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At 31 March 2009, the numbers were as follows: Water & Waste Water Water Only Waste Water Only Band A* 1,171 21 5 1,197 Band A 544,207 8,536 1,881 554,624 Band B 567,710 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 January 2010
The allocations to individual associations are given in the following table. However, the housing associations involved are still negotiating loan agreements with The Housing Finance Corporation and consequently none has yet accessed the funds
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 January 2010
The available information is given in the following table. Persons Aged Under 18 Convicted of Handling an Offensive Weapon1, by Age, 2003-04 - 2007-08 Age2 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 13 1 0 0 0 0 14 0...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 December 2009
Details of meetings of the Small Business Consultative Group (SBCG) between 2006 and 2009 are listed in the following table. Year Number Dates 2006 3 30 January; 22 May; 26 September 2007 2 16 January; 2 October 2008 1 12 May 2009 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish examples of best practice by local authorities in respect of the allocation of housing on the basis of priority needs and local needs. Yes. Following recommendations from its Allocations Policy Review Advisory Group, the Scottish Government has committed to providing social landlords with a new pr...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 November 2009
The Concordat agreement between the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) included a commitment to make progress towards delivering an extra 10,000 respite weeks across Scotland. Following discussions with the Scottish Government, and supported by over £4 million of Scottish Government funding, COSLA agreed that the ta...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 October 2009
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The cost of the recent advertisements seeking applications for membership of prison visiting committees to fill expected vacancies at the three Young Offender Institutions at Polmont, Cornton Vale and Perth was £2347.59.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on the administration of eProcurement Scotland in each year since its establishment in 2002. The following table provides details of the total cost (including staff costs and payments to the contracted service provider) of the eProcurement Scotland service since it was established in 2002.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of drugs for the treatment of alcohol dependence dispensed by NHS Lothian in each of the last five years. The answer is given in the following table. The Gross Ingredient Costs given relate to medicines dispensed in the community and do not include the cost of medicines dispensed in hospitals or in hospi...