Statistics
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Scottish Household Survey – Culture
30th January 2018 by Digital Identity Scotland
How many times did you go to the cinema last year? Did you tick any books off your reading list? Visit a castle or museum? Any trips to the theatre, see any good stand-up comedy or take in a festival? According to the Scottish Household Survey (SHS), 92% of people in Scotland participated in or...
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Scottish Household Survey: looking back and going forward
29th January 2018 by Digital Identity Scotland
A blog by Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician, Scottish Government Looking back The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) has been at the centre of the Scottish Government’s evidence based approach to policy for two decades. With the advent of devolution in Scotland, there was a need for robust evidence on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of...
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Scottish Government Workforce Information
13th December 2017 by shona
The latest update to the Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published. This publication contains information on the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff over the past five years. At the end of September 2017, there were 5,424 FTE directly employed staff, an increase from last year’s figure of...
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Scotland’s Cereal Harvest 2017
13th December 2017 by resas
Figures published today show Scotland’s 2017 cereal harvest is estimated to have increased four per cent on the 2016 harvest. The latest data, released by the Scottish Government’s Chief Statistician, are on a par with the longer-trend ten-year average. Scottish farms produced 2.9 million tonnes of cereals this year, including 1.8 million tonnes of barley and 900,000...
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Community Ownership is Increasing in Scotland
8th December 2017 by resas
The Estimate of Community Owned Land in Scotland 2017 publication was released today. The publication presents the area of land in community ownership, the number of land parcels/assets in community ownership and the number of community groups that own land parcels/assets. The 2017 release is the first Estimate of Community Owned Land in Scotland publication....
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Health & Care Experience Survey 2017
31st October 2017 by hsca
People who have been randomly selected to complete the Health & Care Experience Survey 2017 will be contacted in November. They will receive a letter in the post that will tell them how they can complete the survey. It will also provide background information on the survey and answer some FAQs. What is the Health & Care...
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Information and data user research survey
13th October 2017 by gerryscullion
We launched an online user research survey on 21 September. This is a collaboration between the Scottish Government, the National Records of Scotland and NHS: Information Services Division. The purpose of this user research is to help improve our understanding of the needs of users of our data, statistics and research content that we make...
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June Agricultural Census 2017 – Results
11th October 2017 by resas
The latest set of figures on farming in Scotland shows increases in cereals, potatoes and sheep, but cattle numbers were down slightly. There was a small increase in the area rented, but the area of secure tenancies decreased. The Scottish Government’s Chief Statistician today released the results from the June 2017 Agricultural Census. There was...
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Scottish GDP grows by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2017
4th October 2017 by economy
Scottish GDP grows by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2017 The latest estimate of Scotland’s GDP shows growth of 0.1% since the first quarter of 2017. In the previous quarter the Scottish economy grew by 0.6%. UK GDP growth for this quarter was 0.3%. Scottish GDP grows by 0.5% over the year On an annual basis, compared...
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Scotland’s Mental Health
26th September 2017 by hsca
Two weeks ago we published the latest statistics on mental health from our third Mental Health Inpatient Census, detailing key information on mental health services and the patients who access them. The Importance of Recognising Mental Health Mental health includes emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act and how we...
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