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The important thing is that the error has been noticed. Who signed the accounts off? The accountable officer. The important thing is that, thanks to the spring revision, the figures will be right before the end of the year, so the accounts will be right.
We use the national care standards, which must be taken into account. They can be used flexibly. When we are regulating and inspecting a service, we take into account its aims and objectives.
Designing a sustainable harvesting regime was described as being complex, needing to take into account site-specific factors, preventing a 'one-size-fits all' strategy, although general principles can be applied.
In contrast, some respondents appeared to be under the impression that a soft opt-out would allow the wishes of the family to be taken into account before deemed authorisation could proceed.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2017
We believe that greater clarity and focus is needed on how the formulation of future budget resource allocations in the education sector will assess the need to take account of the adjustments required to deliver this change.
In practice, he is not accountable; it is his decision whether to make the order, and he is not brought to Parliament to account for it in any particularly meaningful way.
I do not recall whether it was this committee or the Finance Committee—probably both—but members have requested that the format for accounts be standardised so that it is obvious to lay people what is in them.