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I appreciate that the First Minister, in appointing a minister, will take into account whether certain decisions will conflict with constituency interests.
When asked to comment on the SNH decision, Tavish Scott stated in the annex to his letter that the DTZ report was taken into account. How can that possibly be? The DTZ report was ignored, so perhaps he means that he took it into account by ignoring its recommendations entirely and by not telling anyone the reasons wh...
A number of unpredictable things will happen along the line, and no doubt we will talk about them later. Is that date taken into account in your cost estimates? Yes. You were saying that the underspend from earlier in the year is no longer there.
Given that the minister took direct action to set the funding level for Scottish Opera, it is disingenuous of him to say in the second paragraph of his letter that the £7.473 million is"the amount that they have previously earmarked".He continues:"my answer takes into account the factors that I have taken into account in considering this issue".That is just gibberish.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2006
The purposeof the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 was to set a framework within which financialdecisions could be made and their consequences monitored.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2005
I have asked Gillian Thompson, Chief Executive of Accountant in Bankruptcy to respond. Her response is as follows: As part of Accountant in Bankruptcy’s transfer of work strategy the agency’s helpline was transferred to Ayrshire in April this year.
The percentage increase for 2004-05 is based on the budget following the Spring Budget Revision because audited accounts for 2004-05 are not yet available.
It is for each board to decide how best to meet the health care needs of their resident population from the totality of the funds it receives, taking account of national and local priorities.