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Date answered:
21 September 2005
S2W-18766
We have supported a national training and consultancy resource to disseminate best practice, and worked with partners to agree guidance for restorative police warnings and the operation of restorative justice in the children’s hearings system.
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Date answered:
24 January 2005
S2W-13398
Funding allocations for ASH Scotland in each year since 1999 are as follows:- Funding Allocation 1999-2000 £ 2000-01 £ 2001-02 £ 2002-03 £ 2003-04 £ 2004-05 £ 16b Core Funding 117,000 120,400 120,400 170,500 179,000 227,500 Tobacco Inequalities Project 71,000 97,500 70,000 41,000 72,000 73,000 ASH Information Service 57,000 56,000 56,000 Admin costs for lottery funded project 11,000 10,000 Capital Funding 6,500 1,000 35,000 17,500 Tobacco Control Alliance Co‑ordinator 15,000 Website Development 40,700 Evaluation Resource Pack 55,000 In addition the Partnership Action on Tobacco and Health was established by the Scottish Executive in 2002 to establish national training standards for smoking cessation services; identify best...
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Date answered:
26 October 2004
S2W-10983
Local authorities can, however, seek consent to disposals at less than best consideration from Scottish ministers including disposals to provide land for affordable housing.We see potential for greater use of surplus public land for affordable housing and are keen to encourage public bodies to release such land for this purpose.
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Date answered:
26 July 2004
S2W-09446
This identified that participation rates at FE level in Lanarkshire are 24% below the national average and around 50% below the best performing areas. SFEFC has provided research funding to colleges in the area to examine why participation in Lanarkshire is at such levels, and is currently considering a proposal from the colleges for a project to enhance pa...
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Date answered:
18 May 2004
S2W-07983
The report of the conference is availableon the Executive’s website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/UNASS/UNASS/00015181/Home.aspx.The Scottish Presidency is alsodeveloping REGLEG as a network for exchange of best practice; in this frameworkthe Executive is hosting a European conference on Policing Youth Justice on 5to 6 July.
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Date answered:
13 February 2004
S2W-04824
It is up to the SIP partnerships, and in the caseof the BNSF local authorities involving community planning partners, and localcommunities themselves to decide how best to use these resources. However, theseresources can be, and are being, used to support vulnerable groups and theircarers.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Pa...
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Date answered:
10 December 2003
S2W-04437
This reflects the National Waste Plan (Bib. number. 26101),which was published in February 2003 and set out the best practicableenvironmental option for more sustainable management of municipal waste in Scotland.Implementation of the plan will provide widespread segregated kerbside wastecollections of recyclable materials across Scotland (to about 85% ofhou...
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Date answered:
13 November 2003
S2W-03490
To ask the Scottish Executive which funding streams target child poverty. Work is the best route outof poverty for families, and the Executive supports individuals into employmentthrough education, training and skills development.
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Date answered:
31 October 2003
S2W-03147
The Executive does not consider that it isnecessary or desirable to do this to achieve the objective of protectingchildren and young people.The underlying concerns inthis area are best addressed through guidelines on the handling of situationsin which young people allege abuse, rather than by attempting to reconcile thedivergent interests of accused and acc...
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Date answered:
19 September 2003
S2W-02415
To remove wholly the threat of a defamation action – by giving youngpeople absolute privilege, for example – could raise issues under the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights since it would impact upon the rights of apotentially defamed person.At present, a person whoreports concerns to an appropriate authority because they have a moral orsocial duty to do so will benefit from the protection of qualified privilege.Qualified privilege will protect a person from a claim of defamation unless itcan be proved that the person making the defamatory statement was motivated bymalice.Our view is that anyunderlying concerns in this area are best...
