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The number of appeals received in each year is 24, 32, 31 and 22 to date, respectively.The process is time consuming and the length of individual cases can be influenced by a variety of factors.
Does that remain a worry? The evidence to date is largely anecdotal. We do not have concrete evidence that there is a long-term impact on applications for headships.
Extraordinarily, on that day will also be held the Scottish election. We might say that it is just a date, but that date is clearly interesting and significant, not in any party-political sense but for its historical importance in the shaping of our contemporary culture and society.
However, I want to make it clear that the start date of this particular scheme was the date of my announcement about it at the end of August; to be precise, Friday 29 August 2003.