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I will move on to an issue which will probably be a no-brainer: the 10 per cent increase in funding for the first three years of operation compared to the current system, with the proposed new cap of 7.48 per cent.
In a 24/7 organisation we need to be careful about when periods of absence start and finish. Whilst it is possible to compare NHS Scotland rates with those of other organisations we must always remember that we are not necessarily comparing like with like.
Someone might think, "How often am I going to get a home visit? If I need a home visit, I'll say that I'm staying with a friend in such-and-such a place."
That has been acknowledged by local government—it is certainly acknowledged by local government in England that there has been a very different settlement here compared with south of the border. The numbers that have been put out into the public domain by individual local authorities can only have been arrived at on the basis of a range assumptions that th...
A positive dimension to our policy in Scotland as compared with what other countries are doing is that we will collate the information that we get from retailers in a central point.
How much is Scotland likely to get from pillars 1 and 2 of the CAP for the new 2014 to 2020 period, and how does it compare with 2007 to 2013? The final figures for what each country might get have not been published.
The programme has been running for only three of its 15 years, but how do the costs and benefits that you predicted over the first three years compare to where you are? Are they broadly in line?