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England has received additional resources for health compared with Scotland, as there has recently been a commitment to move to the European average over five years.
I agree that to compare Scottish Executive departments with departments south of the border is not necessarily to compare like with like, but some measure of international or cross-UK comparison is surely helpful.
I accept what Keith Harding has said about the removal of surcharge, but we could investigate how to allow the people concerned a wider scope of sanction compared to those who have been found to be offenders.
We want to achieve a consistent approach in future.The key issue for most local authorities—I recognise that there may be exceptions—is the future funding of the policy as a whole.