Sentences with phrase «scottish government study»

As set out in a Scottish Government study reported in 2010, the link between socio - economic circumstances and health is well know, and there is an increasing evidence base supporting the hypothesis of a «Scottish Effect», and more specifically a «Glasgow Effect», the terminology used to identify higher levels of mortality and poor health found in Scotland and Glasgow beyond that explained by socio - economic circumstances.

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The Scottish Government reduced its limit to 50mg / 100 ml in 2014, but similar measures in the rest of the UK have been resisted because of fears of their impact on pubs About the Institute of Alcohol Studies The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

In the devolved parliaments the Chancellor promised new tax raising and borrowing powers for infrastructure to the Welsh government, a new Enterprise Zone for Colerain in Northern Ireland and in Scotland the government is offering to extend the feasibility study on possible improvements to the A1 north of Newcastle further north into Scotland (if the Scottish government will match fund the costs of this study.

The results of the study, which was funded by the Scottish Government and is the first of its kind, have revealed that interference with lawfully set traps and snares is widespread and there is a reluctance to report incidents to the police.

According to a 2005 study by the Scottish government, it requires roughly four times as much energy and more water to make a paper bag than a plastic bag, though the completed paper bags are much less likely to become litter.

Studying older people over time can be challenging given their uncertain health, but Ritchie and his colleagues had an unusual resource in the Lothian Birth Cohort, a group of people born in 1936 whose mental function has been periodically tested by the Scottish government since 1947 — their first IQ test was at age 11.

Dr Niamh Shortt, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, who led the study, said: «The Scottish Government has signalled its intent for a «tobacco - free» Scotland by 2034.

However, in this study, to give a guide as to the additional electricity demand that could be created through electrification of heating, it is assumed - in line with existing Scottish government targets - that just 11 % of heat demand will be met by renewable sources by 2020, increasing to 40 % by 2030.

In June the Scottish government released a far - reaching study on floating wind power that points to its fast approaching commercialisation.

Growing Up in Scotland is a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study funded by the Scottish Government.