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Annex 1: Summary of main welfare reforms affecting housing
ChangeSector affectedDateLocal Housing Allowance (LHA) rates capped and set at 30th percentile of local rents, not 50th
LHA rates capped at 4 bed properties - 5 bed property rate was removed
Maximum LHA rates capped
Removal of provision that had allowed LHA claimants to keep up to £15 of the difference between the LHA rate and their actual rent level (this implemented previous Labour Government policy)
Private2011First phase of uprating of non-dependent deductionsPrivate & Social2011Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) for single people living in shared accommodation extended from under 25s to under 35sPrivate2012LHA rate uprated by CPI (or 30th percentile of rents if lower) Private 2013Bedroom tax (Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy) - Housing Benefit reduced for under-occupying tenants of working age.Social2013Benefit Cap for working age households - caps the total amount of benefit a household can receive at the national average earningsPrivate & Social2013LHA capped at previous years’ figure plus 1% (or 30th percentile if lower).UK Government introduced targeted affordability funding (TAF) is available in areas where rents are rising excessively/Private2014 (applied in 2015 too)First Universal Credit...
However, we still seem to struggle to attract the numbers of young people—especially young women—that the industry needs to study computing science and become software developers.
Spending on additional support for learning by local authorities reached a record high of more than £1 billion in 2023-24. In addition, the 2025-26 budget sets out a further £29 million of additional investment for ASN.
Last month, the Climate Change Committee spelled out its belief that Scotland will need to slash dairy and beef numbers by 29 per cent and 26 per cent respectively to meet the net zero targets.
A number of vaccination clinics in the north-east of Scotland took a decision to close early on Friday, 26 November, for safety reasons, due to concern about the severe weather from storm Arwen.
The following table provides a breakdown of the number of sites using ADDs, by company, including the device model and whether it is always on, for the period October 2018 to September 2019, as reported in the most recent seal licensing applications.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions or correspondence the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had since 26 June 2018 with (a) Integrated Health Solutions Lothian and (b) NHS Lothian regarding the opening date of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.
SCHEDULE 2 15 (introduced by section 26(2)) T HE O FFICE OF H IS M AJESTY ’ S C HIEF I NSPECTOR OF E DUCATION IN S COTLAND P ART 1 S TATUS Status 20 1 The Chief Inspector is, as Chief Inspector, to be regarded as a juristic person distinct from the individual for the time being holding the office.
Many key drivers of biodiversity loss (habitat fragmentation, pollution loading, disturbance, climate stressors) accumulate across multiple sites and decisions, making it difficult for planning authorities to determine when the threshold for ecocide has been reached. 2.