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However, when we look at statistics because we want to learn about what is happening, we tend to look at the same point in each year and compare. Doing that shows us that, year on year, the number of people waiting for assessments is going down.
That is one of the reasons why Ukrainians have had such an easy time adapting to Scotland. I have a lot to compare it with because I have been to every country in Europe.
Since 2007, gross domestic product per person in Scotland has grown by 11 per cent, compared with the UK’s 6 per cent. Productivity has grown at an average rate that is more than double that of the United Kingdom.
It was also likely to have reduced by 4.1 per cent the number of hospital admissions that were wholly attributable to alcohol, compared with what would have happened had MUP not been in place.