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More than 100,000 of those will be paid staff, for whom a fee for checking will be charged. If that fee is set at £26, which is one of the levels that is mooted in the financial memorandum, that would bring a new cost to the sector of £3 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2005
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produce figures on Gross Fixed Capital Formation as part of their Regional Accounts. The latest available figures for Scotland relate to 2000 and are available at the following website http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?
Do we want to continue to invest in our children's futures and to build new schools—a new Barrhead high school and a new Eastwood high school, for example—or do we let the SNP's ideological fixation with and opposition to PPP blight the chances of a whole new generation?
I would also take the view that, although the committee will wish to remain involved in considering the latestnews on the crisis, the main part of the committee's work will probably to consider the aftermath of this outbreak.
We should keep an eye on that.The Westminster Government has just finished a consultation on Gordon Brown's latest stealth tax—the planning gain supplement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many air routes subsidised under the Interim Route Development Fund have encouraged more inward visits to Scotland than outward visits from Scotland.
It is interesting that the Executive does not produce the same information as is produced in England, where the latest figures show a 16 per cent rise in class A drug offences.
This year's event generated more than £1 million of media publicity for Scotland as a place to visit and do business. VisitScotland's Scottish village in New York's Grand Central station was especially impressive.