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The Scottish Qualifications Authority is consulting on the 2021 timetable and we will also look to ensure that any lessons learned identified in the review by Professor Priestley are taken into account. S5W-31242
To support robust governance arrangements the agency has an established Board; an Interim CEO who is their Accountable Officer, and a Leadership team in place which includes a Chief Financial Officer.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what changes it plans to make to streamline the process of (a) applying for, (b) receiving and (c) accounting for support payments during a transition period.
The SPS’s Key Performance Indicators are reported in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts 2017 – 2018 and show the average annual cost per prisoner place was £35,293.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether revenue funding settlements for the expansion of funded childcare to 1,140 hours take account of annual inflation. The revenue allocations in the multi-year funding agreement have been uprated for inflation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual cases the Accountant in Bankruptcy has dealt with in each of the last five years, broken down by type of debt action, such as bankruptcy or protected trust deeds.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of fireworks on animal welfare, and whether it plans to amend the fireworks regulations to take account of this. The Scottish Government is aware of the information from animal welfare stakeholders on the effects that fireworks may have on animals.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek a report from (a) auditors and (b) the accountable officer regarding the identity of the company that has reportedly received more than £475,000 from Scottish Enterprise in the last three years.