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To ask the Scottish Government what the highest amount paid to private agencies for a (a) nursing, (b) consultant and (c) care assistant shift has been in each of the last 10 years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2022
It is now much more clearly documented, and people understand much better the process in the context of the climate change programme. There is monthly reporting on programme risks, and risks are escalated to the GCE programme board where necessary.
We have invested some £8 billion in our rail network over the past 10 years or so and we will continue to have an ambitious programme of investment. On the member’s first point, I am happy to give the member more details on how ScotRail intends to improve communication.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to pilot the ASSIST peer-education programme in schools as part of its tobacco control strategy.
The amendment will deliver on the commitment to provide further certainty on how rent control will be implemented—a commitment that was set out in the programme for government, which was published in September.
That is why I was pleased to announce further baseline funding for local authorities that will assist in recruitment to permanent contracts, which may make it more attractive for some people to come into or stay in the teaching profession.
Surely we need a long-term commitment to a rolling programme of electrification going up to 2035 and beyond, until we get 100 per cent electrification of the network.