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At a time when public funds are under extreme pressure, we have to ensure that best value for money is being achieved and that projects demanding large scale funding are well examined.
The data showed that people with learning disabilities are more than three times more likely to die from Covid-19 than people who have no learning disability.
Ruth Maguire: To ask the Scottish Government what gender-specific risk and safety planning is carried out to support Ukrainian refugees at the point of their arrival in Scotland, as well as in the medium and long term.
I can understand where the question is coming from, because that level of provision would give an extra layer of security. However, from a best-value point of view, I am not sure that that is something that we would want to support.
As soon as we have the definitive date for that, we will plan the best time to carry out that work, alongside CalMac from the operations point of view.
As I set out to Mr Carlaw, the 2025-26 budget recognises the importance of local government and provides local authorities with a record funding package of more than £15.1 billion in 2025-26, which is a real-terms increase of 5.5 per cent.