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To help reduce the rate and impact of unemployment across Scotland the Scottish Government has: Changed the rules for Training for Work so that people are now able to access tailored, job-related training at the three months stage of unemployment. Employees on notice of redundancy can access this vocational training during the 90 day notification period.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid from public funds for parking fines incurred by its employees since May 2007. The Scottish Government staff handbook makes it clear that staff incurring car parking fines for parking illegally whilst on official business will not be reimbursed from official funds.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 February 2008
The following table shows the number of people working full-time and part-time on 1 June 2007 by local authority area, and includes occupiers, spouses, family members, employees as well as casual and seasonal workers.
Currently, if the SCDEA or SOCA wishes to seek assistance in interception matters from counterparts in European Union member states, the application to the Scottish ministers must be made on the organisation's behalf by another organisation.
Those apprentices will be able to take up places in the insulation programme, the capital programme—which has been enhanced to the tune of £230 million—and the housing investment programme.
We have asked the Government for its view about that gap. It wants to review the new programmes and actions, but it cannot say whether the gap will be closed by the new programmes.