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The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 amend the dates on which the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 come into force.
Given that the election is coming up in May, or at some later date, in my view, it would be an excellent manifesto commitment for all political parties to look at the issue.
Scotland’s GDP per head is now 2.1 per cent above its pre-recession peak, whereas the figure for the UK is only 1.2 per cent above its pre-recession level.
We have operated on that basis to date. If there is a scenario in which there is potentially more funding, that would be part of the wider Scottish Government plan.