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This acts as an incentive onthem to minimise their packaging use.In addition, we support the InnovationFund, run by the Waste and Resources Action Programme, to help retailers minimisewaste from packaging and products.
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Date answered:
15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the breakdown is of the basic components of its annual cost per prisoner place of £33,800, including food provision, building programmes, staff costs, and other costs.
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9 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote healthy living and reduce childhood obesity. Our health improvement programme focuses strongly on improving diet for all age groups, starting with children, and raising physical activity levels – a combined approach endorsed by the World Health Authority.
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17 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has received from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) regarding the proposed Quality and Standards III investment programme for Scottish Water and whether this includes advice about compatibility with the EU Water Framework Directive.
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9 November 2004
This small unit relocation represents a significant step forward in the Executive’s programme for moving public sector job opportunities across Scotland.
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8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each NHS board area for access to drug misuse treatment programmes. This information is not held centrally.
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11 October 2004
Both Midlothian and East Lothian Councils’ schools PPP projects were regarded as pathfinder projects as they were the early projects in the development of the current £2.5 billion schools PPP programme. Partnerships UK provided specialist advice and expertise in support of these projects and their involvement was beneficial to other local authorities taking...
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Date answered:
23 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the planned work programme of Councillor Eric Milligans first impressions review and whether Councillor Milligan or the Executive will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre regular reports on the success of this review.
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10 August 2004
This includes encouraging young people to work in trade occupations in local authorities, most notably through the Modern Apprenticeships and Skillseeker programmes. There are no specific proposals to ensure that local authorities safeguard or enhance in-house workforces in preference to those which might be employed under contract.
His response is as follows:We intend to increase the number of places in the open prison estate as part of a wider reform programme designed to make better use of the prison estate as a whole and to help long term prisoners towards the end of their sentence reintegrate better into society.I refer the member to the answer given to the question S2W-8152 answe...