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The completions figure is important and appropriate because it reflects the number of houses that have been built and which are available for people to buy or let. Rachel Gwyon might want to comment on the different ways in which we have reported those things over the years.
We are still analysing some early data from the Scottish Government; it is only on projected rents, but there are some high rent figures for social rented housing.I explain for the benefit of the newer members of the committee that housing is expensive to build and to rent or to buy, so there is no getting away from the fact that if you are going to make ho...
I fear that at some point down the line it may dawn on us that we still need those skills and, indeed, that we may have to buy them back.”—Official Report, Justice Committee, 28 February 2012; c 977.
When a person is offered a house, they can go and see it a week later and get their keys and move in a week after that, but there can still be another three and a half months before they get a community care grant to buy basic things such as curtains, carpets and white goods.
We can certainly make sure that your comments are on the record so that you can refer anyone who contacts you to the Official Report of the Scottish Parliament via a web link.
If we see a dramatic increase in the number of people who take part in the VNS, I am concerned that the number of individuals who might not be contacted when they should be might also increase.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 2009
New patient/client is any person who, at the time of presenting, is not currently in contact with a service that provides specialist assessment of a client''s drug misuse care needs. 2.
It is what the beast looks like that matters.We will bring the matter back to the agenda on 12 January, and we will make contact with the cabinet secretary, to draw what we have said to his attention.
Swimming is too often missed when we talk about physical literacy; in fact, as some of the team Scotland medallists have been making clear in an online video that was released this week, it is a life skill.