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It is a very tricky situation. The best that we have on a follow-on fund is that we have been told, “Our thinking about what comes next is still happening.”
I hope that you appreciate that I am seeking to do the best that I can to answer your questions, and that it is important that I try to explain the technical detail on some of the issues.
From the start of the programme in 2016, we now have fully devolved discretionary housing payments and have introduced five new payments—carers allowance supplement, three best start grants and best start foods.
We will be working with the Scottish Council for Development and Industry on productivity clubs, because we recognise that a lot of best practice might be found in companies, which can share that best practice with other companies.
Although the minister has made a range of very welcome improvements in the new best start grant, I ask her to comment on whether she would consider uprating best start as prices change.