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r=11879&c=2143337The Committee also heard evidence from the EIS to suggest new assessments were being introduced at this stage:
Some councils use standardised assessments in every single year of a young person’s time at primary school, and so they have not given up the in-between years.
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Date answered:
16 March 2011
The unprecedented £1.3 billion cut to our capital budgets has presented us with some difficult choices and we must prioritise existing projects over new as set out in the recent budget statement.
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4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional revenue would be raised if a new supplement of 0.1p was applied to all properties with a rateable value in excess of £1 million.
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Date answered:
31 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what capital funding it will provide to allow the development of the new mental health inpatient facility in Lochgilphead.
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Date answered:
22 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has undertaken of the rationale for the Crown Estate’s decision to introduce a moratorium on new leases for wave and tidal energy developments in Orkney waters and the Pentland Firth.
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Date answered:
16 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to give advice to schools and local authorities regarding the number of subjects that it expects pupils to be examined for in S4 under the new national qualifications system and, if so, what advice.
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25 November 2010
The efficiency saving of £20,000 was achieved by using new methods of providing information to farmers and other stakeholders on animal health and welfare matters.
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Date answered:
8 November 2010
The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 contains provisions for a new community sentence - the community payback order, and a presumption against short prison sentences.