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Throughout our engagement with COSLA, Councils, and opposition parties ahead of the 2025-26 Scottish Budget, there was a clear consensus that Councils should have full flexibility for decisions on Council Tax rates.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2025
The Budget 2025-26 freezes the Basic Property Rate for properties with a rateable value up to and including £51,000, delivering the lowest such rate in the UK for the seventh year in a row.
Community payback orders are a flexible and robust disposal, with a consistently lower reconviction rate compared with short prison sentences. That is why our budget for 2025-26 includes an additional £11 million in support for community justice services.
Will the cabinet secretary say something more about how the 2025-26 budget will ensure that general practitioners and services in communities across D and G will have the resources that they need to play a greater role in our health system, including helping with delayed discharge?
Screen Scotland’s strategy and its funding, which will increase by £2 million in 2025-26, support inclusive and sustainable growth of our screen sector, with a focus on ensuring wide access to cinema and a diverse range of screen content.
Minutes of the building and safety working group said that, following the pilot of 26 building assessments, a further 100 will be done in the course of the year.
Across 2022-23 followers on social media increased by 26% from the previous year. The website had a 51.2% increase in total page views and 76.1% increase in total users.
It was envisaged that there would be fewer inward visits in the future with the focus instead being on building one-to-one relationships based on identified specific interests.
We are really keen to take forward some of the recommendations that you have made, and we look forward to continuing our work. 10:15 Meeting suspended. 10:26 On resuming— Welcome back to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee.