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A recent report said that, in the number of healthy life years, there can be a 26-year difference between those in the lowest economic group and those in the highest economic group.
We have continued to develop how we communicate with one another and our stakeholders in order to deliver public audit in new ways. Like everybody else’s, our transition out of the pandemic—I cross my fingers as I say that—and into new ways of working has been met with the delays and setbacks of infection spikes, new variants and the sometimes unanticipated reimposition of restrictions.
Contrary to Dr Needle’s assertion, UK Government guidelines on the use of scientific advice make it clear that while peer review is desirable it is not a pre-requisite to using evidence (page 10, paragraphs 25-26 in accompanying document). Any review needs to be proportionate while allowing new and emerging findings ...
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2018
The pubs code in England and Wales covers pub-owning businesses which own 500 or more tied pubs, which is currently six companies. The latest figures from the PCA state that the code currently applies to around 2 9,600 tied pubs.
My officials and I met housing conveners at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities last week and officials met Scottish Borders Council this week to discuss the provision of social housing. As we heard, the latest figures show that the Scottish National Party is not meeting its new social housing completion commitments and new-build completions have stagnated.