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However, as probationer teachers are not allocated to councils on a fully funded basis, councils are required to identify vacant posts into which probationer teachers can be placed in order that the annual targets for placing probationers are met.
However, the SPCB has a statutory responsibility to fund her office, and we believe it to be adequately resourced to enable her to fulfil her statutory duties.
Instead of just using the NFI once every two years to check against deceased persons, some pension funds are now doing that more frequently, of their own volition, as part of their management checks.
We have given additional resources to that—again, funded by BT—to ensure that our turnaround times remain within those that are specified in the service level agreement.
Wind Farm Developments (PE1104)Wind Farms (Moratorium) (PE1178) We said that we would consider PE1104 alongside PE1178, both of which are by Dixie Dean.
I suspect that I do not have anything to declare but, just to be on the safe side, I should say that I am chair of the cross-party group in the Scottish Parliament on international development, a member of the cross-party group in the Scottish Parliament on Malawi and a member of the Scotland Malawi Partnership.