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To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the potential impact of the funding allocated in its Budget 2025-26 on Aberdeenshire Council’s ability to invest in local infrastructure and support economic development.
To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support local authorities to better serve rural communities, such as those in Aberdeenshire and Angus council areas in the North East Scotland region.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
11 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cappolicy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, peraffected child.
This reduction was applied as a �lat rate across all DRS material, and does 26 Scottish government have con�irmed that this is their preferred method of scaling.
It cost Tavish Scott nothing, yet it settled that very nervous 26-year-old new entrant to the chamber and gave me confidence to ensure that I bettered myself.
The bulk of the money still goes through PEF, but there is also the strategic equity fund, which comes to just over £2 million for us [£2.5m by 2025-26]. We will be able to redirect that resource to more concerted activity around the 124 primary schools and, indeed, across our 20 secondary schools as well.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 February 2021
The Rule changes were agreed "for the duration of the public response to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19" with an initial period from 17 March up to and including 26 June, and then further periods "determined by the Presiding Officer from time to time following consultation with the Bureau."
This is certainly something that has been borne out on my visits to a range of outdoor centres. A key consideration is that the costings below, whichever approach were to be adopted, would by no means be entirely new spend.