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section 3:
how to respond

We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by Friday 31 October 2008.

You can fill in an on-line questionnaire on the Scottish Government website at www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations (look for the consultation title among the list of 'current' consultations. The on-line form is located at the top of the contents page).

Or

You can cut out The Consultation Questions (section 5) along the scissor lines provided or print off a copy from the Scottish Government website at www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations (look for the consultation title among the list of 'current' consultations).

Please remember to include the Respondent Information Form (section 4) which can also be cut out or printed from the website.

Please post your completed forms to:

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed on-line on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations. You can telephone Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out where your nearest public internet access point is.

The Scottish Government now has an e-mail alert system for consultations (SEconsult: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/seconsult.aspx). This system allows stakeholder individuals and organisations to register and receive a weekly e-mail containing details of all new consultations (including web links). SE consult complements, but in no way replaces Scottish Government distribution lists, and is designed to allow stakeholders to keep up to date with all Scottish Government consultation activity, and therefore be alerted at the earliest opportunity to those of most interest. We would encourage you to register.

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. As mentioned above, please complete and return the Respondent Information Form (section 4) with your response as this will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential and we will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Next steps in the process

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public (see the attached Respondent Information Form (section 4), these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government library by 28 November 2008 and on the Scottish Government consultation web pages by 5 December 2008. We will check all responses where agreement to publish has been given for any potentially defamatory material before logging them in the library or placing them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Government library on 0131 244 4552. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

What happens next?

Following the close of the consultation we will examine all the views submitted carefully. We will then produce a report on the views expressed in the consultation, our responses to them, and any changes to our proposals following the consultation.

Comments and complaints

We would welcome comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted. If you have any please send them to:

Or e-mail them, marked for Alison Groat's attention, to: qualificationsconsultation@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Alternative copies

Further copies of this document are available, on request, in audio and large print formats and in community languages. Please contact:

tel: 0131 244 0232
e-mail: qualificationsconsultation@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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