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Department for Transport figures for 2000—my figures are a little old—show that tourism receipts from inbound passengers to Scotland were £0.5 billion. The comparative figure for outbound expenditure by Scots travelling abroad was £0.7 billion.
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About 10 to 12 years ago, there were three times as many entrants to higher education from the most affluent areas compared with the most deprived areas. There are now twice as many.
Therefore, I ask members to support amendment 49.Amendment 89 seeks to end the culture of strict time-limited care visits. Last week, Unison released its “Time to care” survey, in which it reported that 56 per cent of its members who were questioned were on time-limited care visits.
You state that people in the public sector"need clarity about their objectives"and that"regulation acts as a second best option",compared with competitive pressures. You also mention "meaningful output targets which are based on suitable benchmarking data."
If the SPS can make assumptions about the annual cost per prisoner at Addiewell compared with the cost in the current prison estate, it might be useful if we asked the cabinet secretary to compare the cost at Addiewell with the cost at the proposed new prison in Bishopbriggs.
Although Scotland's contribution is, of necessity, comparatively small, the review made it clear that our funded projects are having a direct, positive impact.
During 2014-2018 the Brazilian, Chinese and Indian markets grew by 11.4%, 7.3% and 11.2% respectively, compared to an average growth of 5.0% in the top 5 EU markets and 7.8% in the US.7European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. (2019).