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On the procurement side of things, there is precedent in solving a lot of the problems through the adoption of project bank accounts. With project bank accounts, rather than the tier 1 contractor holding all the aces, at various pre-agreed stages, the money goes to tier 2, tier 3, tier 4 contractors at the same tim...
Finally, the Scottish Government will open an agricultural flood bank restoration grant scheme that will be available to the farming community to seek financial support to restore damaged flood banks.
Information on the number of patients prescribed antidepressant drugs before calendar year 2009 is not available because Community Health Index numbers were not captured in sufficient volumes before this date to allow for patient based analysis.
Looking back to my own childhood, I remember that, in our school holidays, all the boys in our house would be woken up by my mother and basically told, “Right, oot you go.”
That is good practice, but it is proving more difficult to come to those agreements with developers, which depend largely on bank borrowing to finance their developments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2015
Scottish ministers continue to make the case for such a VAT exemption to be restored, given it would appear the decision not to do so, to date, is a political decision on the part of UK ministers, rather than a legal one.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 November 2015
Reasons covering the non-inclusion of these two measures are given in Scottish Government letters (dated 28 April and 28 October 2015) to the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee (PE01554: Improve the provision of disabled-friendly housing).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2015
In addition direct support to support growth and sustainability has been made available through the following funds: Fund Amount allocated (£million) Financial Years Number of Social Enterprises or individuals supported to date Third Sector Enterprise Fund 10.9 2009-10 to 2010-11 186 Enterprise Growth Fund 6 2011-12 64 Enterprise Ready Fund ...