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Date answered:
16 January 2002
S1W-21255
The Scottish Executive has recently supported a smart card pilot project in Aberdeen and is working with Young Scot on a national project involving a young people's smart card. The Scottish Executive, whilst actively considering the use of smart cards in a number of areas, has no immediate implementation plans.
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Date answered:
7 January 2002
S1W-20074
All of the flood prevention schemes (FPS) taken forward by Inverclyde Council and Renfrewshire Council under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961, have been supported by the Executive and all received financial assistance.Flood prevention grant, at the rate of 50% of scheme costs, has been offered to(a) Inverclyde Council for: Earnhill Road, Gourock FPSYear 2001-02Grant £116,000(b) Renfrewshire Council for: Moredun FPS, PaisleyYear 2000-01Grant £600,000 Collier Street, FPS, JohnstonYear 2001-02Grant £543,000I understand Renfrewshire Council will be submitting a grant application for the River Gryffe, Crosslee, Houston Flood Prevention Scheme during the course of this financial year.In addition, local authorities' annual expenditure settlements include an element for flood prevention activities...
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Date answered:
19 November 2001
S1W-18414
Second, isolated rural GPs qualify for extra locum payments from the Out of Hours Development Fund to relieve out of hours workloads. In addition, we are actively exploring further initiatives to help promote recruitment and retention of GPs in rural areas.
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14 November 2001
S1W-19157
This can be attributed mainly to increased Scottish exports of electricity to England (an activity which supports Scottish jobs) and to the significant shift from coal to gas generation in England over that period.
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30 August 2001
S1W-17389
This is achieved in a variety of ways including through checking internet sites, attending seminars, overseas visits, meetings with individuals and scanning the press.Most countries' strategies have broadly similar aims to the Executive and have identified similar problems and, as such, we actively seek to adopt good practice from their experiences.
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30 August 2001
S1W-16962
One aspect of this is improving the ease with which information is provided; activity in this respect should have a very positive impact on the current number of forms issued by the Executive and public bodies.
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Date answered:
21 August 2001
S1W-17166
For example, we have allocated £2.14 million for each of the three years 2001-02 to 2003-04 for the activities of the Energy Saving Trust to stimulate energy efficiency savings, a core part of the SCCP.
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Date answered:
17 August 2001
S1W-17151
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15864 by Peter Peacock on 1 June 2001, how many local authorities are undertaking a rolling programme of Best Value service reviews; which local authorities have developed Public Performance Reporting Frameworks; which local authorities are making information about performance available to those who are recognised stakeholders in their activities...
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Date answered:
12 June 2001
S1W-16004
It does not develop policy.The Executive's Scottish Energy Efficiency Office approves and funds the EST's annual programme of activities in Scotland as well as monitoring its performance.
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Date answered:
4 May 2001
S1W-15292
More recently, a new Highlands and Islands Agricultural Business Development Scheme has been launched and we will launch shortly the Farm Business Development Scheme, which will provide similar support for diversification activities in rural areas outwith the Highlands and Islands.
