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I am here today to seek your approval of the amendment census order that will change the date of the census to March 2022. Let me make it clear that the decision to move the date of the census was not taken lightly.
As the scheme sets out, there are other dates within that process, such as the October date, which is the date from which the levy applies to bookings that are made for stays commencing after July 2026.
The SQA has given teachers a longer period to formulate those judgments in order to enable the assessment process to come to a conclusion so that certification can be issued on 4 August—the date on which it was always designed to take place.
I will provide the committee with a mid-year report on revenue and spending to date alongside the spring budget revision when it is published, to improve the transparency of the budget management process.