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Is that what the go-live events from 26 January to 26 July are for? Yes. How will an operator that is based in England and that is not even aware that we will have a new tax learn about it?
At the start of the pandemic, all our services pivoted to a digital response, and face to face visiting was reduced. However, in recognition of the importance to new parents of the health visiting service, new parents and babies were pr...
Is it possible for businesses that are new or whose circumstances have changed and that missed the first round on a technicality to get a grant in the latest round?
This could be used by such an employee, for example, to:
spend more time with their child
look at new schools
settle a child into new childcare arrangements
spend more time with family, such as visiting grandparents.
For the purposes of this financial memorandum, the Scottish Government has assumed that implementation costs associated with this provision will fall across 2024-25 and 2025-26, and recurring costs from 2025-26 onwards.
Next steps The Scottish Government should publish a plan, as soon as possible but at the very latest in the next six months, on how they will implement these recommendations.
We need to get on top of the situation, because we have taken on so many new functions without new resources and, on top of that, we are losing resources.