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I have nothing to say in addition to that, except that I am still seeing on my screen the proceedings of another committee and not the proceedings of this one, so it would be helpful if somebody in the IT or broadcasting departments could fix that.
Is it not the case that compliance enforcement and penalty levels in Scotland now tend towards heavy-handedness compared with the approach that is taken in other European Union nations?
I am more than happy to discuss further with Rhoda Grant the issue of learning disabilities—clearly, there are some specific circumstances in that regard.Funding for NHS boards is increasing. It increased this year compared with last year and, subject to Parliament's approval of the budget, it will increase next year compared with this year.
We should acknowledge not only that student debt has fallen for the first time since devolution but that its level of £5,354, which is still high, compares with £9,309 south of the border.
From 2009 onwards data on land use (on which these data depend) has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments. Caution should be used when comparing this data with earlier years.
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Date answered:
17 January 2011
According to this management information, during the period 28 December 2009 to 3 January 2010, there were approximately 50% more attendances at A&E departments across Scotland, due to falls and fractures, when compared to the same period in the previous year.