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Of course, the fact that we have again matched the English poundage rate means that, following revaluation, we expect that the rates burden on businesses in Scotland will be significantly lower than it would otherwise have been.
I thank the minister for that fairly comprehensive reply, even though he ended up by agreeing that we still have a way to go.I want to follow up on the commitment in the equality statement that the Government will work with EBAG in developing equality analysis for the next budget.
If it is not an effective policy nationally, we do not see how it would be effective if it was introduced locally without requiring a vote. My follow-up question is on an issue that you have hinted at.
One of the failures of all of us in explaining the policy was that many people got the impression that, following the introduction of free personal care, all the costs of old age would be met by the state.
If they choose not to do that, the Government has not so far followed that up.There will be mechanisms that will enable us to ensure that more information is collected from people about how they became aware of an appointment opportunity.
The information requested is contained in the following two tables. Table 1 shows the number of qualifiers from food technology and catering courses at higher education level while table 2 contains comparable figures for further education level courses.