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Those figures include almost £100 million that was brought forward from the financial year before last for stock transfer—demonstrating how EYF gives us flexibility for good financial management.In a parliamentary statement prior to the summer recess, when members had the opportunity to question him, Andy Kerr announced how we would use EYF.
That means that there will be time to deal with the matter when we return from the festive recess. The explanatory notes say that the graduate endowment for new entrants in the academic year 2001-02 will be £2,000.
If there was adverse weather and contractors had to go off site, a project could run on beyond the completion date, with financial implications for the bigger project.
Because those centres are able to concentrate on elective procedures, they are not affected by emergency demands. To date, the 20 centres in the NHS in England appear to be working well—indeed, another 25 are planned.
We have had a number of discussions to date. Proposals have now been submitted, so the question is the extent to which our discussions with the promoter can change the proposals.
Scotland's special leave to remain scheme, which started in June 2005, has resulted in more than 1,800 successful applications to date. Linda Fabiani asked questions about the various groups.
The minister has every opportunity to lodge amendments that will cause us to support it at a later date but he has a long road to travel before that happens.