There are 39,468 results relating to "S6W-01975"
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Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36275
Mortality rates are assumed to converge to this long-term level of improvement over the first 25 years of the projection. S6W-36275
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Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36491
This includes £79.7m to fully mitigate the bedroom tax, helping over 94,000 households in Scotland sustain their tenancies, 14,000 of which are families with over 20,500 children and over £9.4m to mitigate the UK Government’s benefit cap as fully as possible within devolved powers, supporting around 3,000 families, with almost 10,000 children.We have also committed to further rented sector reform and the Housing (Scotland) Bill 2024 includes provisions to further strengthen eviction protections in both the private and social rented sectors by placing a duty on the Court and Tribunal to always consider whether there should be a delay to the enforcement of an eviction order granted on rent arrears grounds based on the circumstances of the individual case.In addition, to help improve housing outcomes for domestic abuse victims and their children, the Bill also introduces a duty on social landlords to fully consider domestic abuse and to support individuals, where domestic abuse is causing financial arrears, in a specialised manner before any legal action to recover possession of a property on rent arrears grounds can begin. S6W...
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Date answered:
17 April 2025
S6W-36398
The Scottish Government has committed to publishing draft provisions for this Bill. S6W-36398
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Date answered:
15 April 2025
S6W-36232
The final evaluation report will be published in 2026. S6W-36232
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Date answered:
11 April 2025
S6W-36430
We are clear on the scale of the challenge faced to meet the 2030 child poverty targets and the plan will set out action to drive further progress. S6W-36430
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Date answered:
2 April 2025
S6W-35661
At each meeting the children and young people highlight and discuss their Calls to Action: tangible commitments to be taken forward by the Scottish Government.A report from 2023 providing information on how the SYP’s contribution at earlier meetings has influenced policy can be found here: Children and young people's voices matter: progress report - March 2023 - gov.scot. S6W-35661
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Date answered:
31 March 2025
S6W-35918
We want all local transport authorities to be able to improve all of the bus services within their areas. S6W-35918
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Date answered:
27 March 2025
S6W-35790
The homelessness prevention measures in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will make the prevention of homelessness everybody’s business and will ensure people get the help they need earlier to remain in their homes.To minimise the harm caused to children who stay in temporary accommodation for long periods, we are supporting local authorities to increase the supply of social and affordable homes of the right type and size, including larger properties suitable for families.We have provided funding of £80 million over this year and next, 80 per cent of which has been targeted to five local authorities with the most sustained temporary accommodation pressures. S6W...
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Date answered:
26 March 2025
S6W-35674
Officials from the Scottish Government are in regular contact with UK Government officials on issues relating to UAS children, and are represented on the steering group of the UK Government’s UAS Children Task force.While the Scottish Government has limited powers over Universal Credit, we have welcomed the UK Governments plans to carry out a complete review.For too long Universal Credit has been failing those who need it most and the Scottish Government have repeatedly raised a number of issues which must be addressed, issues like the removal of the young parent penalty for example.We have made it clear that we would welcome the opportunity to work with the UK Government to make these needed improvements and work towards creating a Social Security system which works for everyone, including our families and carers.The Scottish Government continues to support access to, and understanding of the benefits provided by Social Security Scotland, and;continue to support Kinship Care through the Best Start Grant Best Start Foods and Scottish Child Paymentprovide continued mentoring, work experience and employment opportunities through the Social Security Corporate Parenting Plancontinue to work with people with care experience to design our services and support access to and understanding of the benefits provided by Social Security Scotland; provide mentoring, work experience and employment opportunities. S6W...
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Date answered:
26 March 2025
S6W-35678
These include investment in continuous professional learning (CPL) resources and a dedicated CPL portal for the childcare profession, providing funding to Skills Development Scotland to support Modern Apprenticeships in childcare, providing funding for 100 childcare professionals to study for Masters qualifications each year and working with Skills Development Scotland to pilot a new programme to improve staff access to paid time off the floor. S6W...
