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I hope the Committee finds this letter of assistance ahead of the Stage 3 debate and I am happy to provide more information to the Committee, or to any individual MSPs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2020
No pay increase or enhancement has been agreed for any grade of employee (Abellio ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper) since the commencement of the Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs).
They do not necessarily have to have already decided on a teaching career to go on Comenius. The uptake of all programmes like Erasmus or other study-abroad programmes is very low in Scotland.
New Zealand
Assisted dying became legally available in New Zealand in November 2021 through the End of Life Choice Act 2019.
5(1) In this Act, person who is eligible for assisted dying or eligible person means a person who—
(c) suffers from a terminal illness that is likely to end the person’s life within 6 months; and
(d) is in an advanced state of irreversible decline in physical capability; and
(e) experiences unbearable suffering that cannot be relieved in a manner that the person considers tolerable; and
(f) is competent to make an informed decision about assisted dying.1End of Life Choice Act 2019. (2019).
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
Amount of carer's assistance available
Many written responses commented on carer's assistance, particularly the level of financial support available, and the interaction between this form of assistance and the reserved social security system.
Of course we want to ensure that businesses that suffer financial hardship as a result of the Covid pandemic get what assistance they can. That has been the watchword and the approach here.
It is a subcontractor to Working Links (Employment) Ltd, which is one of the prime providers of the work programme. Clearly it is in the system, as are other providers.My primary contacts for the work programme are Ingeus and Working Links.