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To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be committed to the National AI Adoption Programme in 2025-26, and how much of this will be committed to (a) grants and (b) loans.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authorities have raised concerns regarding financial viability for the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year. More frequent and meaningful budget engagement with COSLA and Councils was fundamental to informing the record funding settlement made available to Local Government in the Scottish Budget 2025-26.That engagement included consideration of financial viability, the importance of sustainable local services and the critical need for transformation.The Local Government Settlement was significantly more generous than Councils were expecting based upon the trajectories set out in previous Medium Term Financial Strategies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2024
The draft 2025-26 Budget, which is subject to Parliamentary approval, has funding allocated to provide free bus travel for asylum seekers in the 2025-26 financial year.
The Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme measures do not formally evidence the aims of Article 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 August 2018
However, looking in more granular detail, from 2020 to May 2024 (also using Scottish Assessors data), there is a 53% reduction in the numbers of SCUs on NDR in Glasgow and a 26% reduction in Lothian. Across Scotland as a whole, there was a 4% drop.
The Scottish Fiscal Commission estimates that that will be a total investment of £187 million in 2025-26, providing a payment to around 1 million pensioners.
—Graeme Dey I call Ariane Burgess.22:26 Last year, this Parliament took the landmark step of reintroducing rent controls, putting them in place for the first time in almost 40 years.