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This morning’s discussion has been about the work that Audit Scotland is able to carry out before we hit the buffer of March next year, when the Parliament is dissolved and we go into election mode.
We work on an accruals basis, and this is to do with where we were at on 31 March and what we were due to accrue from revenues to be received beyond 31 March.
When he was health secretary, Humza Yousaf personally promised to clear down the atrocious mental health waiting lists by this March—March 2023. That came and went; it was an utter failure.
The Scott review points out that the best estimate that we have is that, between March 1984 and March 1985, 1,400 miners were arrested and around 500 miners were convicted, and we know that 206 miners were sacked as a result of those convictions.
The vessel is now more than 80 per cent complete, and it is expected to enter service in March to May 2023. Ensuring that that happens is the yard’s overriding priority.
The first decision was to end the Abellio franchise contract on 31 March this year. Ministers chose to commence that contractual option, which then required an analysis of the other options.
The Scottish Government recognises it as a cross-cutting issue, "affecting a wide range of sectors including agriculture, forestry, energy, waste, planning and transport."1Scottish Government . (2021, March 24). Bioenergy: update - March 2021.
The information has been supplied as at 18 March 2015, so it may be subject to revision before it is published in the next annual report in a few months’ time.