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That necessary and prudent regime is in place to deal with the Government’s exposure, compared with its budget, to those revenue-financed investments in any one year.
There was more and better engagement this year compared with the 2007-08 process. Personally, I felt that we were very close to getting some form of agreement.
I am aware that questions were asked about this matter at the previous meeting, and I think that some people were trying to compare things that were not the same.
That is not necessarily what is in the measures proposed in England, where people can do apprenticeships without having a job.There are some concerns about the quality of English apprenticeships compared with Scottish ones—that perhaps relates to what Ms Smith asked about.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 January 2010
In what circumstances would you see it as appropriate for staff to use restraint or seclusion? How would that compare with current practice in Scotland?
Slide 11 shows that, in the first half of this year, working hours fell by about 3 per cent compared with the previous year.Slide 12 gives a sense of what is happening in the current recession compared with previous recessions.