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The newly published economic impact figures for Edinburgh’s Festivals in 2022 show that the return on investment for every public pound was nearly 10 times stronger than for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Board Paper ‘Tackling Gender Based Violence in Education’ was considered by COSLA CYP Board (Item 06/April 2022). A summary description of the Paper and the position agreed at the meeting is attached as Appendix 3. 4.
This means that a certain amount of money would be paid to the local authority every time someone stayed overnight in accommodation like a hotel, bed and breakfast or holiday cottage (unless it is the place where the person usually lives).
The response to the call for evidence highlighted some concerns about the site licensing regime, including:
a perception that the licensing requirements were not enforced (although this was related to views that the legislation was poorly drafted)
the problem of enforcement where permanent residents lived in parks designated for holiday use
the lack of oppo...
The main concerns about the licensing system (which were shared by councils and organisational respondents) were:
lack of enforcement of licensing requirements (although council and legal respondents blamed this on poorly drafted legislation)
the problem of enforcement where permanent residents lived in parks designated for holiday use only
the fit and prop...
A one-off payment of £100 was made, by local authorities, for each eligible child in receipt of Free School Meals between 30 November 2020 and the start of the winter holidays.
In addition, 56,000 parents have applied for Scottish Child Payment – the new payment for children under 6, which opened from Monday 15 February 2021.
Other key findings were:-
Welcoming the move to change revaluations from every five to three years, reform a “clogged” revaluation appeals system, and speed up the process of debt recovery by councils;
Supporting reforms to close a known tax loophole to avoid paying any local tax on a holiday home; and
Concerns that the small business bonus scheme current...
Friends of families approach them enquiring where they are going assuming they must be attending a family holiday or some other positive trip off island.
We also note that your response did not, as requested, provide details of the numbers of those affected, which makes it difficult to establish exactly what progress has been made to date and what progress is anticipated by when.