Scottish Government

News Releases:

Wednesday 31/03/2010

£5.5 million helps communities reduce CO2 [Environment]

Final tranche of Climate Challenge Fund supports 90 community projects.

Cinema in the frame at Festival Theatre [Arts and Culture]

Funding to create the largest cinema space in Scotland.

Crackdown to protect the brown hare [Agriculture]

PAW Scotland welcomes police efforts to tackle hare coursing.

Fossil fuel flexibility [Government]

But FM 'dismayed' at Chancellor’s refusal to accelerate capital spending.

Lanarkshire bus crash [Education and Training]

First Minister expresses his condolences.

Long leases consultation launched [Housing]

Proposals to modernise property law.

Saving with PLANET [Agriculture]

£400,000 invested in farming software to help tackle climate change.

Scotland's future [General]

Scots must be given say on nation's future - First Minister.

Scottish Affairs Select Committee Report [Government]

Scottish Government response.

Scottish Legal Aid Board [Law, Order and Public Safety]

Appointment and reappointment of members to the Board.

Tuesday 30/03/2010

Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) [Transport]

Chair appointed.

£500,000 for youth groups [Law, Order and Public Safety]

Criminal cash aiding six organisations through CashBack for Communities.

10 point plan for new curriculum [Education and Training]

Education Secretary announces plan to ensure Curriculum for Excellence is delivered.

Architecture and Design Scotland [Arts and Culture]

Appointment of nine members to the Board.

Business rates relief [Business and Industry]

Thousands more small firms set to benefit from discounts on business rates.

Bute buyout [Rural Development]

Community poised to buy Lord Attenborough’s forest and grow the economy with new ventures.  

HEAT target E7: Electronic Management of Referrals [Statistics]

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

Interactive waste maps [Environment]

New online maps guide the way through Scotland’s waste landscape.

NHS activity statistics [Health and Community Care]

Figures reveal increasing productivity in the health service.

Prescribing statistics [Health and Community Care]

Public Health Minister comments on latest dispensing figures.