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Universal Credit (Impact of Income Tax Starter Rate) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people do not lose universal credit because of the starter rate of income tax.
Can you identify what put the extra pressure on the welfare fund in areas where the threshold had to be raised? You mentioned universal credit and sanctions. It is useful for the committee to understand whether the issue is sometimes the roll-out of universal credit.
The context in which I made that observation was in relation to health visitors and the option for authorities to be able to look at families about which concerns had been expressed.
Suicide Rates Scotland is the only United Kingdom nation that is seeing a reduction in deaths by suicide. Front-line organisations credit early intervention and strong partnership working.
Universal Credit To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the United Kingdom Government’s announcement that universal credit roll-out will be delayed until 2024.