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The impact of these changes on the relative balance between Council Tax and NDRI will not be traceable until Local Government Finance Statistics for 2017-18 are published, which, based on previous publication dates, will be in February/March 2019.
50% reduction and impact
Although the Bill provides for rates and bands to be specified by secondary legislation at a later date, the Policy Memorandum to the Bill notes the Scottish Government's commitment to reducing by 50% the overall tax burden by the end of the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament, starting to implement that reduction in 1 April ...
It also briefly explores some of the themes and issues related to budgeting that have arisen in some of the other areas of our work to date. The report made a number of recommendations mainly directed at the budget setting process.
The Committee is disappointed that to date there has been no full analysis of incentives and their use in supporting deer management in the public interest.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2021
Building on an existing programme of work, Scotland implemented a rapid scale-up of video consulting in response to COVID-19. To date this has delivered over 800,000 video consultations, saving an estimated 22 million miles of patient travel.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 January 2021
The Group is overseeing changes to the alternative certification model and associated timeline that was announced in December. This includes moving the final date for schools and colleges to submit provisional grades from 28 May 2021 to?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 December 2020
The changes will ensure a fairer and more up to date assessment of risk is applied to all donors; and men will no longer be automatically deferred from donating blood if they have had sex with another man in the past three months.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 2020
It takes full account of the evolving COVID-19 situation in Scotland, the experience of reopening schools to date, the advice received from scientific and public health experts and the advice of the Education Recovery Group and other key stakeholders including children and young people.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 November 2020
The Regulations are planned to come in to force on 1 April 2021, with any new tenancies let from that date requiring to meet an energy efficiency standard of EPC D, or hold a valid exemption.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2020
Police Scotland continue to apply the 4Es approach of Engagement, Explanation, Encouragement with Enforcement only as a last resort, and has reported that, to date, compliance with the Regulations has generally been good.