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27 March 2002
S1W-24063
However, the wider measures that I announced in February, including a £20 million venture capital "fund of funds" and more support for commercialisation, will benefit firms across Scotland, including those in Grampian.The impact of assisted area status on Scottish Enterprise's activity is more in terms of the rate/level of grant which can be offered to comp...
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26 March 2002
S1W-24020
Since the introduction of the bill, concerns have been expressed by some that the inclusion of this provision will curtail the activities of people such as mountain guides.
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7 March 2002
S1W-23077
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to action points D2 and D3 of the report Supporting Active Communities in Scotland - A Draft Strategy for Volunteering and Community Action, how many public access points that disseminate information about volunteering opportunities are available.
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11 February 2002
S1W-22419
In addition, as part of the Scottish Economic Statistics Programme, the Executive is continuing to improve its understanding of the knowledge economy, innovation and research and development activity. Amongst other initiatives, the Executive is working on the development of a Knowledge Based Industries Index to measure growth in the Scottish knowledge econo...
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25 January 2002
S1W-21734
As a result of the group's recommendations to raise public awareness of the activities of paedophiles in internet chatrooms and steps to avoid them the Executive is contributing to the current UK-wide "know the net" campaign to alert children to the risks of the internet and how to minimise them.
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22 January 2002
S1W-21240
For example, the council is funding eight strategic projects which are piloting a range of innovative activities relating to the use of ICT in a further education context.
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16 January 2002
S1W-21275
Projects have involved research into service delivery through iDTV, information kiosks, call centres, one stop shops, e-mail and web sites to give but a few examples. The Scottish Executive is actively involved in encouraging a multi channel access approach, particularly through highlighting examples of best practice to be found across the Scottish public s...
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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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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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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.
