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However sportscotland are currently working with Aberdeen City Council and Dundee City Council on their applications for 50-metre pools. The application follows a two stage process. Stage one would normally take around three weeks to consider with the stage two taking around three months, however this timescale is dependant upon sportscotland and the local...
The future of the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) post-2010 has already been subject to a full public consultation. Following an analysis of the consultation responses, it was the consensus view that LFASS payments must be linked to activity.
Total expenditure on major trunk road projects in the Moray local authority area is as follows: 1999-2000 to 2002-03 (£ million) 2003-04 to 2006-07 (£ million) 2007-08 to 2010-11 (£ million) 1.700 0.729 28.519 The current three year budget settlement does not extend beyond 2010-11...
The use of private hire cars for ministerial travel is shown in the following table: Period Number of Journeys Total Cost May 07 “ April 08 640 £88,493 May 08 “ April 09 324 £47,836 The above figures compare with a total of 616 journeys at a cost of £72,705 for minis...
The number of rural primary schools with a shared head teacher at the September 2008 census is shown in the following table. The sharing of a head teacher by two schools is seen by some local authorities as preferable to having a teaching head teacher.
The number of court fine accounts registered in the sheriff court in the last five years are as follows: Sheriffdom 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Grampian Highland and Islands 9,560 9,104 8,538 7,858 7,229 Lothian and Borders 8,497 8,3...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers have visited cities outside Scotland to learn from their experiences of hosting a national sporting event and facilities development in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Yes. Since May 2007, the following visits took place where the programme, or an element of the programme, related to the 2014 Com...
The number of school pupils taught through the medium of Gaelic is published in Pupils in Scotland 2008, which is available on the Scottish Government''s website at the following address http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/01090908/19.
In addition, Transport Scotland has met with concerned people living near the proposed Forth Replacement Crossing at public exhibitions held in August 2007 and January 2009 following key developments with the project. 4,465 people registered their attendance at the August 2007 exhibitions and over 2,200 people attended the exhibitions held this January.