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We pledged to keep the education budget as it was and pledged that there would be no cuts. Now, the new administration is cutting services, most recently the visiting specialist teachers service.
However, I think that we have done great work so far and the new working groups are developing new guidelines and policies that, we hope, will shape the way we do resettlement.
We will then design that into the system and support implementation at scale across the country. I am new to this topic as a committee member, but I am not new to it as an MSP and someone who has been a councillor.
Even if they were to train up people to be investigators, this takes time and resource. It is difficult to see how a new body would be legally, practically or presentationally more independent than the PIRC.
We would further welcome clarification from the Scottish Government regarding what measures will be taken to address the potential risks identified and ensure that the new system is not open to abuse, once live.
This analysis shows that the gap between the university and college average closed by £628, from £3,132 to £2,504. With the new approach to college funding for AY23-24 (discussed in more detail below) the gap has narrowed further, to £2060.
These two conditions, and their treatment with mesh, have been the subject of much controversy, debate and a wide review internationally, as well as the production of new clinical guidelines over recent years.