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Date answered:
26 August 2005
S2W-18139
The Scottish Executive is already successfully delivering its wide-ranging land reform agenda,which includes legislation to abolish Scotland’s archaic feudal system; to simplifyagricultural tenancies and provide an agricultural tenant’s right to buy; to establishstatutory rights of responsible access to land and inland water for recreationalpurposes; to provide opportunities for rural and crofting communities to purchaseland; to address local government issues, and to create National Parks in Scotland.Implementation of this programme is on-going and we have recently consulted on,and are now considering responses to, a draft of a Crofting Reform Bill, which Ihope will be introduced to Parliament in the 2005-06 legislative session.The Scottish Executive has also delivered non-legislative measures, such as increasing local communityinvolvement in land management; introducing the Forestry Commission Scotland’s NationalForest Land Scheme; increasing awareness of compulsory purchase powers; providinginformation on sources of land ownership; co-ordination of activity...
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Date answered:
27 July 2005
S2W-17669
I refer the member to theanswers to question S2W-17667 and S2W-17668 on 27 July 2005.It is for each localauthority to address a surplus or deficit in the pension fund and this will bedone over a long period taking into account actuarial recommendations on theemployer contribution rate, investment strategy and information on demographics.The Local Government inScotland Act 2003 does not give specific safeguards for the control of localauthority finances, rather it provides Scottish ministers with the power to interveneand exercise control:The act provides:a duty to secure best value inlocal government service provision;an extension of the AccountsCommission for Scotland's powers to hold hearings and publish findings sothat they cover issues relating to best value and community planning;the provision of a ministerialintervention power for continued or extraordinary statutory failure in BestValue or a significant misuse of the power of well being;amendments to constraints onlocal authority trading activity...
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Date answered:
8 June 2005
S2W-17024
Rates for wards are calculated using the claimant count unemployment level as the numerator, and a measure of economically active residents as the denominator.2. 1991 frozen wards.
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Date answered:
8 June 2005
S2W-17027
Rates for wards are calculated using the claimant count unemployment level as the numerator, and a measure of economically active residents as the denominator.2. 1991 frozen wards.
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Date answered:
8 June 2005
S2W-16987
The LFS questionnaire includes a variety of questions on labour market activity, residency and qualifications.
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Date answered:
5 May 2005
S2W-16185
Actions to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of diagnostic test resources, including radiology and laboratory activity, are an important aspect of this.
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Date answered:
17 March 2005
S2W-14723
However, not all medicines are suitablefor sugar-free formulation and would depend on matters such as the active ingredientand the dosage form.In 1998, at the instigation of the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, a Working Group of the National PharmaceuticalAdvisory Committee published a report on Sugar-free Medicines.
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Date answered:
22 September 2004
S2W-10149
Scotland and Poland enjoy strong historic ties and I am pleased to note that partnerships continue to flourish today between our two countries across manysectors.The Scottish Executive has participated in a wide range of activity to increase links between Scotland and Poland.
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Date answered:
8 September 2004
S2W-10047
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of recent adjustments to its Corporate Sector Tables, it will restate the data from earlier years to allow comparison with more recent data which no longer include NHS primary and acute care as private sector activity. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced on 2 July 2003 its decision to class...
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Date answered:
5 May 2004
S2W-07710
ASIST is by far the most widelyused, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention skills training in the world.It has been refined over a period of 20 years with feedback from over 400,000 participantsand 2,000 active trainers worldwide. Links have been established between ChooseLife in Scotland and Living Works Education, a highly respected trainingorgani...
