Scottish Government

News Releases:

Friday 30/06/2006

Ayrshire and Arran Heatlh Board [Health and Community Care]

Interim chair appointed to health board.

Education programme gets a glowing report [Education and Training]

Researchers praise programme to tackle school underachievers.

Open University joins learning scheme [Education and Training]

Open University has joined the ILA Scotland (Individual Learning Account) scheme.

Promoting sustainable freshwater fish [Marine and Fisheries]

New powers will promote sustainable freshwater fisheries and aquaculture.

Public sector employment [Statistics]

Statistics for first quarter of 2006.

Public sector jobs increase [Government]

Latest figures show rise in number of teachers, police, social workers, nurses and doctors.

Scottish Economic Report [Economy]

Latest edition reviews recent trends in Scottish, UK, European and global economies.

Thursday 29/06/2006

Local authority pensions [Government]

Transitional protection proposed for local government pension scheme.

Wednesday 28/06/2006

Community transport projects [Transport]

Fifteen initiatives across Scotland share more than £1 million in funding.

End Year Flexibility 2005-06 [Economy]

Finance Minister reports £235 million underspend, less than 1 per cent of Executive's total budget.

Five year plan to overhaul social services [Education and Training]

Nearly 100 actions to modernise social services, backed by £15 million over the first two years.

Scotland to retain its own red meat promotion body [Agriculture]

Quality Meat Scotland to remain accountable to Scottish Ministers.

Tuesday 27/06/2006

Fire safety website launched [Law, Order and Public Safety]

New site aims to raise childrens' awareness of fire safety precautions.

Mentoring and befriending [People and Society]

Conference on progress of Laidlaw Youth Project.

More teachers in the classroom [Education and Training]

Number of vacant teaching posts has almost halved over last 12 months.

On the Record Briefing [Government]

First Minister gives media briefing.

Teacher vacancies and probationer allocations 2006 [Statistics]

A National Statistics Publication.

Monday 26/06/2006

Changes in blood processing activities [Health and Community Care]

Future plasma products will be bought in from outside Scotland.

Mental Welfare Commission [Health and Community Care]

Appointment of three part-time commissioners.

Minister toasts Irn Bru's Russian success [Business and Industry]

New six-year bottling deal between Barr Soft Drinks and the Russian-based Pepsi Bottling Group.