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Commenting on the 53% marginal tax rate that results from the combination of income tax and NICs for those earning between £43,430 and £50,000, the SFC say:
We expect that this higher marginal tax rate will start to affect taxpayer behaviour, for example decisions on how many hours to work. We estimate that in 2019-20 around 120,000 taxpayers in Scotland wi...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what proportion of patients with Availability Status Codes have waited (a) under six, (b) six to 12, (c) over 12 and (d) over 24 months for hospital in-patient treatment in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) grocery, (b) butcher, (c) baker, (d) fishmonger, (e) newsagent, (f) confectionery and (g) tobacco retail outlets there were in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 and how many such wholesalers there were in each year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many murders resulting from domestic violence there have been and how many people (a) were charged with, (b) pleaded guilty to charges of and (c) were convicted for domestic violence offences in each of the last 10 years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average wage is in Scotland and how many households have (a) one working adult, (b) two working adults, (c) three working adults and (d) more than three working adults, also expressed as a percentage of all households with working adults and indicating how many of those working...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many death certificates in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 mentioned clostridium difficile and, of these, how many listed clostridium difficile as the underlying cause of death.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the special advisers currently in post are appointed by the (a) First Minister and (b) Deputy First Minister; what the pay bands for such advisers are for 2006-07; how many advisers are in each band, and what the total cost was of employing its special advisers in 2005-06.
At one end of that spectrum arecarefully planned visits to view our superb wildlife; Scotland isregarded as Europe’s top wildlife watching destination, and this marketsector is increasingly popular. Many more visitors come to enjoy ourbreathtaking scenery at first hand, for example by engaging in hill walking forall or part of their trip.