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In the next three years we plan to scale up this work to provide new insights and to enable Scotland to remobilise and plan its health and social care services as a single service.
Why was the previous system replaced with a new system? One crucial element that you did not mention, which is an important part of our relatively new system, concerns exceptional circumstances.
Yes, the idea is to avoid that round of decision making happening at the same time as a new system is introduced. Do you think that introducing a new system will reduce some of the financial pressure on Creative Scotland?
Thank you very much, minister. The new social security system is obviously a large undertaking, given that it involves setting up a new agency and developing new IT systems.
If you have been to schools in Glasgow, you will know that they are very diverse; indeed, 26 per cent of our children and young people have English as an additional language, and they come from a huge variety of cultures and religious and non-religious backgrounds.
There are 12 visitor centres attached to prisons. Family members who are visiting someone in prison can go there to prepare for a visit, and children and young people can find out a bit more information about what a visit might entail.