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June 2000 Census (Main & Minor Holdings)December 2000 Census (Main Holdings Only)FMD Cull as at 8 May 2001Cattle2,027,9561,958,24387,019Sheep9,183,847*6,213,012634,225Pigs558,082515,739943 S1W-15564
The Commission was established to consider cases where it is alleged that a miscarriage of justice has occurred and to refer appropriate cases to the High Court for determination. Cases may be referred by the Commission whether the applicant is prison or has been released.Compensation will be paid in cases where a conviction is quashed as a result of a new ...
These figures exclude any livestock unfit to travel that would have been slaughtered on farm and do not allow for stock that may have been slaughtered south of the border.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many secure places for young offenders there were in each of the last three years, broken down by parliamentary region. Any child or young person may be placed in secure accommodation either following a children's hearing, or by a local authority chief social work officer, with the agreement of the person in charge of the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 April 2001
The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland will review local performance annually against these national standards.I expect the particular needs of those with a mental illness or any others who may perhaps be limited in their explanations or expression of preferences to be taken into account by staff as part of the whole person consideration that should appl...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6799 by Sarah Boyack on 30 May 2000, whether it has completed reviewing the compliance of Scottish planning law and organisation with the European Convention on Human Rights and, if so, whether any legislation now requires to be amended, in particular in relation to appeals and investigat...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6864 by Sarah Boyack on 30 May 2000, what the outcome was of the tendering exercise in relation to the contract for UK trials of electronic tolling technology; what part of the cost of the contract was to be met from the Scottish Block, and whether proposals on the sharing of costs have b...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2000
In the paper Regulation of Early Education and Childcare - The Way Ahead, published in May, we proposed that regulation involving examination of the quality of care should extend to care for children of primary school age, rather than being limited to care provided for under eights as at present.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 2000
The information requested is primarily a matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and may be obtained from SEPA. Information about noise from quarries is a matter for local authorities under the statutory nuisance provisions in Part III of the 1990 Act.