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The Scottish Retail Consortium said there was little access to skills spending in Scotland and highlighted issues with the operation of the UK Government's Apprenticeship Levy. It said large retailers operating multiple sites make a significant contribution through the Levy, but do not necessa...
The £20 million FWDF for AYs 2020-21 and 2021-22 is distributed as follows:
For UK Levy-paying employers
c.£13m to colleges
£2m to SDS
SME employers
c.
The Committee considers that the consultation requirements inserted by amendments to section 32(4) of the Bill are insufficient to address the Committee’s specific concerns and its more general concern about the wide powers in schedule 1 to make substantial policy in the infrastructure-levy regulations.
The Committee suggests that the Scottish Government considers again whether infrastructure-levy regulations under section 27 of the Bill should be subject to a super-affirmative procedure.
I am surprised to hear the Conservatives once again mention their apprenticeship levy. Let us never forget that the UK Government introduced the levy without prior notification or consultation with the Scottish Government.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 August 2019
Already, we have embarked on several ways toreduce single use products including disposable cups usage across the ScottishParliament. The cup levy has been in place since 2019 which hassignificantly reduced the use of disposables.
Secondly, it is the shiniest of brass necks imaginable for Craig Hoy to indicate that there is an issue with oil and gas activity, because the Conservative Government that he supported presided over the punitive tax regime of the energy profits levy, which is recognised by every commentator to be the biggest impediment to the security of the North Sea oil a...
We are working closely with the UK Government to ensure that the gambling levy funding is allocated specifically to support people with gambling issues, which can also impact on their health.
Yet again, the Tories come to the chamber demanding more money for local government, and then they oppose measures such as the visitor levy, which will help local authorities to raise much-needed revenue—Interruption.