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The local PACE response team has already offered support to Stena Line employees in Stranraer who may be facing redundancy. The type of support will be tailored to meet individual needs and circumstances but will include: access to a new national helpline and improved website; Jobcentre Plus services; one-to-one counselling; comprehensive information packs...
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Date answered:
28 January 2009
The proposed collaboration with HMRC/the UK Border Agency to tackle illicit sales of tobacco forms part of the comprehensive programme of measures contained in the Smoking Prevention Action Plan Scotland''s Future is Smoke-free which was launched in May 2008. As set out in the Action Plan, specific measures relating to illicit sales of tobacco will be inclu...
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Date answered:
7 January 2009
This figure refers to the number of hearings held, rather than the number of referrals or children, and will include review hearings for children who may have been referred in this or previous years.
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Date answered:
19 December 2008
His response is as follows: Scottish prison population projections for each year from 2007-08 to 2017-18 are published in the November 2008 issue of the Scottish Government''s Statistics Publication Notice, Crime and Justice Series. The on-line version may be accessed at: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/21110618/0.
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Date answered:
17 December 2008
The service offers carers confidential advice and information on: their legal rights and responsibilities financial assistance, including benefits that they may be entitled to sources of practical and emotional support to help them cope on a day-to-day basis.
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Date answered:
16 December 2008
During that same period, the Scottish Government has announced increased funds for the Scottish Government''s International Development Policy published in May 2008, which sets out how Scotland will play its part in alleviating global poverty.
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Date answered:
16 December 2008
When the current administration took office in May 2007, 124,381 staff had been assimilated and 59% of these had been assessed for arrears with these paid where appropriate.
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Date answered:
10 December 2008
The income raised from a lease would depend upon a range of factors including the area that it covered and its terms. There may be good arguments for a lease of up to about 25% of the national forest estate, we have taken no decisions on this.
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Date answered:
27 November 2008
It also indicated that where strong bids for these purposes were received they may be given priority for funding. The decision to encourage bids for new sites responds to evidence of unmet demand in some areas and that investment in recent years has been dominated by refurbishing existing sites.
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Date answered:
27 November 2008
If any changes to the budget are proposed for 2008-09 they will be re-profiled at the Spring Budget Revision when there will be an opportunity for them to be scrutinised by the Parliament. New spending may be announced as part of the Scottish economic recovery plan, but the plan concentrates on how the timing and focus of agreed spending can be adjusted to...