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Finished cattle has continue to improve, as evidenced by a 6% increase when removal of subsidies is taken into account. However, the sheep sector has fallen by 12%.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 December 2005
I have asked Gillian Thompson,Chief Executive of Accountant in Bankruptcy to respond. Her response is asfollows:The following table shows thenumber of sequestrations awarded annually for each petitioning creditor from theintroduction of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 on 1 April 1986.The number of HM Revenue and Customs petitions awarded is from 1 April ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2002
It is not feasible to undertake all inspections prior to payment so that officials need to take account of any changes in the flock (due to purchases, sales, deaths, etc) between the date of claim and date of inspection.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the functions and terms of reference are of the Quality and Practice Review Unit of the Crown Office/Procurator Fiscal Service; what arrangements have been made to ensure its independence and impartiality, and to whom it is accountable. The functions and remit of the Quality and Practice Review Unit are described in the C...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2000
The table below sets out the total Scottish budget since 1993-94 and the percentage this represents of the total UK budget. The introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting makes strict comparison with years before 1999-2000 difficult.
However, as a committee, we should address our concern about the use of retrospective powers that are not expressly provided for.Our legal advisers make a strong argument, but I thought that perhaps the most worrying comment was towards the end of the brief, where they point out that there have been four such examples in recent years—civil legal aid regulations account for the other three—which may amount to a trend.
The official figures indicate that net Scottish greenhouse gas emissions fell by 12 per cent between 2001 and 2004.Public transport now accounts for 70 per cent of our transport budgets.
My feeling is that the whole issue may have fallen between two stools—or two funding years—as that would account for the comments on funding in the letter.
We are hearing anecdotal evidence that the price of prawn has increased by 30 per cent, and that the reason for that—again, it is anecdotal—is that everything landed by a registered seller or buyer is accounted for. That is taking care of black landings, the illegal landings that have blighted fishing not only on the west coast but particularly on the east ...