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S5W-23026 Bill Bowman: To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the most recent Scottish Welfare Fund statistics update, for what reason there has been an 85% increase in Crisis Grant applications in Angus compared with the same quarter last year.
Disabled people are 50% less likely to hold any formal qualification compared with non-disabled people, only 50% of registered working-age disabled people are in employment compared to 80% of their non-disabled counterparts, and 25% of individuals in families with at least one disabled member live in income poverty compared to 16% of individuals in households with no disabled member.
Just Transition for the North East and Moray: The Committee will take evidence from— Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, and Catriona Laing, Deputy Director for Climate Change, Scottish Government. 2.
Extradition requests to Scotland are proportionately fewer compared to those received by the rest of the UK, yet cooperation with EUMS remains crucial.
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Date answered:
1 October 2025
The BBC’s in-house emotional engagement measurement tool found strong sentiment uplift after viewing of Brand Scotland films for 2024-25. 61% of viewers believed that ‘Scotland is a progressive nation’ after viewing the campaign, with a 45% uplift (compared to a control group of non-viewers of the campaign) in belief that ‘Scotland i...
These standards support people to nominate relatives/friends (and substitutes) to visit at times where there is a need to restrict visiting to prevent infection.
From the most recent Rural Scotland Data Dashboard, coverage from superfast or newer higher-speed services is consistently lower (superfast broadband coverage is 79% in rural areas compared to 99% in urban areas and gigabit-capable coverage is only 34% in rural areas compared to 80% in urban areas in 2023).