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It is estimated that the Scottish Government’s policy package will keep 100,000 children out of poverty this year. The draft budget for 2025-26 sets out new measures, such as the starting of the work to scrap the cruel two-child limit to support the national mission of eradicating child poverty.
For comparison, 204,460 parents or carers received at least one Scottish Child Payment. The latest publication for each benefit can be found at: Social Security Scotland - Statistics .
Despite the unprecedented challenges to public finances in 2025-26, we will increase the police capital budget to £75 million—an increase of more than £10 million.
We have demonstrated our commitment to the culture sector through an increase of more than £34 million in funding for 2025-26 and by introducing new tax relief for hospitality premises, which will benefit smaller music venues.
That concludes our consideration of petitions today, and we will meet again to consider fresh petitions on Wednesday 25 October. 12:26 Meeting continued in private until 12:31.
As I said, more than £53.3 million of resource planning assumptions have been allocated to Stirling Council’s affordable housing supply programme for five years up to 2025-26, and we are providing up to £30 million in the current session of Parliament for the demand-led rural and islands housing fund.
As she said, small business Saturday is in its 10th year in the UK. This weekend I will visit many small businesses in my constituency, as many other members will visit small businesses in their constituencies.