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Between 2009 and 2014 in Scotland, the cost of a nursery place rose by 31 per cent for a child who is over two and by 26 per cent for a child who is under two.
As Dr Cass said, many of the skills from paediatrics and child health are transferable. This is normal childcare; it is part of what needs to be normalised.
We set out some of the chronology in paragraph 26 of our report. The intention behind the skills alignment assurance group was to try to reset how things were being done.
As a practitioner in the field, I know that schools do a lot of good work on that already, so clearly that is something that is not transferring through. Could you shed any light on that to enable us to make recommendations about what could be done better?
I am clear both as a minister and as a Glasgow MSP with a long-standing knowledge of the matter that second-stage transfer was part of the promise to tenants on the original transfer.
Up to the point when the services were transferred from local government to central Government, there were elements in the local government funding settlement for police and fire services grant.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what transitional arrangements have been put in place to transfer the services provided by Independent Special Education Advice (Scotland) to the new national advocacy service contractor for additional support needs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under staff and service transfer terms, local authorities are expected to formally meet regularly with Mitie PFI Ltd to discuss service provision and, if so, how often such meetings have taken place.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will handle applications to the Rural Priorities scheme for support for community services and facilities projects made before its announcement that such applications are to be transferred to the LEADER programme and whether fresh applications to the programme will be required.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the adult respiratory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment facility at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary was considered as an option prior to the transfer of a patient to Sweden for such treatment in July 2009.