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As we discussed previously, it was agreed at the European Council meeting in March to cut red tape by 25 per cent within five years.We are committed to reducing the burdens on business, charities and the voluntary sector that arise from European Union directives and regulations.
There is some reference to the obligation being annual—it runs from 1 April to 31 March. Therefore, I presume that the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009 applies up to 31 March 2010.
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Date answered:
26 January 2011
However, data on empty properties in the social sector are collected separately and show that In March 2010 there were 18,743 empty dwellings in the social sector - 9,756 local authority and 8,987 housing association.
The Scottish Government has undertaken to do a review of the implementation of article 5.3 within the lifetime of the current five-year national tobacco strategy, which will be by the end of March 2018. However, the guidance on article 5.3 makes it clear that the treaty obligations extend to all levels of government and to those who are involved in forming ...
The Treasury held a session for experts in the field, which was attended by Peter Reekie and others, in March 2014, and there was no cause for concern.
Table 1.2 on page 6 of the supporting document—“Scotland’s Budget Documents: The 2014-15 Spring Budget Revision to the Budget (Scotland) Act for the year ending 31 March 2015”—shows the approved budgets following the autumn budget revision as realigned to reflect the new portfolio structure that the First Minister announced on 21 November 2014 and the chang...
The energy efficiency standard for social housing, which was published in March 2014, aims to further improve the energy efficiency of the social housing stock in Scotland.
We do not believe that that methodology has any basis in the command paper, as is demonstrated by the Treasury’s need to refer to the Wales command paper, published in March this year, to explain the approach.