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What does the panel think would be a sensible benchmark for us to use to assess the capital budget for Police Scotland? Would it be comparator agencies in Scotland, or comparator police forces?
The letter said: “The positive health impact of the policy, compared to what would have happened without MUP, can be seen both in annual death statistics before the pandemic struck, and when comparing the rise in alcohol deaths in Scotland to England, since.
There is no comparable data available for Wales and Northern Ireland, as the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive publish relief expenditure, but not the numbers of relief recipients, and hence no comparable UK data.
The cabinet secretary will be aware that the arts in North Ayrshire received only £192,000 in grants last year compared with the £20 million for Glasgow that she mentioned.
Reconviction Rates To ask the Scottish Government how current reconviction rates compare with 2006-07. (S5O-02370) Reconviction rates in Scotland are now at a 19-year low and they have reduced to 27 per cent, compared with 32 per cent in 2006-07.
I will be clear with Mr Findlay: under the SNP Government, since 2007, GDP per person in Scotland has grown by 10.3 per cent, compared with 6.1 per cent in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that, under the Scottish National Party, attainment in Scotland’s schools is declining across the board and that, shamefully, outcomes for young working-class Scots are getting worse compared with outcomes for those from wealthier backgrounds.
However, we have a strong track record in recruiting dentists, with 57 dentists per 100,000 of our population, compared with 42 in England and 46 in Wales.