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Indeed, I could argue that budgets that are already in place should be prioritised and should take account of established best practice in local government.In the chamber on 11 December last year, I highlighted my concern about the public authorities' potential loss on investments in Icelandic banks. The Scottish Government has announced that it will issue statutory guidance not to make provision in its 2009-10 budgets for any potential loss on investments in Icelandic banks.
We have not yet talked about the work that is going on in our public services to deliver energy efficiency schemes through collaboration with health boards through the Green Investment Bank to advance some of the schemes that transform energy use and the associated cost to the public sector.
Will the evidence on interventions remain constant or is the research becoming dated? It is not at all dated. The key risk factors are pretty constant.
Until an outline and full business case have been approved for this project, firm dates cannot be given on when the East Lothian community hospital in Haddington will open to patients.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2010
Whether the Scottish Government''s approval was required would depend on the nature of the proposal and, to date, Aberdeen City Council has not approached the Scottish Government about its proposal.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties are currently subject to secondary stock transfer. To date, 3,024 units have transferred through secondary stock transfer, and another 1,036 will transfer by end June 2010.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2010
Scottish Government has made no representations to the UK Payments Council regarding the phasing out of cheques and to date has not been made aware of any concerns on this issue by consumers or businesses.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems were installed from (a) May 2007 to April 2008 and (b) May 2008 to April 2009 and have been installed from May 2009 to date, broken down by (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary constituency.