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To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available from Communities Scotland for housing associations that have received council housing through stock transfer to assist with the provision of low-cost affordable housing.
The exemption scheme was createdto assist organisations that had been in receipt of discretionary relief on theirwater and sewerage charges and were likely to be most affected by the withdrawalof that relief.
Central supportfor the national diabetes IT system (SCI-DC) will greatly assist diabetes servicesto record the results of patient reviews and highlight which patients or which elementsof the review are overdue.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2004
The Scottish Rural Partnership Fund providesfinancial assistance to rural communities to develop and improve local services.In rural areas, this is leading to joined up services which are more accessibleand which better meet local needs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £3 million per annum made available for the provision of money advice from 2002 is being used by local authorities to provide assistance to creditors in respect of attachments and exceptional attachment orders.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 February 2004
The Executive has announcedthat the current scheme will continue beyond 31 March 2004.The scheme will assist those households that are in receipt of council taxbenefit and would otherwise have to pay for water services at a ratesubstantially in excess of that paid by households occupying properties in counciltax band A.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 October 2003
Procurators Fiscal considerall cases reported to them on their individual merits. To assist ProcuratorsFiscal in their consideration of cases, confidential, internal guidance isprovided in relation to a range of issues.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 September 2003
The Executive and the Enterprise Network stand ready toassist any prospective operator from within existing grant assistance schemessubject to standing eligibility criteria being met.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government regarding assistance for the Peterhead economy following the downgrading of RAF Buchan and the decommissioning of fishing vessels based at Peterhead.