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The tax credit and child tax credit system that Alex Rowley talked about lifted tens of thousands of children out of poverty, but the group of parents in that system, who have not previously been subject to conditionality, will now face the conditionality that is attached to that element of universal credit.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2018
There is no requirement for foster carers to be de-registered in order to provide a continuing care placement for a young person in their care up to the age of 21.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish stand-alone guidance on de-escalation, restraint, and physical intervention of children at school and, if so, when.
Local authorities across Scotland, including Scottish National Party-run councils, are being forced to make savings in areas such as libraries, cultural centres and key heritage sites as a result of year-on-year real-terms cuts to their budgets by this Government.
Will the minister assure my communities that peatland, and its role in flood prevention, will be given priority over inappropriately sited wind farms? Work is currently under way to assess the operation of and, if necessary, update or replace the carbon calculator.
The Scottish Government already delivers a number of reliefs for ATM sites, such as continuing to ensure that sites in rural areas are exempt from rates where the building is used only for the ATM, and, more widely, that there is up to 100 per cent rates relief through the small business bonus scheme.