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I can report that the guidance associated with the island communities impact assessments is currently out to consultation, with a closing date of 9 November. That guidance will be in place for when the ICIA duties are brought into force.
Would that be what I understand as a prepayment of a future liability, in which a payment is made into a bank account to protect it from being used for other things?
That, again, contrasts with the United States, where the attitude would be that the person has achieved up to that point, can put that in the bank and can bring it back at some other point.
In response, the SPSO built its own bank of independent Scotland-based professional advisers and now has 20 internal advisers and 37 external advisers.
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Date answered:
23 September 2014
£34,212 National Thistle Marketing Group To promote Thistle – Scotland’s Best Holiday Parks (4 and 5 star VS properties) as representing the best holiday and touring parks in Scotland, offering quality and value for money
We have also made a commitment to invest £250 million in peatland restoration in the next 10 years.Rural Economy and Tourism Rural Economy and TourismTourism Sector (Summer Holidays) Tourism Sector (Summer Holidays) To ask the Scottish Government what criteria the tourism sector must meet to ensure that people’s summer holiday bookings will be honoured.
The reforms that we plan are substantial. Before the summer holidays, John Swinney will publish a draft delivery plan setting out more of the detail, timescales and next steps of our plans to close the attainment gap.
I have written to Mr Scully to demand confirmation and clarity on those plans, but to date I have received no response. It is clear that there is strong support for that funding and those powers staying in Scotland, and I will keep on fighting to achieve that.
He said: “Staff tell me that their PPE is sub-optimal and that they are still being instructed to use PPE that is out of date, including critical equipment such as FFP3 respiratory masks.