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(S3O-9334) The Scottish Government supports the work of housing co-ops by investing in the provision of new affordable housing. My recent visit to Easthall Park Housing Co-operative in Easterhouse highlighted the good work of such organisations in their communities.
It is possible that much of the fund will be delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government—a ministry that, according to the Treasury’s latest statement of funding policy, has no locus at all in Scotland.
A range of other data can be used to give a wider and more detailed picture of what is happening in incomes in Scotland, such as the annual survey of hours and earnings, for which the latest figures have come out very recently.
They have made it clear that current schemes must be closed by April 2015 and new schemes put in their place, although there are protections for people who are within 10 years of retirement.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Trussell Trust report indicating that the number of people in Scotland visiting foodbanks has doubled. S4F-02425
To ask the First Minister whether members of the existing prison visiting committees will have a role in the statutory monitoring service proposed by the Scottish Government.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
1 February 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons are for placing independent custody visiting on a statutory footing as part of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill.