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Paying for domestic energy is a huge draw on household budgets, particularly for households with a disabled adult or child or those who live rurally or in colder parts of the country.Letter from the Committee, 14 December 2021, Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland A Strategic Approach | Scottish Parliament Website Due to the cost crisis many more people are in...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 March 2021
On Thursday 26 March, the Scottish Government issued guidance to all local authority Chief Executives and Directors of Education regarding support to vulnerable children and young people.
Issues come out of that to do with religious and cultural beliefs that would impact on that. The point has been made that applying that standard would be best served by having flexibility around that, as well.
The Scottish Government believes that the best way to reduce drug-related crime and drug-related death is to get people into appropriate treatment and support services at every point of the criminal justice system.
We know discrete IPS programmes produce the best evidence for helping people with mental programmes achieve sustainable work. • Outcomes and measurement As mentioned in my evidence to the Committee, reform of the mental health system must be accompanied by a shift to not only measuring inputs (such as referral numbers and waiting times) but also measuring p...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2026
Also pointed to work by JRF pointing how closely interlinked poverty and stigma is – we cannot tackle one without the other. • What we can do to tackle this – what are the things that would make a difference?