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All volunteers are required to attend a 10-week programme or a preparation course before they are allowed to visit families’ homes. Home visits are crucial, particularly in the early days of someone having a new child, for example.
I spent the last few weeks going through Fife Council’s licensing papers and new applications. The majority of them, especially from small grocers, were for extensions for sales of alcohol.
The financial year 2022-23 was ‘year one’ of the new appointments and this can have an impact on the amount of audit work required to ensure compliance with the new Code of Audit Practice and International Auditing Standards (IAS).
I am afraid that we cannot go backwards, minister. It was about new Scots integration. Thank you. As I said, the new Scots integration plan has been widely acclaimed and acknowledged as an example of good practice.
To meet all the pressures and spending commitments in the investment pipeline, an additional £1.9 billion for 2024-25, £2.5 billion for 2025-26 and £2.8 billion for 2026-27 will be required, against a funding envelope of £5.9 billion.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2026