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Date answered:
23 January 2003
S1W-33375
Copies have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 26033).Aims and Objectives of the EYDP Scottish Steering GroupAIM 1: To work towards the inclusion of all affected by disability through promoting well-informed, responsive and effective decision-making in policy and practice.Objectives:To initiate debate on disability, to raise awareness about the reality of disabled people's lives and stimulate the engagement of disabled people with that debateTo approach business leaders, professional bodies, and public and voluntary sectors to see how they might support the EYDP, raise awareness and improve their policies and practices To examine mechanisms to enable the views and priorities of disabled people to be fed into Scottish Executive policymakingAIM 2 : To build for the future by seeking to engage young people in the EYDP.Objectives:To raise awareness of the experiences of young disabled people making the transition from school into adult life.To foster understanding among policymakers and practitioners of the needs and aspirations of young disabled people, through encouraging consultation and contact with them.To approach organisations working with children and young people to promote their inclusion in EYDP.AIM 3: To raise public awareness of disability issues.Objectives:To identify and celebrate the contribution made by disabled people to Scottish society through fulfilling a variety of valuable roles.To draw attention to the normality of disabled people and disabled people's lives, while highlighting the social barriers they confront and ways to overcome them.To draw attention to hidden aspects of disability, such as stigma and knock-on effects on friends and families.To ensure equal weight is given to the experiences, needs and aspirations of disabled people irrespective of their impairment, ethnic origin or circumstances.AIM 4: To ensure Scottish events are co-ordinated with UK-wide and European EYDP activities...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 October 2001
Health and Community Care Committee, 03 Oct 2001
That could happen, but we tried to ensure that it would not happen in the short term. We need to get to grips with charging for the non-personal care elements.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 May 2006
S2W-25062
The London office also plays an important part in VisitScotland’smarketing, business tourism and public relations activities. It maintains closelinks with other public sector partners as well as being the main point of contactfor VisitBritain and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
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Date answered:
11 April 2005
S2W-15573
It expressed the view that in areas where there is a buoyant market, such as Edinburgh, the valuation might change significantly over a three-month period. However, in less active areas a valuation might not change significantly over a six or even a nine-month period.From our discussions with the parties mentioned above, we are not aware of any changes to t...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2004
S2W-10904
Rate as a proportion of the economically active population.* Sample size too small for reliable estimate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 September 2003
S2W-01974
Work to identify, support and secure the doctors required to meet Scotland’s workforce needs is being taken forward in a number of ways as part of our on-going activity in workforce planning and development.Working for Health – The Workforce Development Action Plan for NHSScotland, published in August 2002, set out the Scottish Executive’s integrated approa...
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Date answered:
13 March 2003
S1W-34447
One of the four areas covered by the programme is children's play (as well as active travel, PE and sport). S1W-34447
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 December 2002
S1W-31630
The proportion of funding to be used for these developments is not prescribed by the Executive.YearNational Museums of Scotland Grant (£ million)Total Grant-in-Aid (£ million)Running CostsPurchase GrantsCapital Grants1999-200013.5170.7102.1642000-0112.5170.7101.2002001-0214.3670.7101.3042002-0315.5670.7101.2002003-0416.5170.7101.200YearNational Galleries of Scotland Grant (£ million)Total Grant-in-aid (£ million)Running CostsPurchase GrantsCapital Grants1999-20007.2251.5601.8002000-017.1251.2602.8002001-027.9251.2605.2542002-038.2751.2602.7502003-048.6251.2600.500The financial support provided to Historic Scotland and used to support the development of education services, including the production of digital and other education resources, is set out in the following table.YearHistoric Scotland Education Service (£)Total (£)Staff costsResources1999-200040,00030,00070,0002000-0153,00033,00086,0002001-0292,000105,000197,0002002-0397,00055,000152,000In March 2001, the Scottish Executive awarded additional resources of £850,000 over the three years 2001-02 to 2003-04 specifically for ICT and educational development in the non-national museums sector.The Executive gave £120,000 in 2001-02 to SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) under its National Cultural Strategy commitment to secure the future of SCRAN.In the Scottish Budget 2003-06, the Executive has announced a further £10.8 million over three years for cultural activities...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 May 2002
S1W-24747
In the course of these annual appraisals, any matters of concern to Communities Scotland, whether they relate to funding or any other aspect of SIP activity, are raised with SIP boards.Beyond that, various responsibilities are placed on the local authority as grant recipient in relation to SIP funding decisions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2000
S1W-08873
For example, the Glasgow Community Drugs project offers support and a drop-in facility for methadone users and provides an activities programme to support them in the transition to further training and an outreach service.I recently announced that I was making an extra £1 million available to voluntary sector organisations for the development of drug rehabi...
