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S5W-12811 Michelle Ballantyne: To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the observation by ISD Scotland in the report, Infant Feeding Statistics Scotland, that (a) 56% of mothers aged 40 or over were breastfeeding at the 6-8 week review, compared with 12% of under 20s and (b) "breastfeeding rates in Scotland are low compared to those in other countries".
S5W-11356 Adam Tomkins: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase levels of domestic overnight tourism in Scotland, which reportedly dropped by 30% in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period in the previous year.
It is important to emphasise here that the proportion of the resource budget that the Scottish Government has chosen to invest in enhancing social security in Scotland compared to the situation in England and Wales is projected to increase by less than 1 per cent by 2029-30 compared to this current financial year.
Bill Bowman: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on 10,000 fewer students being enrolled at Dundee and Angus College compared with 2006, representing a 38% drop.
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has undertaken of the whole-life greenhouse gas emissions arising from the combined use of marine diesel and liquefied natural gas by the MV Glen Sannox, and how these projections compare with the emissions profile of a comparable conventional diesel-only ferry operat...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2023
This figure is expected to rise as Police Scotland continue their investigations. This compares with 6* detected firework related crimes in October 2022.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19943 by Jenny Gilruth on 10 August 2023, for what reason there has been a reduction in the number of teacher bursaries awarded compared with 2018. The reduction in the number of bursaries awarded in 2022-23 compared with 2018 is the result of a d...
Performance (reliability and punctuality) at Musselburgh, Wallyford, Prestonpans, Longniddry, and Drem on the North Berwick Line compare favourably with the ScotRail average, which in turn compares well with the GB average.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the resource planning assumptions for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme compare to the financial outturn in each financial year from 2016 to 2021, broken down by local authority area.