Technical Notes relating to spending reviews, used a definition of recycling, including organic waste which is composted, contained in the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 January 2008
The ScottishGovernment is also committed to encouraging retailers and consumers to source andeat fresh, seasonal produce and this should have a positive effect on Scottish fruitand vegetable production.