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One reason for the decrease in Scottish Government instruments is the volume of EU Exit instruments and extra requirements for instruments under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
He indicated that the Scottish Government had recruited extra staff to assist in its work relating to justice and Brexit and that a sub-board of the justice board had been formed to look at readiness and planning for Brexit.
The fall-back position of relying on the 1965 Hague Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra judicial documents in civil or commercial matters and the 1970 Hague Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters, whilst not equivalent in coverage to the existing European regime (insofar as not all EU Member States are ...
The main current industrial injuries benefit is industrial injuries disablement benefit (IIDB), to which extra amounts can be added for people assessed as 100% disabled, who also need help from another person due to their disablement.
In 2021, John Swinney was the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and promised that we would have 3,500 extra teachers. Instead, we have 810 fewer teachers compared with 2021.
The latest statistics show that that work has been undone, as the number of extra officers on the front line has dwindled back down to an unacceptably low level, and things are projected to only get worse.