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Scotland would be entitled to the consequentials if there were any increases to comparable spending programmes such as health or education resulting from the savings created by the cancellation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how the (a) estimated capital value and (b) timescale of the replacement prison at Low Moss compares with the original project cost and timescale estimates.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2009
The organisation carrying out the independent assessment of energy options were asked to outline the scope, costs and emissions abatement potential of the various generation technologies available to Scotland, seeking to identify which sources are likely to benefit from a comparative advantage over others. S3W-27695
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2009
The budgeted debt repayments for 2008-09 are £56 million compared with budgeted student loan issues of £180.3 million and student loan subsidy costs of £71.4 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2008
These are broken down as follows: Staff £471,222 Travel £38,345 Hospitality £1,678 Administration £12,617 The comparative figure for 2006-07 was £638,356.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11537 by Shona Robison on 18 April 2008, who is carrying out the robust trials to establish the comparative benefits of bilateral implantation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much grant aided expenditure (GAE) was awarded to West Dumbartonshire Council in 2008-09 and what the comparative figure would have been if the GAE had been increased in line with the average annual increase across all local authorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what assumptions lie behind the reduction in resources for Gaelic for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 compared with the figure for 2008-09 and what the reasons are for this reduction.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 September 2007
His response is as follows:Some 77% of thosecurrently in prison have previously been held in prison for an offencecommitted at some stage. This figure compares with that in the “Return toCustody” statistical series which shows that around 50% of prisoners releasedfrom custody return within two years of release.