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The next year of revaluation is therefore due to be the year 2022-23. Paragraph (a) of section 2 preserves 2022-23 as a year of revaluation, but the effect of paragraph (b) is that the following year of revaluation will be three years later (that is, 2025-26).
It reduced from 18 weeks to an average of five weeks in 2022. That means that people could be doctor shopping to find a doctor who will classify them as eligible, which shows that the safeguards become widened and nullified over time.
She also needs to reflect that the data was gathered once, in 2021 and 2022, and it is now 2025. If she would like to meet me to discuss her concerns, I am more than happy to do that.
Travel to Second and Holiday Homes In my constituency and in other remote and rural areas, there has, since the beginning of lockdown, been a lot of worry and, indeed, anger about people coming to second and holiday homes to self-isolate.
The gap between Scotland and England is still quite significant. According to the statistics for 2022, 14 per cent of the population in Scotland had access to provision for two-year-olds, whereas the figure for England was 21 per cent.
However, a 2030 target date aligns with the Fairer Scotland Action Plan and other Scottish Government action including taking forward the recommendations of the Widening Access Commission, which itself sets 2030 targets.
That is exactly why we look at the three drivers of poverty in “Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026” and why it is not just about social security.
However, I am seriously concerned about the gaps in data on youth vaping, because the reliable widespread data that we have is from 2022, but things change and are fluid.