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Scottish Homes currently own approximately 1,000 rented properties in the Central Scotland electoral region. Following enactment of the Housing (Scotland) Bill, any remaining properties will continue to be owned by Scottish Homes, operating as a residuary body, until such time as they are transferred to other social landlords.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will name the members of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network who are currently drawing up guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, giving professional background information for each member, and whether it will detail the consultation process to be followed on the guidelines with outside a...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in each salary band left the Scottish Legal Aid Board in each of the last five years and what each of these figures represents as a percentage of the total number of posts in the board in each salary band in each year. The figures are shown in the following table and exclude temporary staff.1996-971997-98199...
The allocations are broken down as follows: 2001-02£ million2002-03£ million2003-04£ millionRural Public Passenger Transport4.3004.7005.100Rural Community Transport0.8000.9001.000Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme0.4000.4000.400Total5.5006.0006.500 S1W-13611
This is an operational matter for the East of Scotland Water Authority and I have asked Dr Jon Hargreaves, Chief Executive of ESWA to reply. His response is as follows;East of Scotland Water has no plans to change the ownership of the Carron Valley reservoir or to enter into partnership arrangements for the management of that reservoir and its associated di...
The total costs of the Annual Report of the Scottish Parliament Committees 2000 were as follows: the total for design, printing, binding and publishing was £8,600; the photography costs were £3,747; distribution cost £371, making a total of £12,718.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is on the possible appointment of a Children's Commissioner. Following a suggestion from the Scottish Executive last year, the Parliament's Education, Culture and Sport Committee is conducting an inquiry into the issue of a possible Children's Commissioner in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 March 2001
VAT was paid (net of recoveries) in the financial year 1999-2000 by the following: Amount £000The Scottish Office/Scottish Executive (including agencies not shown separately below)12,633Scottish Prison Service5,729Scottish Courts Administration1,962Registers of Scotland625Historic Scotland364National Archives of Scotland256General Register Office for Scotla...
The position in Scotland regarding retention of organs following post-mortem examination is set out in detail in the Report of the independent Review Group on the Retention of Organs at Post-Mortem published on 6 February 2001.The Executive is seeking urgent changes to the law to make it clear that parents' consent must be sought to the retention of childre...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2001
It is for them to allocate resources from that account to meet commitments to pay repairs grant following service of a notice under section 87 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.