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However, it would be useful to have a letter from the minister telling us what the arrangements were pre-devolution, what they are now and whether there is any way in which they can be improved.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2002
This is to assist local authorities meet their new duties under the Standards in Scotland's Schools Act (2000), to secure a free part-time pre-school education place for all three- and four-year-olds whose parents wish one.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 March 2003
For reference, the latest HM Treasury forecast for inflation, covering the period to 2003, was published in Building Long-Term Prosperity for All: Pre-Budget Report (November 2000). S1W-12266
Those core paths will not be created simply by the bill, as they may be pre-existing core paths that have been created by the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967.