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To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the cost would be of introducing transitional relief for businesses facing increased bills as a result of rates revaluation from 1 April 2010 that capped any increase in rates payable at (a) 12.5%, (b) 25% and (c) 37.5% per year The cost of transitional relief with a 12.5% cap was published by the Scottish Government on 14 May 2010 in the following report: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/917/0098553.pdf.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2010
An estimate of the number of properties eligible for Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) in each local authority area for 2009-10 is shown in the following table. Equivalent data for 2008-09 is not held centrally.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2010
The number of on farm animal welfare inspections undertaken by animal health in 2009 are shown in the following table: Enterprise Cross Compliance Complaints Targeted Programmed Other Pigs 20 9 64 5 15 Sheep 118 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2010
The preferred bidder, Brookfield, has an agreed position on the National Code of Conduct with the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and technicians (UCATT) and will formally enter into an agreement for the New Southern General Hospital Project following approval of the Full Business Case.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 September 2010
Further information about statistics of probable suicides is available on the GROS website http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/deaths/suicides/index.html. The following table gives the numbers of probable suicides registered in each year where the occupation of the deceased was simply described on the death certificate as farmer.
Information for 2008-09 is set out in the following table: 2008-09 £000 Scotland 88,986 Aberdeen City 5,010 Aberdeenshire 3,895 Angus 1,130 Argyll and Bute 1,386 Clackmannanshire 1,204 Dumfries...
The information requested is provided in the following table. % Five Year Olds who have Experienced Dental Disease by Year NHS Board 1999-2000 % 2003 % 2004 % 2006 % 2008 % Argyll and Clyde 64.9 65.8 53.2 48.3 * ...
The information is set out in the following table. Local Authority £000 £000 2007-08 2008-09 Aberdeen City 576 649 Aberdeenshire 4,261 4,834 Angus 1,084 1,229 Argyll and Bute 2,024 ...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many overnight visits to Scotland have been made by overseas residents in each year since 2001. The following tables provide information on total overnight visits to Scotland by overseas residents in each year since 2001, however as explained in the footnote, Scottish figures for 2005 onwards cannot be directly compared to...
The £12 million WATERS fund is being managed by Scottish Enterprise, who have provided the following information. Thirty-one applications, totalling £74 million were received for support from the WATERS marine energy fund, making this an extremely competitive process.