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The most powerful comment that Elena Whitham made, in comparing her experience as a teenager with the experience of her teenage daughter now, was that it is much more difficult for teenage girls today than it was when she was growing up.
As for the question about there perhaps being a lower uptake of participation requests compared with asset transfers, that is possibly due to higher levels of awareness of asset transfers.
I will not attempt to do the calculation that you have done, but it is important that we look at the cost of administration and compare the administration costs to the benefits administered.
Considering the severe nature of the resourcing facing planning service, RTPI Scotland would advocate that the Committee consider comparable arrangements to be put in place for planning services.”
As at January 2017, 95 per cent of sheriff courts were offering trials within the optimum time of 16 weeks, compared with only 50 per cent in April 2014.
Mr Frith explained that, every second year, there would be an increase in costs, but the actual costs for 2013-14 were £225,000 and the proposed budget for 2015-16 would be £465,000. Those two years are comparable years, rather than 2013-14 and 2014-15.