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The announced reduction in income thresholds in tax credits and work allowances in Universal Credit, along with the increase in the tax credits taper rate will affect between 200,000 and 250,000 households in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 August 2011
It is clear that the National Autistic Society and others are aware of it and that their approach is not that people whose autism is expressed through PDA should be disregarded but that the condition should be seen as falling within the umbrella of autism.
I have no reason to suppose that it is other than adequate, but I have not received very many complaints about that over the years for which I have been in post. The concern that is being expressed is very similar to the concern that we have expressed previously about the internal audit process.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 2013
The improvement service will initially work with Scotland’s 32 Community Council Liaison Officers (CCLO’s) based in each local authority, to support the 1,200 community councils active in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2013
Government officials have been in close liaison with the unions and have had a number of meetings to discuss guidance on the exclusion from public contacts of companies which engage in the practice of blacklisting.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 April 2013
The Unit has also assumed responsibility for COPFS policy on deaths and for liaison with external agencies. SFIU is a specialist and dedicated unit within COPFS which investigates deaths.
The following organisations are members of the Multi Agency Partnership (MAP) for the prevention of violence against women in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Aberdeen City Council MAP representatives - Grampian Police (Domestic Violence Unit, Local Authority Liaison Officer and Sexual Abuse/Prostitution Unit); Local Authority Education Services; NHS Grampian; ...