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Showing the scale of the issue, SCVO said in May this year “a third of organisations reported that they are now using their reserves to top up services and pay staff decent wages” and added this is unsustainable, as 60% of organisations have reserves of only six months.iiIbid.
The Committee was aware of plans to develop a UK Shared Prosperity Fund after Brexit and recommended to both the Scottish and UK Governments that the new fund should not be top-down, not centrally-driven, short-term or rigidly bureaucratic.
Table 1 - Additional allocations to local authorities as a result of COVID-19
£m2020-21 Circular Final (Annexe B)COVID 19 Barnett consequentials for local governmentLocal Authority Hardship FundScottish Welfare Fund Top UpFood FundRegistrars of DeathTotal additional CV-19 fundingRevised total funding , 2020-21Aberdeen City 364.65.41.80.60.80.038.6373.2Abe...
Whilst details are yet to emerge, the initiative will involve the Scottish Government offering loans of up to £25,000 to top up a first-time buyer’s deposit.
Overall, integration authorities performed well against this indicator, with the percentage ranging from 85-95% in 2017/18. The top performers were Orkney (91%) and Shetland (95%).
What were the top ten interventions?
Academics were asked to give more points to interventions that, in their opinion, would most reduce obesity in Scotland.
(lodged 9 November 2021) The proposal was accompanied by a statement of reasons, which is accessible online via the website page referred to above, or in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).