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Local authority spending on ASN reached more than £1 billion in 2023-24 compared with around £700 million back in 2019-20, when the Morgan review was published.
Sharon Dowey is quite correct to say that, compared with our European friends and neighbours, Scotland has one of the highest rates of suicide in prison.
The introduction of technology and other adaptations was set against the backdrop of a courts estate that comprises a broad range of assets from the comparatively new Glasgow sheriff court to the Court of Session here in Edinburgh.
As a result, we would not anticipate the Bureau scheduling Chamber business during this period – other than in the exceptional circumstances outlined – nor would we expect committees to meet.
The original Financial Memorandum put the cost of producing the initial Fuel Poverty Strategy at £125,000 including £2,000 to cover publication costs. With the exception of the publication costs, it is unlikely that the cost of revising the strategy would be as high this.
The whole idea is that there is a cap on that.This is probably an unfair question, but in your opinion is it not really possible to compare the two models—how they are constructed and what the outcome is financially?
Under the Parliament’s standing orders, “A member may not in the proceedings of the Parliament refer to any matter in relation to which legal proceedings are active except to the extent permitted by the Presiding Officer.”