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The following table showsthe number of people employed in the fishing, farming and manufacturing sectorin the years, 1997, 1999 and latest available. Industry 1997 1999 Latest Available Fishing* 8,194 7,330 4,971 (2005) Agriculture** 68,830 69,...
Item 3 is consideration of arrangements for our forthcoming inquiry into the latest of the Auditor General for Scotland's overview reports on further education colleges in Scotland.
We quickly identified for the board that the big challenge would be the demographic change in the population of Dumfries and Galloway: a 26 per cent increase in over-65s, a 26 per cent decrease in those aged 19 and below and an 11 per cent decrease in the working-age population.