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The minister has stressed that CICs will be committed to meeting the needs of local communities. The CIC model will clearly assist social enterprises to promote themselves, but there is a concern that private sector interests that exist on the fringes of the social enterprise sector might use the CIC model to move into territory that was previously the main...
The new office is being set up with the consent of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and with the assistance of the Scottish Executive and the chief executive of the Scottish Parliament.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elderly residents have received free central heating in the Stirling parliamentary constituency since the programme’s inception. I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2007
Herresponse is as follows:This information is notavailable.The central heating programme,in the private sector, is available to all eligible over 60s, therefore not allapplicants to the programme are pensioners.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review its central heating installation programme The programme is kept under review to ensure that it continues to deliver benefits to elderly people and address fuel poverty.
His response is as follows:The targets for fully accredited programmes as a proportion of prison rehabilitation programmes has been set as follows:2002-0350%2003-0460%2004-0570% S1W-29753
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 2002
The current process, due for completion by April 2003, will determine the need to retain existing and develop new programmes. It would therefore not be appropriate to establish new programmes before this process is concluded.