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Will he ensure that Highland Council and the pupils who are directly affected are not compromised by a failure on the part of the Executive to fund the McCrone settlement fully? I am absolutely confident that we have fully funded the McCrone settlement.
There are a lot of unanswered questions here. In England, education is funded separately, through local education authorities rather than through local government.
That organisation's submission links into the trust fund issue. Amnesty International suggests, in paragraph F of its submission of 25 April, that there should be a separate Scottish crimes against humanity trust fund.
There is therefore an inherent difficulty in the operation of the fund, which has created enormous problems.In Ireland, Brittany and Wales, full-time channels have been established.
One of the recommendations that the Scottish Executive has already accepted is for a change to the funding method for the national centres of excellence.
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Date answered:
18 March 2005
From the Teacher Flow survey which is part of the annual teacher workforce planning exercise it is possible to estimate the average length of service of teachers retiring.