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I am not going to suggest that the committee make a visit to New Zealand.In section 4.9, you say that there is"no suitable computer programme for STV counts".Is counting the problem?
Our 2005 survey used the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to ask councils what the common good assets were and whether they could provide the latest set of accounts. Most councils responded positively.
I am glad that that is so clearly recognised and stated by the SSBA in its latest newsletter. I look forward to working with the SSBA and the Scottish Parent Teacher Council on those matters.
The major decreases are in expenditure on communities programmes, down £35 million in real terms—I will come back to that—and in the unallocated capital modernisation fund, down £26 million in real terms. However, all is not as it seems.
The innovative scheme that gave loans to buy cars to individuals who were coming off the new deal in Fife, when the car was the only way they could get to work, is being replicated throughout the country.