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The relevant period originally ran from 26 March to 30 September. The act allows Scottish ministers to extend the relevant period for SCIOs by three months at a time, and the Scottish Parliament approved a previous set of regulations that extended the relevant period to 30 December.
The challenges associated with staffing, including staff absence and recruitment, are matters that I discuss regularly with the chief executive of the SPS, most recently on 26 November. The SPS continues to support Grampian with staff from elsewhere across the prison estate.
Social Security Scotland (Disability Pay Gap) To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is a median disability pay gap of 26 per cent in Social Security Scotland.
Historically, one of the problems in that context has been vested interests and established views. We need new ideas, new possibilities and new strategic thinking.
As such, Dr Veronikis will not be expected to formally consult with patients during this initial visit. We await Dr Veronikis' response, and we remain hopeful that his commitments will still allow him to visit in the spring.
Scottish Government's Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26
The Committee held a formal evidence session on 21 April 2022 to hear stakeholder views following the publication of the Scottish Government's "Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty plan 2022 to 2020".