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To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners lived below Her Majesty's Government's designated poverty level, broken down by (a) gender and (b) age, in each year since 1997, expressed also as a percentage of the total pensioner population.
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Date answered:
5 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome of the consultation on proposals for crofting reform legislation was and what conclusions it has drawn from the consultation responses.
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Date answered:
22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was undertaken by West of Scotland Water before it determined its preferred option for the location of a new water treatment plant as part of the Katrine Water Project.
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Date answered:
5 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how the preferred option for the Katrine Water Project compares to the other options in relation to (a) energy consumption and CO2 emissions and (b) maintenance of pumping infrastructure and other pipework.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the issues considered at the recent Health Council attended by the Minister for Health and Community Care.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers (a) took early retirement and (b) resigned in each of the last five years, broken down by sector for each local authority area.
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Date answered:
21 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential nursing homes (a) opened and (b) closed in each (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years Information on the number of private nursing homes which opened or closed in each year are not available centrally.However, a census of private nursing homes is carrie...
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Date answered:
22 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the names are of all those who have served as independent assessors in relation to public appointments in Scotland since 1 July 1999, specifying in each case whether the person currently remains an independent assessor and the process by which they were appointed as an independent assessor.
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Date answered:
22 November 2000