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The petition, which was lodged by Derek James Brown, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to require council tax discounts to be backdated to the date when a person was certified as being severely mentally impaired, where they then go on to qualify for a relevant benefit.
It is about preventing fraud from occurring and, as I said, it is about preventing people from making mistakes and about forcing people to think about data that they have submitted and whether it is up to date and accurate or needs to be changed.
Occasionally, if people are moving house, flat-sharing or moving around, their address might not be up to date. However, for the larger proportion of people—90-plus per cent—we are confident of having up-to-date address information.
It would be useful—essential, in fact—for the committee to have as up to date a position as possible on the petition, which we have identified as important.
But why is the figure only £6.7 million on 1 April in the year 2021-22, and more than £66 million on the same date a year later, when the net funds appear to be pretty similar?
S6W-44069 Miles Briggs: To ask the Scottish Government how many parents and families have had a funded cross-border nursery placement ended in each year since 2007 to date, broken down by local authority.
Willie Coffey Members selected for General Questions on 27 March 2025 The following members have been randomly selected for General Questions on the above date. Questions must be lodged no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 19 March 2025.