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I look forward to the expansion of foundation apprenticeships and I give credit to Jamie Hepburn for his commitment to expand the range of frameworks that will be available across Scotland in future years.
Secondly, one cannot escape the issue of how to discount the future against the present—as you know, Treasury guidance is that future costs and benefits should be discounted, or regarded as less valuable than short-term ones.
The Scottish Government also increased in the Park Authority’s Capital budget by £540,000 for 2021-22 to deliver visitor infrastructure improvements and develop a capital investment plan to better support visitor management.
The abuse that we and our staff got sapped morale and had a big impact on how we work and on what people look to do in future. We need to change it. I echo the points that my colleagues made about making it attractive to work in Scotland.
What is your response to the view that it might be better to make any future changes only as the picture becomes clearer and to introduce them in a future bill, allowing for further parliamentary scrutiny at that point?
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Annual Report of the Education, Children and Young People Committee 2025-26
This report sets out a summary of the Committee's work over the 2025-26 parliamentary year.
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draft Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
draft Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
The table below shows how, if Fiona was getting Tax Credits she’d have to pay £11.23 a week council tax, but, under the current rules, if she was getting Universal Credit she’d have to pay £13.53 per week.
Claimant Count
The Claimant Count figures presented here are the experimental statistics from the ONS for Jobseekers Allowance, plus Universal Credit claimants who are out of work.
Under Universal Credit a broader span of claimants are required to look for work than under Jobseekers Allowance.