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The Scottish Government says in its Policy Memorandum that the transfer test combined with the pre-notification requirements in section 2 amount in tandem to a public interest test.
It also includes additional services such as funeral escorts; bed watch activity when those in custody are detained for medical treatment; and transfers to Police Scotland interviews and identification parades.1Audit Scotland. (2023, December 12).
In addition, regulation 5(2)(a) makes clear that the transitional rate given under a transfer determination is “the transitional rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment”.
Waste tracking in Scotland and the UK
Current systems for tracking controlled waste in the UK are largely paper based, relying on “waste transfer notes” which record individual transfers but do not track overall movement.
The function of administering an allowance to carers under section 70 of the 1992 Act (“carer’s allowance”) transferred to the Scottish Ministers on 03 September 2018.
There we were told that when services were initially transferred from the County Enterprise Board structure there was concern about lack of autonomy and flexibility, but this has not been the reality.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the planned budget for flood prevention schemes is for 2025-26. The flood resilience budget sits within the local government settlement and for 2025-26 is £121.5 million.