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On purely financial terms, on paper, a case might be made in the short term, but if the many ramifications and knock-on effects of closure were taken into account—as they should be—there would be no case to answer.
Perhaps he aspires to fill it on a permanent basis.I want to pursue Dennis Canavan's point about the accountability of the SQA to the presenting centres—the schools.
By virtue of its approach, it would ensure that what is delivered also takes into account the wider aspects of a person's life, to fit not only their needs of the moment, but those of the foreseeable future.
In theory, they are a great idea, but under the old co-ownership arrangements—some of you might remember those—the difficulty lay in whether the fund was attached to the property or to the individual.
That could change the nature of the discussions.At hearings at the moment, the family is there, the agencies are there and lay members are there. The lay members are advised by an official and take decisions in the best interests of the child.
I think that the figure was £22 million in net present value terms, which takes into account the sale of buildings in Edinburgh plus depreciation of various capital items.