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The Scottish Executive maintains regular contact with the Department of Trade and Industry with regard to the administration of Regional Selective Assistance and where necessary, discusses individual cases which may impact on employment in different regions of the UK.
The International Adult Literacy Survey suggested that 23% of adults in Scotland may have low literacy and numeracy skills.On 2 July I published the Adult Literacy Team's report, Adult Literacy and Numeracy in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15189 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 May 2001, what specific duties and responsibilities local authorities have in relation to offering advice, guidance and assistance to those released from prison having been wrongly convicted of an offence.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the supplementary answer to question S1O-3376 by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001, what evidence it has that outgoing trunk road operating companies neglected the clearing of litter from motorways during the final months of the old contracts and left a legacy for the new operating companies to address; who compiled any...
Any SSSIs which are also Natura 2000 sites receive additional protection to ensure that features of European interest are safeguarded.The Executive will consider what further protections may be desirable in the light of consultation responses to the policy statement The Nature of Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-15179 and S1W-15270 by Ross Finnie on 19 April 2001 and 8 May 2001 respectively, why it will not publish a list of the premises which have had stock slaughtered on the basis that they were contiguous with infected premises and whether it will now name the 661 farms in Dumfries and Gallo...
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the #5 million funding from Scottish Enterprise to Dumfries and Galloway announced on 10 May 2001 to assist with economic restructuring will be used to provide interest-free loans for local businesses affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and what conditions will apply to such loans.
The system is not yet fully developed and it may be several months before it is possible to provide details on the waiting times in each health board area.
To ask the Scottish Executive on what evidence the statement by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development during the Members' Business debate on Scottish Whisky (Water Framework Directive) on 2 May 2001 that "SEPA advises that over-abstraction by industry and agriculture causes environmental problems in some parts of Scotland at certain tim...
June 2000 Census (Main & Minor Holdings)December 2000 Census (Main Holdings Only)FMD Cull as at 8 May 2001Cattle2,027,9561,958,24387,019Sheep9,183,847*6,213,012634,225Pigs558,082515,739943 S1W-15564