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To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14194 by Mr Jim Wallace on 1 March 2005, what Scottish Gross Value Added would have been in each year since 1997 had its growth rate since 1997 matched the UK average.
An examination of the information recorded on the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database indicates that in the period from 1 April 2002 to 29 August 2003 procurators fiscal received notifications of 11 deaths where the cause of death included specific mention of hepatitis C.
There are some 120 children diagnosed with cancer each year which accounts for less than 1% of all cancers in Scotland. This figure remained fairly constant from 1975–99.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the commitments made during the debate in the Parliament on Institutional Child Abuse on 1 December 2004 and the letter of 21 December 2004 from the Minister for Education and Young People to the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee, what input the In Care Abuse Survivors Group (INCAS) has had in respect of t...
In the financial year 2003-04 there were 12 prosecutions and 20 paid fiscal fines in terms of section 48 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and four prosecutions in terms of section 1 of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 February 2005
The table below shows the numbers of graduates from physical education teacher training courses for the years 1998-99 to 2002-03 (the most recent year for which data are available at present).Teacher Training Graduates in Secondary Level Physical Education 1998-99 to 2002-03 Year Graduates1,2 1998-99 60 1999-2000 65 2000-01 60 2001-02 100 2002-03 95 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency.Notes:1...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13645 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 February 2005 regarding discussions that the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development had with Scottish Water, what priority Scottish Water will give to the provision of water services in areas facing high demand for housing, rather than general ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 February 2005
It is estimated that there were 2,217,000 households at 30 June 2002. Therefore, less than 1% of households were in tied housing.It is estimated that there were 2,344,000 dwellings at 31 December 2002.