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Current Advice for Power Cuts Scottish Fire and Rescue Service provides advice on steps to take if a power cut happens. The first step on their website is, however, to report online or by phone.
We understand most of our member councils tend to focus on buying homes previously sold under the right to buy, “buybacks” as they are often called, but in other areas there has been a deliberate effort to purchase suitable properties in private developments.
These include, updating the housing guide for service leavers on the Scottish Government website and working with the Scottish Veterans Housing Group on the top priorities for the veterans’ homelessness prevention pathway.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 February 2026
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers S6W-43277
Background Cot death or Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) are the terms used when healthy infants die suddenly and unexpectedly with no apparent reason for their death.
We are working on that by ensuring that we focus not just on how we buy, but on whether we buy at all. That decision can stop the carbon accounting at source.