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To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take to assist local authorities to address the need identified in the Accounts Commission's Overview of the 1999/2000 Local Authority Audits to improve the quality of performance information in relation to direct labour organisations and direct service organisations.
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Date answered:
17 April 2001
Health boards are best placed to judge, in consultation with local voluntary organisations and other partners, how to use their discretionary powers to provide financial assistance to the voluntary sector. The Scottish Executive would not expect to be involved in these decisions.
The Scottish Executive, together with its Agencies, is assisting the SFA with the carrying out of a feasibility study into the possible staging of the 2008 European Nations Championships in Scotland.
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Date answered:
13 March 2001
Source: ISD Scotland, General Medical Practitioner Database; Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.2. Number comprises principals, assistants, GP registrars, associates and salaried doctors.
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Date answered:
22 February 2001
We have no evidence to suggest that local authorities are failing to carry out their statutory duties to assist homeless young people. We have commissioned research from York University into how authorities discharge their responsibilities for throughcare and after care of 16 and 17 year olds formerly looked after by them.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 February 2001
. £0.5 million will be allocated to NTOs by the Scottish Executive in the financial year 2001-2002 to assist the further development of the network in Scotland, with a focus on promoting skills, employability and work-based learning at sectoral level.
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Date answered:
19 January 2001
It sets out how the statutory land use planning system can assist the rural areas of Scotland achieve sustainable development and was prepared in the light of concerns about how the planning system impacted on rural development.
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Date answered:
12 December 2000
Our promotion of these developments will be further strengthened by our Renewables Obligation (Scotland); one of its aims is to assist the renewables industry to become competitive and thus to provide employment.
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Date answered:
27 November 2000
General practitioners, like other professionals, are encouraged to look at their own personal learning needs and the health needs of their patients and to seek training in specific areas. Guidance and assistance is available from the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE) via the Postgraduate Directors of General Practice Ed...
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Date answered:
2 October 2000
The Scottish Executive and its agencies will continue to encourage population retention based on employment opportunities through assistance to business and the efforts of Locate in Scotland to attract inward investment to the area.