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However, we must ensure that people are claiming what they are eligible for. The latest statistics on benefits take-up in Scotland from November 2023 show that barriers persist for some benefits.
It continues: “targets for initiation on to hepatitis C treatment are a minimum and the latest figures for 2017/18 show that the treatment target for that year was exceeded.”
Rather than putting ourselves under pressure in considering that petition and not giving proper time and respect to the other new petitions, do members agree that we should deal with the other new petitions next week?
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2022
Working in partnership with the Scottish EDGE, a £2 million fund which supports and encourages entrepreneurial activity in Scotland. 62% of the winners in the latest round of the initiative were women.
If we are talking about keeping up with the latest EU decision or possibly even the latest regulations, that might be one thing, but if we are talking about implementing a new directive, we must question whether a ministerial power is the appropriate way to go.
Therefore, our agreed aim is to test 70 per cent of available staff. The latest statistics show that 36,986 staff were tested in the week commencing 14 August.