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As part of our net zero action, we will ramp up our delivery of the heat in buildings programme to make our homes and buildings warmer, greener and more energy efficient. That will include doubling the home energyScotland scheme to £42 million and increasing warmer homes Scotlandfunding to £55 million to help to support the fuel poor through the heat transition.
The vital role played by Census data in the allocation of funding to Scotland and across Scotland and to planning of services emphasises the requirement that Scotland’s Census data is of the highest quality.
The pension issue is complex but at the heart of it is a dysfunction in governance that affects all of Scotland’s universities: that the USS fund is being managed by leaders to the fiscal advantage of institutions rather than for the benefit of its members in retirement.
Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot The report provides greater detail and commentary on these figures and the progress being made by local authorities in delivering funded ELC.
The Committee would particularly welcome clarification on how the £2million budget allocation is being utilised, specifically how much of this funding will be directly used to fund a concessionary travel scheme or whether Transport Scotland are planning to use some of this funding for additional research and evaluation work.
Members indicated agreement.Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1 Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1 The next item is our first oral evidence session on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill.
Labour will improve the Brexit deal to help trade, and it will invest in clean energy, including the creation of a new public energy company—GB energy—which would be headquartered here in Scotland.
We do not believe that the second request in the petition “to take binding steps to secure funding in the long term for community link workers in GP practices across Scotland” has been addressed yet.