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The Scottish Executive has no function in relation to unemployed people, including carers, seeking employment. The responsibility for assisting unemployed people into work rests with Jobcentre Plus.
To ask the Scottish Executive what compensation is available to providers and users of community services affected by the four power outages in the Abronhill area of the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency during January 2002; where information on any such compensation schemes is available, and what assistance it can provide to the users and providers of...
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Date answered:
14 March 2002
On 24 January, I launched the genealogy tourism website ancestralscotland.com. This website will assist users from around the world to research their ancestry and also encourage them to visit those parts of Scotland where their ancestors lived.
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Date answered:
14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering giving any further powers to local authorities to assist them in (a) monitoring water authorities and other utilities companies in respect of repairing the roads they excavate to a satisfactory standard and (b) compelling such bodies to do so.
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Date answered:
8 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding will be made available to assist with any extra workload for primary care services following any possible adoption throughout all NHS trusts and boards of the measures subject to the pilot study at Ninewells Hospital in respect of nurse-led early discharge of patients with drains still in place.
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Date answered:
4 October 2001
The report recommended a set of criteria for NHS Funded assisted conception and, in our letter to the NHSScotland of 10 February 2000, health boards were asked to work towards implementing these recommendations, within existing resources.
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Date answered:
27 September 2001
The Representation of the People Act 2000 made changes to parliamentary elections rules in relation to assistance with voting for people with disabilities.
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Date answered:
10 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the National Asylum Support Service regarding any resourcing problems faced by those voluntary organisations involved in offering services and assistance to asylum seekers in Scotland, as identified in the Social Justice Committee's response to Petition: PE242 on asylum seekers.
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Date answered:
1 August 2001