From Hansard: Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sheep farms in Scotland he has visited in an official capacity in the last 12 months. Mr. Jim Murphy: I have not visited a sheep farm in Scotland in my official capacity. Which begs the question, has Murphy been sheep worrying in an unofficial capacity? Might there be a lesson for Miliband here:? Chris Huhne: To as...

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

A FURIOUS row over the state of the public finances erupted last night after the Scottish Government claimed official figures suggested that Scotland reported a Budget surplus

Scotland's population rises to more than 5.1 million people, the highest since 1981, official figures reveal.

Scotland is in a stronger budget position than the UK as a whole for the fifth year in a row, official statistics have revealed.

Edinburgh: The Scottish public doesn't want it; the Scottish Parliament won't vote for it - so why on Earth is Scotland's first minister about to publish the first-ever official plan for one part of the UK to break away from the rest? On Monday, Alex Salmond will unveil what he describes as "a historic document" - a White Paper spelling out plans to give the people of Scotland a vot...

The first official United Nations event in Scotland took place yesterday, when the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay joined delegates at the Scottish Parliame

Scotland remains the murder capital of Britain despite the number of killings falling to the lowest point in a generation, official figures have revealed.

Child obesity among five-year-olds increased in Scotland this year and more than one in five youngsters are now classed as overweight, official figures have revealed.

Scotland has been branded the sick man of Britain after an official comparison of the four home nations found higher levels of smoking, drinking, obesity and disease north of the Border.