This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) was created on 1 April 2003 as a result of the forestry devolution review. The following table shows the staff figures for FCS since that date.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 February 2009
Figures for the number of pupils in independent schools are published each year on the government website at the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubIndSchoolCensus.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the ongoing revenue and maintenance costs will be of the existing Forth Road Bridge following the opening of the proposed Forth Replacement Crossing.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2009
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: Sixty-four percent of prisoners tested positive for illegal drugs on entry into prison during 2007-08 addiction prevalence testing. 49% of the prisoner population has a problem with alcohol, as indicated by the number of prisoners who responded t...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2009
The projected cost of the Small Business Bonus Scheme in 2008-09, following its introduction in April 2008, is currently estimated at around £70 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2009
Information on stillbirth rates per 1,000 total births (live and stillbirths) for years 2002-07 is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under the SPIMMR (Scottish Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity Report) web pages and can be found at table 16 at the following address. http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/information-and-statistics.jsp?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2009
The average amount of compensation awarded in claims made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for dog bites in each of the last five years was as follows: Financial Year Average Amount Paid (£) 2003-04 2,816 2004-05 2,399 2005-06 2,...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the regulations covering castration and tail docking of lambs following the Report on the Implications of Castration and Tail Docking for the Welfare of Lambs published by the Farm Animal Welfare Council in June 2008.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2009
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: The SPS-developed approved activity Alcohol Awareness is, as described, an awareness intervention.