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Even the three Ayrshires are very different in some things that they do and some of the third sector organisations that they have. You cannot always compare; it is not comparing apples with apples.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how the number of prisoners developing drug problems has compared between private and publicly-run prisons in each of the last five years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how the cost of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy’s in-person attendance at the official engagements in (a) Japan and (b) New York in September 2025 compares with the most cost-effective remote participation option available, and what assumptions were made in any such comparison.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 September 2025
The average length of custodial sentence for weapons possession in 2022-23 was 332 days; this compares with 218 days in 2007-08 and represents an increase of 52%.The prosecution of knife crime is an independent operational matter for COPFS.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2025
The average length of custodial sentence for weapons possession in 2022-23 was 332 days; this compares with 218 days in 2007-08 and represents an increase of 52%.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children in each NHS board area have seen an NHS dentist in each year since 2024, and how this compares with (i) 2010, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2020.