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An incredibly low number of proceedings were taken up compared with the tally in the report. Are we to conclude that the vast majority of cases were payments that were made in error rather than crimes that were deliberately committed to defraud the state of funds?
Stow College was originally one of the partners in the plans for the merger, but it withdrew from that partnership comparatively recently. From reading the section 22 report, it seems that the college did not monitor the situation properly.
The minister does not disagree that such a junction is needed at Laurencekirk; the disagreement seems to be about whether the project is worthy compared with other priorities. We do not know what those priorities are, but I have examined the statistics.
However, we have not had specific information about the number of teachers who are retiring and how that compares with the projections. Interestingly, the projections for this year were not out by much.
I am not saying that there was no impact, but the graph for pigs is relatively steady throughout last year compared with sheep.To be frank and honest, the situation that I faced as a Government minister is that it was difficult to justify going to Europe and saying that the two cases were equal.
There have been some calls for that provision to be amended, for exceptional circumstances. Would there be any difficulties if the bill was to be amended?
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Date answered:
12 December 2014
Please note that police recorded crime statistics are not directly comparable with statistics on action taken against offenders, as one offence may lead to several persons being charged.
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Date answered:
28 November 2013
31631977 A change in the definition of a clinical nurse specialist in 2011 means that the numbers are not strictly comparable across the years, in addition due to the multidisciplinary nature of the CNS role a nurse may work in more than one specific specialty.
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Date answered:
19 December 2012
Please note that police recorded crime statistics are not directly comparable with statistics on action taken against offenders, as one offence may lead to several persons being charged.