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I have heard a young person who is in receipt of a high-level child disability payment question their own eligibility because of the narrative that is out there.
So, in the work that you are doing and which you plan to do on Social Security Scotland, the adult disability payment and so on, will you speak to people in receipt of that payment to understand how they are affected by the way in which it operates?
The predicted income tax reconciliation for the current year was £712 million prior to the outturn data coming in. Self-assessment receipts surprised on the upside and the figure ended up being just below £400 million.
That is of particular comfort to me, as the trustees who we work with on a day-to-day basis are often people who are in receipt of means-tested state benefits.
Chris Birt has flagged the bridging payments, which are another very welcome investment that will help to support children who are in families in receipt of free school meals until full roll-out to under-16s.
In particular, a package of the materials that are currently available will be launched at the same time as the revised code. Education Scotland will pull those materials together in a coherent package, which will be launched jointly with the revised code.
Although we would have had earlier versions of the methodology, it was not possible to accurately estimate regional receipts in advance of the final formula and budget figures being agreed, which happened at the European Council.