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On 20 January 2011, directors were advised that if they intended to seek ministerial consent for the exceptional closure of schools on that day, such consent would be forthcoming.
We will be happy to make available all information upon which Ministers base their decision, with the exception of information which might be exempt under freedom of information legislation.
The case cannot just be a special case; it must be a truly exceptional case in which the application of the standard formula would lead to manifest and material unfairness.
We have heard today that the petitioner is still awaiting two pieces of information that she is seeking—a more accurate costing for a flyover at Laurencekirk and the accident figures for the other two sites where grade separation has been approved—so that she can compare the figures with those for Laurencekirk.
That is what the consultation document will show us. It compares the council tax that is raised with the local income tax proposals—of course it does.Wendy Alexander is a bit confused.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much worse off pupils from families in Scotland with a household income of £25,000 will be compared with their English counterparts due to the differences in Education Maintenance Allowance.
All the amendments in the group are mine although, while they are important in principle, they are small in number compared with all the other amendments that have been lodged for today.