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They also have a risk of longevity; they do not know when they are going to die, so they always feel that they need to keep back some money so that they do not run out of their lump sum before their actual date of death rather than predicted date of death.
In June 2000, we reversed the section 28 provision that prevented any local authority from funding the promotion of homosexuality. I will never forget that date and that period in our history, because, in some ways, it was a dark time.
We are months away from the UK Government’s date for leaving the EU in March 2019 and the UK Cabinet has not discussed trade, nor do we know what any of this will mean for our economy.
If there is an increase or decrease for the Scottish Government, that will need to work its way through the system and there will have to be a date at which that is reconciled. In essence, the reconciliation process is described in the fiscal framework and its technical annex.
We are pursuing the matter of costs—which I will come to in a minute—and we must address the indy campers seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The total cost to date has been just over £100,000. On whether we have realistic prospects of recovering that money, the first hurdle that we must get over is to persuade the court to allow us to seek recov...
On page 6 of the annual report, you state that 96 per cent of central Government audit reports and 21 further education audit reports were completed by their respective due dates. Can you confirm the reasons for the delays in the 4 per cent of audits that were not completed on time?
We need to ensure that the database is up to date so that people know what is being approved in order that they do not duplicate an area of work that has already been covered and waste time on an abortive application.