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To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure, particularly in the transitional period, that Scottish Enterprise’s economic strategy is open and accountable and that all stakeholders are consulted on it.
Those factors affect the cost of the project.The second issue is the accountancy that is used in a particular community—basically, how it costs a project.
That depends on the extent to which people are persuaded—or otherwise—that regulators have a programme that makes sense to the lay observer. We have a partnership team that covers Scotland and northern England and that has regular quarterly meetings with our local authority counterparts to discuss issues such as the types of premises that they visit and how...
To pick up Richard Simpson’s point on whether we looked at the areas around that to see whether the source lay outside it, that was done on our visits to some 60 places, among which there was great variety.
I have been advised by Scottish Enterprise that the programme will roll out from the end of June with the official launch date expected to be in August 2010. Account managers are already recruiting companies with suitable projects.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make an announcement on the allocation of funds from dormant bank and building society accounts. A debate in the Parliament on the draft Order (under affirmative procedure) setting out the proposed priorities is currently expected to take place around October 2009.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider framing the remit of a national advisory council for infertility and assisted conception services to include holding the Scottish Government to account for making progress in developing such services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2009
The criteria used, including those covering access for the disabled, are determined by each NHS board individually taking account of the vehicle types operating in their areas and are detailed in the tender specification for each contract.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 2008