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The post-school education and skills reform programme aims to make further improvements. The 2025-26 budget allocates £656.2 million in resource funding to colleges, which is a 2 per cent uplift on 2024-25.
The production of the progress reports required under new section 35B of the 2009 Act (inserted by section 19 of the Bill) is a new duty that will result in an estimated additional annual cost of £38,200. 41.
Accordingly, UK Ministers decided to introduce legislation to implement the DRTF’s recommendations in the area of education. These new rights, and the imposition of new duties on education providers, were enacted by the 2001 Act. 4.
Of those, 14 individuals have been recalled to prison – latest research shows that recall for minor breaches of licence account for approx. 75% of recalls.
Thus, the provisions of this Bill represent a saving that might otherwise have been incurred were the Scottish Government to do nothing. 26. The Scottish Government acknowledges that there is a level of uncertainty inherent in some of the savings estimated in this Financial Memorandum.
The committee asked for that at stage 2, and the Government agreed. New amendments that reflect consultation and engagement with parliamentarians were needed.The latest amendments would make the roles and responsibilities of those who will be responsible for administering the regional recall process clearer.
Agenda item 6: AOB & Closing Andrii Madzianovskyi, Consul of Ukraine. • The Consul addressed the Group with sombre news regarding a massive Russian missile attack that morning.