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Date answered:
15 November 2006
S2W-29574
To deliver the revised strategy and in line with the findings from the widespreadconsultation activities, the Scottish Executive will promote collaboration withpractitioners with an emphasis on supporting service delivery partners to deliveractivities that are sustainable, cohesive, have potential for national rollout,and are based on strong evidence suppor...
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Date answered:
26 October 2006
S2W-28748
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to providing a licence under regulation 44 of the habitats regulations in relation to ship-to-ship oil transfer activity in the Firth of Forth as proposed by Melbourne Marine Services.
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5 October 2006
S2W-28550
We aim to encourage the diaspora’sactive participation and engagement in promoting Scotland as a great country tovisit, live, learn, work, do business and invest.During the First Minister’s visitto Melbourne, Australia in March 2006, he hosted one diaspora event and launchedthe quarterly diaspora E magazine, Scotland-Now.Scottish DevelopmentInternational (SDI) is already highly active in the Australian market, with a presencewhich covers all the Australian states and which supports both the trade and inwardinvestment agendas in a way that is knowledge driven and highly integrated. the Executive works closely with SDI, where appropriate, to further Scottish interestsincluding encouraging inward investment.
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Date answered:
12 September 2006
S2W-27228
These figures are usedto monitor the number of business start-ups.The following table shows therate of VAT registrations per 10,000 resident adults in Scotland from1997 to 2004: Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Rate 31 29 28 28 27 27 29 29 Source: Small Business Service,DTI.Please note that these figuresdo not account for all business activity...
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Date answered:
25 July 2006
S2W-27179
This approach, which is being taken forward throughthe ‘Prevention 2010’ pilots, will ensure that people at greatest risk of preventableill health are actively and systematically identified, contacted and offered healthchecks and risk assessment, improved access to NHS and other services and regularmonitoring and follow-up.
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8 June 2006
S2W-26410
A breakdown of the incomereceived from non-statutory functions and other trading activities may be foundin the annual accounts published for each of the financial years in question.
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18 May 2006
S2W-25818
In developingthe investment framework to implement these directions, the fund has worked closelywith a range of stakeholders, including Scottish Executive Departments.Scottish ministers welcome thefund’s investment approach and its undertaking to make 60% of its funds availableto support voluntary sector activity. The fund’s investment framework, which wasl...
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Date answered:
13 April 2006
S2W-24488
The Scottish Executive has astrong record in contributing to the UK Government’s response to routine and adhoc inquiries by international bodies on a variety of subjects, including torture.We also seek actively to develop our relationship with international human rightsbodies independently of any inquiries.The current European inquiriesabout extraordinary r...
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Date answered:
4 April 2006
S2W-24541
The creation of a new streetprostitution related offence is only one aspect of the Executive’s policy onstreet prostitution.The new offence will focuson the nuisance or offence caused by street prostitution related activity,whether caused by the purchaser or the seller.In addition, we havecommitted to produce guidance for local authorities and their communi...
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Date answered:
6 March 2006
S2W-23335
The study also covers the links between the strategies consideredand wider policies such as sustainable transport.Further, Scottish ministers regularlyengage in international activities and attend international events, like the recentClimate Leaders’ Summit in Montreal, aimed at supporting and fulfilling our commitments onthe environmental implications of t...
