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The response to recommendation 12, on planning, contains the following interesting sentence:"The Scottish Government has explored a number of ways to incentivise local authorities to promote economic development and is examining, with local government partners, options such as tax increment financing."
Indeed, it was Alan Miller who advised the interview panel that Scotland is now seen as a model for other countries to follow, and we should be proud of that.Although we have not pleased everyone here—I am sure that we will hear from Bill Aitken, as we do—we have balanced the need for the commission to have the right measure of independence from the legisla...
That is the process that we should follow. I have not had much to do with committees from this side of the fence, so I do not know whom committees can commission to carry out research.
Alternative housing tenures are, at least in part, a response to the emergence of new categories of housing need in Scotland, following the Global Financial Crisis.
There is an oft trotted out statistic that 70 per cent of the workforce of 2020 are already in work, so if we are going to increase the skill levels of Scotland by 2020 we must educate many people who are already in the workforce.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in each (a) college and (b) university in 2009-10, broken down by (i) academic, (ii) non-academic managerial and (iii) other non-academic staff. The following tables contain the full-time equivalent numbers of staff in Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) and colleges in 2009-10.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2011
The total number of properties and combined rateable values of all properties broken down by band and sector is as follows. Sector Zero Rated £750,000 or Less (a) £750,001 to £1,000,000 No.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2010
The available information is given in the following table. With regard to this answer, and the answer to question S3W-37419 on 17 November 2010, it should be noted that statistics dealing with court proceedings and recorded crime are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and ther...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of patients aged 75 and over were readmitted as emergencies within 28 days of discharge in each quarter of the last two years in each NHS board area The following tables show the 28-day hospital emergency readmission numbers and rates for patients aged 75 and over in each quarter of the las...