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If we take the UK spending level to be 100, members will note that education spending in Scotland at the start of the devolution period was 26 per cent above the UK average, but has now fallen to 17 per cent above the UK—117 in the table.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number was of people on waiting lists for (a) radiotherapy, (b) chemotherapy and (c) other treatments for prostate cancer in the latest period for which figures are available and what the average waiting time was during that period.
To ask the Scottish Executive how healthcare professionals will be kept up to date with the latest developments in infant formula feeding and its preparation to ensure that parents are given the information they need in order to minimise the risks associated with formula feeding.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2005
One thousand, five hundred and six children attended pre-school education in Clydesdale in January 2004, the latest date for which figures are available.
I do not accept that. I think that the proposed new definition is much narrower in scope than both the current definition and the proposed new English definition, and that that might have quite a profound effect on the number of charities in Scotland.
Last year, 58,500 visitors took advantage of the Free Weekend to visit the 74 paying sites throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Stirling and Urquhart Castles.