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[Paragraph 262] The Committee does not underestimate the anxiety that can be caused to some upon receipt of a letter from a lawyer alleging defamation and requesting redress.
As we set out later in this report, this continued delay is causing concern and uncertainty for those currently in receipt of EUSF. It also impacts on transition planning by current EUSF recipients as well as pre-application planning by potential new recipients.
The Committee also noted that the concessionary rate for pupils entitled to free school meals or families in receipt of housing benefit/income support in Clackmannanshire is the same as the full charge in Inverclyde.
The Policy Note to the principal Regulations explains that those Regulations seek to ensure that persons previously in receipt of council tax benefit will not be disadvantaged by its abolition, and will receive an equivalent reduction in liability for council tax (provided their circumstances remain the same) to the support they would have received by way o...
Following the UK Government's abolition of council tax benefit from April 2013, people who were previously in receipt of council tax benefit received an equivalent reduction in liability for council tax, provided their circumstances remained the same.
The Committee reserves its position on whether to recommend consent be given to the Health and Care Bill pending receipt of a further, supplementary memorandum from the Scottish Government.
To further help lower-income households, we will make a targeted pandemic support payment of £130 to households that are in receipt of council tax reduction, and two £100 payments to families with children who qualify for free school meals.