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I welcome the extra protection provided by extending the legislation to cover a hospital rather than only accident and emergency premises—we all welcome that.
I got two different answers but the general point was that both councils would like extra money to deal with the bill's implications for local authorities.
Sometimes, carers are asked and they do not want one. No doubt there will be extra carers who want to be assessed, and obviously there will be extra people in the community, many of whom currently pay for personal care.
In 1997, the SNP earmarked a miserable £35 million extra for the NHS, whereas the Labour party budgeted for an extra £1.25 billion over the same period.
That would give us a wee bit of scope to fit in extra meetings. Between now and Christmas, our agenda is extremely pressed, and those extra meetings would be to our benefit.
On a similar theme, have you considered whether there will be extra-curricular activities—sports, for example—in the evening or during the day, which may require extra money?
The FM identifies this as a minimum of two extra officers per 150,000 population per local authority, costing £35,000 – £45,000 each and one FTE enforcement administration officer costed at £22,000 - £28,000 per local authority.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
It said “we believe that the exercise of this power should be subject to the “super-affirmative” parliamentary process because changing the definition of “restricted legal services” is a significant step which requires both consultation (already provided for) and an extra level of parliamentary scrutiny”xvLaw Society of Scotland, supplementary written evide...