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In England and Wales, following the Carter review, £1.2 billion was transferred from the reserve to the Ministry of Justice to be allocated for the prison estate.
I was unsure about the reason for the differences.I was concerned about what paragraph 26 on page 10 says. The first bullet point says,"There has been no coordinating national strategy,"and the second bullet point says, "There is no consistency".
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2009
Each NHS board has access to thrombophilia testing, either locally or through well-established arrangements for transferring specimens to a laboratory which undertakes these investigations.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was available from seized assets in 2006-07. The amount of money transferred to the Scottish Consolidated Fund via the Proceeds of Crime Act in 2006-07 was £4.412 million.
There are people in industry who have faced particular challenges and been successful, who might think, “What I’ve done there, I can transfer here and make a significant change.”
Could the Parliament learn from that when it is looking at induction and training for new members? Could anything transfer over? I am trying to think. I was first appointed as a minister in November 2014 and, earnestly and honestly, I cannot remember any form of induction beyond relying on the professionalism and expertise of civil servants who were there t...
Our regulatory work includes providing advice, raising awareness and understanding, transferring expertise, supporting organisations in their efforts to comply with the law and, on occasion and where relevant, entering into legally enforceable agreements with organisations.
We are trying to transition the economy away from high-carbon to low-carbon stuff, but it is a difficult transition. A lot of the skills can be transferred. For example, in the oil and gas sector, people with technical skills can apply those skills in another area, but they need the training and the opportunity to do so.
That would not, of itself, change the demand in Scotland and the UK for meat; it would simply transfer its production to parts of the world that have far lower welfare and environmental standards.