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On 16 December, Duncan Hamilton popped up, talking about £665 million extra on health spending. On 12 January, Kay Ullrich committed the SNP to £41 million extra on residential care beds.
(S2O-3933) The decisions regarding where the extra funding will be directed are for local authorities to make in consultation with Communities Scotland, and with reference to their local housing strategy.
Official Report , 16 November 2023, Col 22
The RSNO explained some of the additional costs due to the restrictions on haulage, with cabotage costing “an extra £15,000” and involving “bringing a lorry from Europe to Glasgow, which goes to Europe, comes back to Glasgow and then goes back to Europe” rather than taking our own lorry.
However, we have also found in our research with employers that there is a fear of getting things wrong, and that sometimes it is easier not to hire people with learning disabilities than it is to risk causing further harm. That is where employers need extra support. 2Scottish Parliament. (2024, May 8).
COSLA calculates that these policy commitments and the resulting pressures will cost local government an extra £891 million, so £100 million more than the cash increase of £791 million set-out in the Budget document.
Has the Executive given you a commitment to provide you with the resources that you will need to deliver the extra spaces if the bill comes into force?