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We spoke to pupils, parents, carers and teachers at informal participation sessions in February and March this year. We then took formal evidence throughout March, before publishing our report in May.
There have been two further extensions, with the latest extension scheduled to end in March 2025. That will mean that the MV Alfred will have been chartered for just short of 24 months.
That levy is a tax on the ordinary profits of electricity generators resulting from high wholesale prices caused by unique geopolitical events, and it will remain in force until 31 March 2028. The levy became applicable from 1 January 2023 and is expected to raise an extra £14 billion for the UK Exchequer over the five years to March 2028.
Scottish Government officials are meeting health boards—the Tayside meeting is in early March. We are also meeting all Scottish executive nurse directors to discuss outcomes from the evaluation of the pathway.
A week last Saturday, quite by accident, I walked right into the march on Buchanan Street. I had been out for lunch and was dressed in green and black.
As members have noted, these are incredibly challenging times, and we recognise the strain on third sector bodies. In recognition of that, in March this year, we sustained our £94,500 annual funding via CYPFEIF for The Yard until March 2025.
Our goods exports, excluding our oil and gas, increased by 5.7 per cent from March 2020 to March 2022, while UK goods exports decreased by 2.9 per cent in the same period.