| 13/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | If you own your home and are in danger of having it repossessed as a result of financial difficulties, we may be able to help you. The Scottish Government operates two schemes, as part of the Home Owners' Support Fund, to help owners who are experiencing difficulty in paying any loans that are secured against their property -the Mortgage to Rent scheme and the Mortgage to Shared Equity scheme
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| 12/10/2009 | Education and skills | A revision of the School Estate Statistics 2009 which contains information on the size, value, condition, capacity and running costs of the school estate. |
| 09/10/2009 | Agriculture | The research report reviews the operation of the crop and grass (herbage) variety trialling system in Scotland and looks at the costs involved and appraised the value of Scottish Government interventions.
A number of key representatives from organisations involved in the system, both within and outwith Scotland, were interviewed by the authors of the report. Using this information the authors devised a methodology for calculating the return on the Scottish Government investment.
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| 09/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | General guidance for Local Authorities to administer and manage the Private Landlord Registration Scheme |
| 09/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | Repossession of Residential Property: Protection of Tenants: Consultation: Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Bill - |
| 08/10/2009 | Energy and Fuel | The Climate Change (Scotland) Act commits the Scottish Government to prepare and publish a plan for a) promoting energy efficiency; and b) improving the energy efficiency of living accommodation.
Each chapter of consultation in pdf format. |
| 08/10/2009 | Energy and Fuel | The Climate Change (Scotland) Act commits the Scottish Government to prepare and publish a plan for a) promoting energy efficiency; and b) improving the energy efficiency of living accommodation. This consultation document sets out a comprehensive approach to energy efficiency by the Scottish Government and the public sector in Scotland, focusing on its impact on energy and economic development, housing and transport and on the role it can play in delivering climate change targets. |
| 08/10/2009 | Energy and Fuel | The Scottish Government is carrying out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of its consultation on the Energy Efficiency Action Plan (EEAP) for Scotland. SEA provides a framework to consider the environmental effects of certain plans, programmes and strategies (PPS) and to integrate environmental factors into their development. This Environmental Report documents the assessment and has been prepared in accordance with the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005. |
| 08/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | Final report explaining the development of a carbon assessment tool to assess the impact of different policy interventions and stock upgrades aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from housing. |
| 08/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | Final report explaining the development of a carbon assessment tool to assess the impact of different policy intervensions and stock upgrades aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from housing. |
| 08/10/2009 | Energy and Fuel | Considers the many factors and key drivers that influence energy use in Scotland today. Based on this understanding Volume 4 identifies the opportunities to improve energy use within Scotland and the barriers that must be overcome if this is to be achieved.
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| 08/10/2009 | Fisheries | The IFFM interim report on the European Commission's Green Paper on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. |
| 07/10/2009 | Education and skills | A revision of the published School Estate Statistics 2009 covering size, value, condition, capacity and running costs of the school estate. |
| 07/10/2009 | Health, well-being and care | Short consultation on amendments to the Mental Health Legislation in the event of a Civil Emergency or Influenza Pandemic |
| 06/10/2009 | Crime, Law, Justice and Rights | This report provides initial estimates of the size and value of the illicit drugs market, and estimates of the social and economic cost of illicit drug use in Scotland for the year 2006. |
| 05/10/2009 | Employment, jobs and careers | This report details the findings of the Assessment Sub group of the National Delivery Group. |
| 05/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | Responses to the consultation on the draft Housing (Scotland) Bill. |
| 05/10/2009 | Government, Politics and Public Administration | The report looks to organise and discuss some of the main issues and available evidence as a starting point to inform the development of diaspora engagement policy. |
| 05/10/2009 | Education and skills | This study aims to assess the range, effectiveness and quality of financial education currently provided in Scottish primary and secondary schools. |
| 05/10/2009 | Education and skills | Summary of evaluation of financial education in schools |
| 05/10/2009 | Government, Politics and Public Administration | This paper drills down to consider specific parts of the diaspora, groups that are not always thought about in isolation but which, as the data shows, could hold an important new perspective on the diaspora. |
| 05/10/2009 | People, Communities and Living | Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers Manual 2009 |
| 05/10/2009 | Agriculture | Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Sheep |
| 05/10/2009 | Education and skills | This is an online consultation on the changes to secondary legislation and the 'supporting children's learning code of practice' which supports the Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland) Acts 2004 & 2009.
Here you can access the revised code of practice, the consultation papers and the online response forms. |
| 02/10/2009 | Education and skills | This evaluation looked at the effectiveness of the Fund in its first year of operation. |