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Official Report Meeting date: 4 October 2018

Social Security Committee 04 October 2018

It is very difficult to forecast take-up of a new benefit under a new system, and that is why there is a difference between the forecasts from the Scottish Government and Scottish Fiscal Commission.

Official Report Meeting date: 14 June 2022

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 14 June 2022

There are 12 visitor centres attached to prisons. Family members who are visiting someone in prison can go there to prepare for a visit, and children and young people can find out a bit more information about what a visit might entail.

Official Report Meeting date: 27 November 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2025

Shockingly, the statistics continue to rise. The latest figures show that almost 64,000 incidents of domestic abuse have been recorded by Police Scotland, while there has been an 11 per cent increase in the number of reported rape cases.

Official Report Meeting date: 8 February 2024

Meeting of the Parliament 08 February 2024

One key area in which there has been clear progress is in the number of looked-after children. The latest statistics show that there were almost 2,000 fewer looked-after children in July 2022 than there were when the Promise started in July 2020.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 August 2020

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Month Number of FOI requests responded to outwith 20 working day period January 5 February 6 March 12 April 23 May 72 June 48 The Scottish Government is currently processing 26 requests for internal review of its handling of requests under FOISA.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 27 February 2019

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Estimated number of hospitality properties eligible for Transitional Relief by Local Authority 2019-20 to 2021-22 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Aberdeen City 134 123 105 Aberdeenshire 80 59 38 Angus 23 16 9 Argyll & Bute 304 248 136 Clackmannanshire 26 16 13 Dumfries & Galloway 51 34 21 Dundee City 35 19 14 East Ayrshire 17 7 4 East Dunbartonshire 2 0 0 East Lothian 38 21 9 East Renfrewshire 11 5 4 Edinburgh, City of 636 442 319 Eilean Siar 18 15 9 Falkirk 47 36 21 Fife 93 53 26 Glasgow City 199 136 101 Highland 398 208 123 Inverclyde 13 11 6 Midlothian 17 8 4 Moray 55 31 20 North Ayrshire 24 14 6 North Lanarkshire 10 6 4 Orkney Islands 15 10 9 Perth & Kinross 127 71 62 Renfrewshire 32 23 15 Scottish Borders 50 33 19 Shetland Islands 36 24 13 South Ayrshire 62 35 19 South Lanarkshire 29 14 12 Stirling 136 117 92 West Dunbartonshire 6 4 3 West Lothian 22 18 13 Scotland 2,746 1,857 1,249 Note: These estimates have been derived by summing all hospitality properties on the valuation roll in 2019 that have experienced a percentage rise in their gross NDR Bill since March 2017 (before the revaluation) above the real-terms transitional relief cap in the relevant year.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 28 October 2016

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Establishment 2013 2014 2015 2016 HMP Aberdeen 00:34:46 00:21:13 HMP Addiewell 00:55:18 01:07:25 00:58:59 01:09:52 HMP Barlinnie 00:38:54 00:48:56 00:44:50 00:57:06 HMP Castle Huntly 01:50:53 01:25:48 01:33:00 01:40:00 HMP & YOI Cornton Vale 01:34:43 01:34:44 01:21:47 01:36:48 HMP Dumfries 01:09:53 01:18:45 00:46:26 01:16:39 HMP Edinburgh 00:37:33 00:48:01 00:38:51 00:56:42 HMP Glenochil 01:06:39 01:15:49 01:08:24 01:08:35 HMP Grampian 01:19:31 01:07:46 01:16:43 HMP Greenock 01:19:56 01:11:54 01:00:39 01:17:56 HMP Inverness 00:48:15 00:51:48 00:50:38 01:01:58 HMP Kilmarnock 00:37:04 00:51:05 00:34:45 00:41:26 HMP Low Moss 01:01:20 01:08:39 00:59:52 01:08:42 HMP Perth 00:56:11 01:07:14 00:54:23 01:05:43 HMP Peterhead 01:13:59 HMP & YOI Polmont 01:25:56 01:35:20 01:30:44 01:37:21 HMP Shotts 00:57:12 01:13:50 00:59:02 01:15:42 Overall Average 00:54:36 01:04:54 00:57:04 01:08:21 S5W-03441

Last updated: 9 March 2020

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