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Period/Month Number of Applications Made by Volunteers As Per Cent of All Applications April 2002 to Mar 2003 9,242 7% April 2003 to Mar 2004 30,119 8% January 2004 1,357 2% February 2004 2,364 4% March 2004 3,383 8% April 2004 3,026 9%...
The figures for sentenced young people under 16 are as follows: 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1 1 5 In each case, the individuals were held in Scottish Prison Service premises for only a few days while awaiting a place in secure accommodation.Over the same time period, the number of under 16-year-olds remanded on Unruly certificates and the time spent in custody is in the following table: Time in Custody 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 (Prov) 7...
To ask the Scottish Executive why business transport taxes are 27% lower in Scotland than in the UK as a whole, as shown in the Comparative Study of Business Tax Revenue of 7 October 2003. The Executive’s report Comparative Study of Business Tax Revenue estimated that the revenue raised from business transport taxes in Scotland was equal to 1.1% of GDP in ...
The first three year review of the GB road safety strategy Tomorrow’s Roads – safer for everyonewas published on 7 April. The review reports that considerable research has beenundertaken by the Department for Transport to increase understanding of the risksassociated with falling asleep at the wheel.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2004
These compare to the original (1998)recovery and recycling targets of 38% and 7%, respectively. Increasingcompanies’ recovery and recycling obligations for packaging waste in this wayconstitutes a strong incentive for them to minimise the amount of packagingthey use in the first place.In otherrespects The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2003
Local Authority and NHS Partnership April 2004 Target Argyll and Clyde 233 Ayrshire and Arran 169 Borders 40 Dumfries and Galloway 8 Fife 90 Forth Valley 100 Grampian 228 Greater Glasgow 230 Highland 54 Lanarkshire 123 Lothian 345 Orkney 7 Shetland 2 Tayside 150 Western Isles 9 Total 1,788 Figures from the most recentISD Scotland census of patients ready for discharge can be found at http://www.nhsscotland.com/isdonline/files/July03pub.pdf.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on developing a national strategy to tackle issues associated with seagulls in urban settings, as undertaken by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development during the Members' Business debate in the Parliament on 7 November 2002 (Official Report, c15170); what the timetable is for the...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2003
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.Local AuthorityNumber of Schools not Inspected in the Last 7 YearsAberdeen City16Aberdeenshire66Angus18Argyll and Bute32Clackmannanshire5Dumfries and Galloway56Dundee City1...