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Our opinion on the accounts does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
This means that ScotRail would be able to reduce station staffing in the future, including through not filling vacancies, without the need to hold a public consultation or even notify passengers. This clearly risks a de-staffing of stations by stealth. The company implemented these cuts on the basis of a public consultation by former operator Abellio in Jan...
. • There is the potential to combine or extend the two to provide Local Government with a significant capital injection which could be used to accelerate the transition, and secure the capital needed for first-mover advantage. It could also ‘de-risk’ the political challenges of the transition, given likely citizen resistance to additional costs from the tr...
It should be noted that the newly self-employed are still able to apply to the Newly Self Employed Hardship Funding if they have applied for, but not received, Universal Credit. S5W-29519
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2017
The Scottish Government has made no approaches to international credit rating agencies to seek an international credit rating, which is advisable before the issue of bonds.
The latest statistics are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-and-working-tax-credit-take-up-rates-2013-to-2014 S5W-00775
It is not the dream start to the contract that we would have wanted, to be honest, but the best experiences often come out of the worst situations and I give credit to the teams that were in the office or out working on the site in December.