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Date answered:
23 June 2006
S2W-26819
To ask the Scottish Executive what consenting mechanism for a programme of ship-to-ship transfers in the Firth of Forth is available to Forth Ports plc as competent authority; whether consent can be given subject to conditions in order to safeguard the integrity of European wildlife sites, and whether such consent being given requires the agreement of Scot...
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Date answered:
14 June 2006
S2W-26567
Her response is asfollows:Communities Scotland istaking the following steps to increase the uptake of Rural Home OwnershipGrants (RHOGs) in Dumfries and Galloway:We have been working with Dumfries andGalloway Council to jointly commission housing market analysis in the ruralareas of Dumfries, and this will identify priority areas for targetingour affordable housing programme including the use of RHOGs.We are in discussion withthe local Shelter Rural Housing Project about appropriate mechanisms foraddressing housing need, and subsequent to a recent seminar we are now dealingwith an increased volume of enquiries about RHOGs and Rural Empty PropertyGrants.We intend shortly to holddiscussions with local housing associations and with a new Small CommunitiesHousing Trust being formed in the area, about their potential role in handlingRHOG applications, similar to arrangements in Highlands.We will continue topublicise RHOGs through distribution of our brochures which explain the scheme.
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Date answered:
5 June 2006
S2W-26330
One of the actions in Respectand Responsibility which is being taken forward by a sub group of the National SexualHealth Advisory Committee (NSHAC) is to work with professional bodies, regulatoryinstitutions and statutory and voluntary training providers of non-health care professionals,to ensure under-graduate, post-graduate and on-going ContinuingProfessional Development programmes provide staff with the range of skillsand knowledge to respond to the sexual health and well-being agenda.The sub group will review trainingprogrammes provided by a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies and willlink with the Scottish Executive Health Department, NHS Education for Scotland (NES)and NHS Health Scotland regarding under-graduate and post-graduate education.
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9 March 2006
S2W-23499
PPP projects tend to be large projects requiringmain contractors to have experience of organising large and complex work programmes,and requiring significant balance sheets.
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Date answered:
8 March 2006
S2W-23452
Following the review, amendments were made to the guidance to allow additional income raised (by reductions in discount provided for by the Regulations) to be spent on a wider range of affordable housing programmes. Monies raised can now be spent on Rural Home Ownership Grants and to support the acquisition and upgrading of properties not on the mar...
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Date answered:
2 February 2006
S2W-22842
We will consult soon on a new strategic framework for the affordable housing investment programme. We have allocated more than £1.2 billion over this and the next two years for affordable housing, and set a target of 21,500 new and improved affordable homes to be approved over that period.
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Date answered:
19 January 2006
S2W-22145
The Executive is currently proposing four futureprogrammes for Scotland: one ERDF and one ESF programme each for Highlands andIslands and for Lowland and Upland Scotland.Despite the reduction in fundingit is important to remember that the vast majority of funding for economic developmentin Scotland comes from domestic sources.
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Date answered:
17 January 2006
S2W-21697
The Scottish Executive ASD Reference Group set up a conference planning group of experts in the field to plan the day. The programme included psycho-social interventions and the development of cognitive behaviour therapy; dietary interventions; pharmacological treatments; genetic counselling; improved assessment and diagnosis, and the individualised treatme...
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Date answered:
12 December 2005
S2W-21224
Examples of health promoting activities in schools include Hungry for Success, which is our whole school approach to school meals, and the Active Schools programme. S2W-21224
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Date answered:
8 December 2005
S2W-21169
It is the responsibility of individual local authorities to ensure the delivery of a range of programmes to tackle and reduce offending amongst young people.
