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As David Phillips said, they are not as demand led as benefits that are tied to the economic cycle, but they are new benefits with new criteria and they are being delivered by a relatively new agency.
The organisation is very small—as the report sets out, it has only 26 employees. We will look very closely at financial capacity as part of our 2018-19 audit.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2022
We have had a good response from a number of local authorities. The latest is 500 units in Aberdeen that needed refurbishment and had been seen as surplus to requirement.
I have learned quickly that with every new bill or subject in the Scottish Parliament there comes a complete set of new buzzwords and accompanying jargon.
In Ferguslie Park, we have a professional football club that is part of the community—St Mirren FC. It does a lot of good work in the community and it has a community trust.