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Your response made me realise that we do not necessarily need to go to every witness. Does anyone have anything new or different to add to what Tony Cain said?
I note the discussion which took place at committee around new information which had emerged on the potential costs of the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) Bill after its introduction.
A significant part of the budget was used this year to fund homelessness prevention activity, specifically the new £10m grant for tenants facing rent arrears.
Access to Childcare Fund In 2020, the Scottish Government created a new Access to Childcare Fund, worth £3 million across 2020-22 to test new models of school age childcare that will be accessible and affordable for low income families.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has been looking at the significant increase in Covid spending coming from the UK Government and it has recently forecast that the stand-alone fiscal deficit in Scotland will be in the region of 26 to 28 per cent of gross domestic product.