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This year, we are investing £8.8 million of additional funding to support increased provision of Hybrid Closed Loop Systems (CLS) to those living with Type 1 diabetes in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 April 2024
It takes place within existing grant assurance and monitoring processes, as with any other condition of grant, such as agreed outcomes. Where an exception to the real Living Wage requirement is approved, the relevant funder is asked to record these.
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it has put in place to support any people with learning disabilities who are struggling with the increase in the cost of living. The Scottish Government recognises the pressure on household budgets which is why both last year and this, we have allocated almost £3bn to support policies which tackle poverty and protect people as far as possible during the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2022
The data for Scotland show that, in 2019-2020, 75% of children lived in households that were food secure; 10% lived in households that were marginally secure.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the available financial support to help tackle the rising cost of living is visible to and accessible for people in minority ethnic communities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 March 2022
This membership spans across a number of Scottish Government portfolio areas, the wider public sector, third sector and those with direct lived experience. We have also commissioned a central piece of national lived experience research which aims to understand current support service provision and the needs of serv...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 November 2021
In South Ayrshire, approximately 350 Ukrainians have come to live in around 160 households, while in East Ayrshire there are 225 Ukrainians living in 86 households.