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At the most recent election, about 26 per cent of our candidates overall were female; however, in winnable seats, 35 per cent of our candidates were female.
The policy intention of this provision is to enable pilot or demonstration projects to test out such new technologies before any new form of electronic monitoring is rolled out more widely. 86.
We have said that we will provide certainty by 14 January at the very latest. In the meantime, we operate a flexible grant system, which we expect will allow the continued delivery of affordable homes.
As, I hope, I have explained to Ms Clark, the Parliament and the Criminal Justice Committee, significant financial and operational pressures have meant that the priority in replacing prisons is the new HMP Highland and the new HMP Glasgow.
Auditor General, you will be aware that the vessels were supposed to cost under £100 million—that is, for both. The latest figure, back in March, was £300 million.
In earlier days, the boundary commission suggested that we should have around 28, but—like turkeys voting for Christmas—we suggested 26. We are quite flexible about the total number: we are realistic about that.
There are some commercial providers, but it is mainly the further education sector that takes apprentices for around 26 weeks. Of their four years of learning, 26 weeks will be within a college environment and that is funded from various sources.