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In the real world, the consumer chooses the best-value service and buys it. Can you indicate what, so far, represents best practice and best value, instead of simply relating the different options that we have heard about so far?
Given that we know that preventive work can be done, why do we not set an ambitious target for four or five years' time and work towards achieving it? The policy has remarkable buy-in from people. Those who work in community health partnerships—clinicians and managers—would be delighted to have something to get their teeth into and to have the opportunity t...
Examples could include a community group that wants to purchase and repurpose derelict property, employees looking to buy their business, or a social enterprise trying to expand.
Recent funding allocations for level 11 learning, part of which were specifically earmarked for PGDE-graduates to top-up their credits to a full Masters degree, indicates Scottish Government intent to support university involvement in teachers’ development beyond ITE.
In football there are more than 400 players plying their trade in the top two divisions in England and Scotland, with the vast majority unlikely to pass the stringent work permit requirements for non EU nationals introduced by the Football Association in March 2015.
I am seeking an early meeting with him, at which the pilot project will be top of the agenda. We will continue to work with the UK Government on issues that relate to women who have no recourse to public funds.I think that Margaret Mitchell talked about support for victims of human trafficking.
Lorraine Dilworth told us during an evidence session that some councils are good at getting literature to parents and directing them to websites where information is easily accessible, but that one local authority's website was so poor that she could not find the name of the director of education on it.
We need to increase the number of advisers to get people into the DAS. It is a virtuous circle—if we increase the number of advisers, we should increase the number of people who access the DAS.Citizens Advice Scotland's submission seems to mix up two things.