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To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance the Les Taylor Group has received from the Scottish Government or any of its agencies since May 2007 The Scottish Government or its agencies have given no financial assistance to the Les Taylor Group since May 2007.
The Institute for Government’s view is even more directly expressed: “Brexit has exposed the convention’s limitations as a guarantee of devolved autonomy.”
There would be a role for criminal justice social work in that decision, and it would inform the court. Absolutely. Would there be liaison at that point? I appreciate that it is not your area of work at the moment, but do you understand that there would be liaison between criminal justice social work and the police s...
Our position on tax credits is well known, because we have been leading a campaign across the UK to oppose the £4 billion being taken out of tax credits in the Welfare Reform Act 2012, on top of other changes such as the cut to the childcare tax credit, which have already made their way into the system.I am proud of Labour’s record on tax credits and other targeted benefits, but I am also proud of Labour’s record on child benefit.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2017
The Scottish Government provided £142,000 in 2016-17, and is providing a further £132,000 in 2017-18, to Credit Unions to develop and run Junior Savers Schemes across Scotland.
Compared with 2013-14 we have increased investment in active travel by more than 80 per cent, from £21.35 million in 2013-14 to £39.2 million in 2015-16—and that is at a time when our overall capital budget has decreased by 26 per cent. The Scottish Government invests more than £1 billion a year in public and sustainable transport to encourage people on to...
The Scottish Government announced in its draft budget a doubling of the so-called large business supplement for non-domestic rates, which will hit 26 per cent of businesses in Edinburgh, 25 per cent in Aberdeen, 24 per cent in Inverness and 20 per cent in Perth.
Is the committee content to delegate authority to me to sign off reports on the two instruments that we have considered today? Members indicated agreement. 11:26 Meeting suspended. 11:36 On resuming—