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Is it also the case that about five individuals account for 20 per cent of the requests, and that one individual accounts for 12 per cent of all the requests, with an estimated cost to the public purse of £100,000?
Breaches of, for example, community payback orders or prison licences have clear consequences in that an individual is held to account for a breach of such an order.
At the very end of your evidence, you raised concerns about the draft audit and accountability framework. Does that relate specifically to the social security and tax powers or is it an overall measure?
According to the Scotch Whisky Association, 39 bottles are exported every second, and it accounts for 80 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively, of all Scottish and British food and drink exports.
It would be entirely reasonable for the committee to call for evidence or, as it is doing today, hold ministers to account in advance of the Scottish Government preparing its specific Scottish reports.
At that point, the finance secretary told us that every pound was accounted for in the budget. The Opposition parties were challenged to propose alternatives to the budget and they would have to say where the extra money was coming from.