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We have had only seven paper applications submitted to date. That is a really big step in the right direction, because there are a number of benefits that come with submitting an online form.
Despite whatever the Government has done to date, experts still say that, on a good day, we might just scrape to the relative poverty target but we will definitely miss three out of four of the child poverty targets.
The 2001 Act set a fuel poverty target, but only required the Government to set the target date in a fuel poverty statement. The target - - - - date, therefore, does not appear on the face of the 2001 Act.
While the Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument, we also agreed to write to the Scottish Government to request further information on the implementation dates chosen, and the rationale for choosing those dates.