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Official Report
Meeting date:
13 December 2000
Plenary, 13 Dec 2000
Development is possible to the rear of the school—a fact that was confirmed by an independent structural survey.The school is economical to run, using well under 1 per cent of West Lothian Council's education budget, and it represents best value as defined by the Accounts Commission for Scotland.Everybody who is associated with the school takes a great prid...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 October 2000
Local Government Committee, 03 Oct 2000
Councils are at different stages: some will require more rigorous help than others; some started the process late and others started it early. The best time was probably in between.It is vital to state that there is no quick fix; we must get the changes right in the long term.
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 May 2000
Plenary, 18 May 2000
The prison officers are doing a marvellous job. They are doing their best and are trying to rehabilitate people.
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 June 1999
Local Government Committee, 30 Jun 1999
I agree that we want to build up local government. We should identify best practice and encourage people to use it.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2007
S2W-30929
In addition thereare provisions to allow whitefish boats to regain most of their lost days by optingfor the UK’s system of automatic licence suspensions, and 11 additional days fornephrops boats which choose to use more selective gear.Whilst some of these decisionswere disappointing, I am convinced that the overall deal represented the best availablein the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 November 2006
S2W-29263
Her response is as follows:Since 1999 our records suggestthat Communities Scotland or the Scottish Executive have commissioned two reportson housing transfer in Glasgow:-In 2001 the Scottish Executivecommissioned Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) to provide a diagnostic review on theGlasgow Stock Transfer at a cost of £30,000-In October 2002, CommunitiesScotland and Glasgow City Council jointly commissioned The University of Strathclydeto carry out a review of the Area Housing Partnerships in the City, the cost ofwhich was £9,500 including VAT.In addition, in June 2005, CommunitiesScotland commissioned Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) to provide a broad range offinancial advice to inform Communities Scotland’s joint work with Glasgow HousingAssociation on how best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2006
S2W-28832
The information is as follows: September October November December 2006-07* 8% 104,000 doses 52.8% 686,400 doses 23.2% 301,600 doses 15.6% 202,800 doses 2005-06** 15.5% 170,500 doses 62.6% 688,600 doses 18.6% 204,600 doses 2.2% 24,200 doses 2004-05 Information not centrally held 2003-04 Information not centrally held 2002-03 Information not centrally held Notes:*2006-07 figures are provisionaland based on the manufactures best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2006
S2W-28064
NHS boards and localauthorities receive a general allocation of funds and it is for those agencies towork together with their partners to decide how best to use these funds to meetthe assessed needs of their resident population, including mental health services,taking account of national and local priorities.NHS board and localauthority expenditure on menta...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2006
S2W-28058
The study was also expanded to include the operational feasibilityand economic appraisal of a station and park and ride site at Bannockburn.The report concluded that thedevelopment of an alternative park and ride facility at Bannockburn wouldprovide best value for money and that this option should be taken forward to a Designand Development Appraisal stage....
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 June 2006
S2W-23610
The preferred approach is based on the internationally agreednational accounts definition that is now used by the Office of National Statisticsand by the Executive for its quarterly Public Sector Employment in Scotlandseries.The statistics used in S2W-9099and S2W-17703 were taken from the Labour Force Survey and at the time the writtenparliamentary questions were answered provided the best source of data. They havenow been superseded by the Executive’s data.Finally, the statistics quotedby Dr Robert Huggins in his UK Competitiveness Indicators are based on employmentin the public admin, education and health sector which includes people working forprivate sector organisations.
