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To ask the Scottish Executive how many new jobs will be created at IBM Greenock as a result of the offer of a £5 million Regional Selective Assistance grant announced on 28 October 2004.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to Scottish Enterprise in respect of investment in, and assistance for, scientific research and commercialisation of medical research.
In addition to the Head of Division and a personal assistant, the remaining staff are currently arranged in three branches as follows: EU Policy and Institutions 3 staff Strategy and Implementation 7 staff Links Policy 2 staff S2W-08176
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers social work departments have to assist children and families from whom welfare benefits are withdrawn under clause 7 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Bill.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Scottish Executive EU Office has made representations to the EU institutions without the assistance of UKRep. Staff in the Scottish Executive EU Office have a wide range of meetings and contacts withrepresentatives of EU institutions and bodies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 August 2003
The announcement of 1 January 2005 as the date on which the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 will be fully implemented has assisted Scottish public authorities in their preparations for the act by removing any uncertainties about when the new rights will come into force.
Local authorities are bound by section 22 of the National Assistance Act 1948 to recover, where possible, the full costs of providing care in their homes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how its plans to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Union of the Crowns will assist in marketing Scotland as a clearly identifiable tourist destination.