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To ask the Scottish Executive what new funding arrangements have been agreed with universities for the 2008-11 spending review period following the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning’s meeting with university principals on 22 November 2007.
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Date answered:
26 November 2007
Grant Funding awarded to LGBT Youth Scotland has been time limited projectfunding for specific pieces of work relating mainly to community engagement andcapacity building and services for young people.The grant fundingawarded to LGBT Youth Scotland in each year since 1999 is as follows: Year LGBT Youth Scotland 1999-2000 Nil ...
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Date answered:
16 November 2007
Dumfries and Galloway Council did share with me theiremerging budget calculations when we met on 2 October. Following my Spending Reviewannouncement on 14 November, I will be announcing individual local authority fundingallocations for the next three years in mid‑December.
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Date answered:
14 November 2007
However, information is held on theaverage waiting time from application to installation.The averagewaiting time on the central heating programme reported by the Managing Agentsince 2002-03 is shown in the following table:Average WaitingTime (Months) Year 2002-03 8 2003-04 8 2004-05 5-6 2005-...
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Date answered:
8 November 2007
There are currently11 local authorities offering three bin systems to some or all of their households.Information on these authorities and their recycling/composting rate for 2006-07,as reported by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is shown as follows: Council with 3 Bin System 2006-07 Recycling/Composting Rate (%) Dunde...
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Date answered:
1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive who will appoint members of the board of Scottish Enterprise following its reform; whether members of the board will receive remuneration, and to whom the board will report.
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Date answered:
31 October 2007
The draft standards,which are currently available, contain a specific recommendation for each NHSboard to ensure that women receive safe termination of pregnancy with minimal delay,followed by a contraceptive review and counselling.
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Date answered:
22 October 2007
For 2007-08, the NationalPriorities Action Fund was allocated to local authorities across the following fundingstreams:- Additional Supportfor Learning (ASL) Support- Additional SupportNeeds (ASN) In-Service Training (INSET)- Additional SupportStaff- Additional Teachersfor Early Years- Alternatives toExclusion- Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment- Curriculum...
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Date answered:
22 October 2007
The Scottish Governmentis aware of research carried out in England and Wales following the implementation of bad character provisionsin the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
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Date answered:
26 September 2007
Licensing in Scotland will become mandatory on 1 November 2007.The following tableshows the number of applications received by the SIA on 14 September 2007 from applicants with Scottish addresses, the number awarded,the number refused and the number currently being processed.