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Date answered:
12 September 2007
S3W-04011
Moreover, the Scottish Government continuesto liaise closely with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Scotland’s veterans organisationsto establish how best the many needs faced by Scotland’s veterans can be met.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 July 2007
S3W-01473
Good progress is beingmade in most local authority areas in developing common housing registers (CHRs).There are operational CHRs in 10 local authority areas and 11 further areas expecttheir CHR to be operational later in 2007-08.Every local authorityin Scotland has received funding to support CHR development,either through the Modernising Government Fund (2001) or the CHR programme (2004-07).Recently funding was awarded to allow the Scottish Housing Best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 July 2007
S3W-01436
Beyond the commercial decisionsof individual operators, it is the responsibility of the relevant transport authorityto identify where there is a need for socially necessary bus services, considerhow these needs might best be met and to subsidise these at its discretion.The Scottish Executiveprovides funding to local authorities through Grant Aided Expenditu...
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Date answered:
26 June 2007
S3W-01137
In addition, we have already announceda number of additional measures which will enhance our efforts to tackle child poverty.These include trialling approaches to extend free school meals for P1 to P3 pupilsin selected schools, a new skills strategy by the end of the summer, developmentof a new early years strategy to ensure that all children have the best ...
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Date answered:
25 June 2007
S3W-01101
To ask the Scottish Executive whether making an emergency statement without first seeking clarification from the UK Government shows a lack of willingness to work together with Westminster and Whitehall in the best interests of Scotland. The First Ministerhas made abundantly clear this administration’s determination to work constructivelywith the UK govern...
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 November 2010
Justice Committee 09 November 2010
Some of the evidence in the bill documentation relates to research that was done in 2007, and I think that the picture has moved on significantly since then.The other thing to say about rates is that increasing them would be a bit of a blunderbuss approach to improving provision, because it might mean that people would come in just because the money was good, not necessarily because they were the best people to do the work, and there might still be a lack of people in particular areas.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 January 2010
Justice Committee, 05 Jan 2010
Will writing is another illustration of an area in which, to take an oversimplified view of matters, if a mistake is made, a mess is created; when someone is dead, they do not have a second bite at the cherry, to the best of my knowledge and belief— Not without overturning a degree of precedent.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 October 2009
Local Government and Communities Committee, 07 Oct 2009
That is a big, wide-ranging and important question. I will do my best to talk about as many strands of it as possible.I reiterate our commitment to the child poverty target.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2013
We believe that to be the right local approach; after all, such detailed issues are best discussed and resolved at local level, rather than being dealt with through our trying to dictate from the centre.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 September 2009
Local Government and Communities Committee, 09 Sep 2009
All local authority and government procurement is already obliged to go through a best value process. We want the fair and transparent application of that best value process so that we can see whether in-house services provide best value or whether that is provided by tenderin...
