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The Audit Scotland report highlights that gender balance is broadly equal, with women accounting for the majority of the college population – 52% in 2014-15.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2016
The Framework is structured around protecting communities in terms of risk, prevention and response; the evolving role of the SFRS; and the governance, accountability and performance arrangements for the Service.
The National Low Emission Framework process will almost certainly take account of greenhouse gas emissions and will be designed to incorporate an assessment of greenhouse gases.
The bill includes provisions to define and implement national standards and systems, and will introduce a duty on regulators to contribute to the achievement of sustainable economic growth through their mainstream regulatory activity.Regulators will be required to take account of sustainable economic growth where appropriate, and be more accountable for decisions.
If ever there was a clear statement of intent, it is that. The heat in buildings strategy lays out how that ambition might be achieved, and there is a big spending pledge as well.
Spending by tourists in Scotland generates around £12 billion, contributes around 5 per cent of total Scottish GDP and accounts for nearly 8 per cent of employment in Scotland.
As for what is required to create a safe kitchen, we will lay that out in guidance. I am quite happy to share that guidance as we move forward to ensure that the committee can see for itself what exactly we are proposing.
The policy note mentions that SACDA had three concerns: the committee should continue to be composed of medical and lay members; new appointments should be submitted for approval by the chair and medical director; and processes should be transparent.