This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
I am cautious about saying what the latest number is; I think that it is certainly more than £7 billion, but I would probably need to come back to you on that.
You said that, in your most recent delivery plan, you do not project any reduction in staffing until 2025-26, so how will that 10 per cent reduction be achieved by 2027?
I had an exchange with Nicola McEwen about that before the meeting. Unbeknown to each other, I had coined the “Gretna principle” and she had coined the “Dumfries principle”.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2024
The Scottish Government regularly reviews this information together with any new emerging evidence. Any change to guidance would consider the epidemiological context and the latest scientific evidence and is continually under review.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 November 2021
That is why the Scottish Government has declared a national mission to tackle child poverty and committed to ambitious new action through the COVID Recovery Strategy.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 August 2021
This approach is in line with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Sub-group on Education and Children’s issues and is kept under regular review in light of emerging scientific evidence and advice.