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This method is enshrined in the 2009 Act and means that, following receipt of the CCC’s target advice, reporting from the 2021 annual target will be based on the most up-to-date inventory methods used in the latest 1990-2020 Scottish inventory published in June 2022.
Our 2024/25 budget proposal and projections for 2025/26 and 2026/27 maintain investment to support audit quality inspection and reporting. The 2022/23 audit quality report can be found at Quality of public audit in Scotland: Annual report 2022/23.
Currently, 33 councillor complaint cases are at assessment stage. We are assessing cases that are dated up to June 2022. You will note that that is a significant step towards bringing down the figures from the 60 cases that we had at the beginning of the year to 33 now.
In our evidence to the Committee we quoted a figure of £504,000 which was recovered as of July 2022. I would like to clarify that the actual figure of fraudulent payments recovered was £540,000 at that date.
In our evidence to the Committee we quoted a figure of £504,000 which was recovered as of July 2022. I would like to clarify that the actual figure of fraudulent payments recovered was £540,000 at that date.
In the past few months when, as moderator, I have covered a fair bit of our country, I have seen far too many food banks and have met far too many children needing fed during school holidays.
Electric Vehicle Accessible Charging Specification PAS 1899 As I highlighted to the committee in my letter of the 14 October 2024, the Scottish Government worked with the British Standards Institute (BSI) in 2022 to develop the UK PAS 1899 standard for accessible charge points.
The main purpose of the 2023 Regulations is to: (a) allow treated seeds to be placed on the market and used in GB as long as the PPP used to treat them was authorised for that use in at least one EU or EEA Member State immediately before IP completion date for a further 3.5 years and; (b) allow permits to be issued, by the GB regulator, for any PPP for a further 2 years if there was a valid Parallel Trade Permit (PTP) in place on 31 December 2022 provided that the GB reference product is still authorised.
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed, 22 December 2022 Following an Order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 made by the Secretary of State for Scotland, this Bill cannot be submitted for Royal Assent in its current form.
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Date answered:
22 December 2023