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To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy it has to address any decline in visitors to Scotland through rail-based breaks following recent disruptions to the rail network. visitscotland are involved in a number of initiatives to promote rail travel to Scotland generally, and are in discussions with ScotRail regarding the foot and mouth recovery programm...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors from (a) Norway and (b) Scandinavia visited Scotland and how many of these came via ferry to Newcastle, in each year since 1995.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 2000
Annually, around 100,000 trips to Scotland are made to shoot and spending totals £23 million. Approximately 110,000 visitors fish in Scotland every year, generating just under £30 million worth of tourism spend.
I find it a wee bit strange that a more contrary view is now being expressed than previously, when there was more support from the Executive on the issue.
There have been a variety of tragic cases in the United Kingdom, recently and stretching back over 25 years—there have been 26 child deaths in that period as well as other cases of serious abuse.
Initial findings from the Early implementer sites in England and the four project sites in Scotland are currently being fed into a UK review of Agenda for Change being carried out in partnership with the relevant trades unions.