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To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of businesses have websites and how this percentage compares with businesses in (a) the rest of Europe and (b) other countries in the rest of the world.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors Historic Scotland properties located in the north east of Scotland parliamentary region have received so far this year and how this figure compares with the equivalent period in each of the last three years.
The Scottish Computers for Teachers scheme is available to all primary and secondary teachers, and the take-up rate over the first two tranches of around 18% of the teaching force appears to compare favourably with other schemes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 December 1999
Smoking will not bepermitted at any time in any area within the Parliamentary campus except inRoom MG.25 which is the designated smoking area for use by Members, their staffand parliamentary staff.
Given that the remit of the new statistics board will extend to the whole of the UK, it is expected to contribute positively to the delivery of coherent and comparable statistics throughout the UK.
According to the latest available worldwide comparative figures, Scotland's birth rate among those under 20 was 30.6 per 1,000, compared to 6.2 in the Netherlands, 8.1 in Denmark and 9.3 in France.
I will give her a bit of advice: be careful about international comparisons and remember to compare like with like. Denmark has a starting rate of income tax of 40p in the pound.