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My understanding is that ring fencing is used for a Government policy and involves extra money. For example, in the past, the Government wanted respite care to be provided, so it identified and provided extra funding and the local authorities were the agent of providing that.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 October 2020
Cabinet secretary, you will say that your winter plan will result in the recruitment of 1,000 extra staff and will provide £120 million extra to provide help at home.
There is growing evidence that people are reluctant to take on extra hours, overtime, promotion or better-paid work because doing so can push them over the threshold and lead to them losing their benefits.
When John Swinney was education secretary, he instructed the recruitment of thousands of extra teachers, but he failed to ensure that there were enough permanent jobs for them.
The regulations on councillors say that, if an MSP remains a councillor, their pay will be deducted by the same amount as their councillor pay—unless they receive extra pay as a councillor. As I said, I fully support all three sets of regulations.