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Growth in spending
Devolved social security spending is forecast to grow by £662 million from £3.6 billion in 2021-22 to £4.3 billion in 2025-26. (Not including Council Tax Reduction).
Overview of the Bill
The Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP, on 26 November 2019. The lead committee is the Health and Sport Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2020
Consideration by the Committee
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered this instrument at its meeting on 27 October 2020 and determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the instrument on any ground within its remit.
At its meeting on 26 November 2020, the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committ...
Previous Members of the Committee during the Parliamentary year–
Angus MacDonald (SNP) (8 June 2016 – 26 August 2019) – replaced by Gail Ross MSP
Rachael Hamilton (Con) (17 May 2018 – 10 September 2019) – replaced by Maurice Corry MSP
Brian Whittle (Con) (8 June 2016 – 25 February 2020) – replaced by Tom Mason MSP
Similar to other Parliamentary committees, ...
Bill Overview
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP, on 26 November 2019. The lead committee is the Health and Sport Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2019
In 2017/18, awaiting completion of care arrangements was the most frequent reason with an average number of 459 delays (34%). In addition, an average of 347 (26%) delays were due to people waiting for care home availability and 285 (21%) delays were due to complex delay reasons, which includes delays under adults with incapacity legislation.
Annex B of the MTFS shows the implication of various different capital borrowing scenarios for
the amount of borrowing headroom it will have in each year to 2025-26 (i.e. the extent to which it remains below its total borrowing limit of £3bn)
annual repayments associated with capital borrowing and other forms of capital financing.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Justice/law/damages/succession/scottish-government-response-succession-consultati" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Justice/law/damages/succession/scottish-government-response-succession-consultati</a> [accessed 26 March 2019] along with its analysis of the consultation responses.