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Yes. While the statistics code of practice specifically covers the production of official statistics, Pensions in an Independent Scotland was produced using the principles contained in the code.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 February 2013
The Scottish Government fully supports the appointment of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). Scottish Ministers have long pressed for the need for an independent GCA to police the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 August 2012
In his letter, he has written to the Presiding Officer to ask her “to consider beginning the process of banning paid consultancy work and directorships by referring the issue to the Standards Committee to consider the appropriate changes to Parliament’s Code of Conduct.” That is not about this committee making a judgment on the hoof; it is a suggestion to...
We have not dictated what the codes should be; instead, we have set out key areas that the codes should cover, but we have left the commissioner with the flexibility to decide exactly what codes they prepare.
One of the things that we ask for in the petition is for the people who keep those records to record the information better rather than just putting down “respiratory illness”, “respiratory disease” and so on. It would be better if they could code it properly. The information is coded, but it tends to revolve around ...