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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to amend the small business rates relief scheme and, in particular, whether businesses under the threshold will be able to benefit from the scheme automatically rather than by application and whether it intends to review the level at which the threshold for relief is set.The member has provided the following Gaelic translation:A dh' fhaighneachd de Riaghaltas na h-Alba dh na planaichean a th' aige gus sgeama faochadh reataichean do ghnlomhachasan beaga atharrachadh, agus gu srnraichte nam b' urrainn do ghnlomhachasan fon stairsnich sochair a ghabhail gun d`il, seach le iarrtas, agus ma tha e an dyil ri lre far a bheil an stairsneach sthidhichte a dh' ath-sgrydadh. the Scottish Executive has no current plans to amend the Small BusinessRate Relief Scheme which has been in operation for less than 15 months.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the commitment within A Partnership for a Better Scotland to consult on a national system of warnings for young offenders with a restorative element where appropriate. Following consultation with stakeholders, guidelines setting out the principles and operation of the new restorative ...
This includes pharmacists takingpart in the chronic disease management of asthma.Some personal medical pilots,which are another form of GP contract, have also been funded to developimproved chronic disease management in asthma.Practice accreditationprocedures look into the management of chronic diseases including asthma. Thisinvolves following protocols and...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2004
The Executive requires the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to recover its regulatory costs. Following a recent review of charge levels under the Groundwater Regulations 1998 and public consultation, I approved the charges for 2004-05 and 2005-06 shown in the table.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 March 2004
All publicly funded secondary schools in Scotland are approved by the SQA to offer national qualifications courses in these subjects.The number of publicly funded secondary schools, by education authority, who presented at least one pupil for these courses in the 2003 exam diet is as follows: Standard Grade Intermediate 1 Intermediate 2...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) received direct payments in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area. The following table provides information on the number of clients receiving direct payments, by local authority, for the years ending 31 March 2001, 2002 and 2003.This information was not collec...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 December 2003
The data that are available areset out in the following tables.Controlled Household Waste Arisingsand Recycling Figures for Scotland and Edinburgh District Council:1985-1995 Scotland Year Total household waste collected (tonnes) Household waste collected for recycling (tonnes) % household waste rec...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 December 2003
The specific informationrequested is not held centrally.The following table showsthe number of discharges from neonatal units in Scotland, for years ended31March 1997 to 2002 by NHS board area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2003
Local authorities are being informed of their allocation which is detailed in the following table. 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Aberdeen City £32,739 £130,957 £163,696 Aberdeenshire £21,706 £86,826 £108,532 Angus £15,362 £61,449 £76,811 Argyll and B...