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At the end of the day, we are moving on to a situation in which approximately 26 per cent of commercial actions will be transferred to the sheriff court in accordance with the bill’s provisions.
We can see that there are some quite big variations in the contributions from local authorities. I am not clear whether some transfers are still to be agreed. There are also some big variations in the transfers from the change fund to the third sector, at least in proportion terms.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2011
We already have a workforce with transferable skills, which makes it ideally placed to lead the transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon fuels and technologies.
In response to a written question from me, you confirmed on 26 January that you were still in discussions with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities about the distribution of the additional £45 million for schools.
It was very successful at attracting people to our website. It is a bit too early to be absolutely sure of its impact, but we are pleased with the increase in traffic to the website that we have had, and we think that it will result in extra recruitment.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 February 2026