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Attendance Allowance is due to be replaced in Scotland in 2021 by Disability Assistance for older people and Carer's Allowance should be replaced by Carer's Assistance in 2022.
(S4O-04351) There are a number of programmes in place to develop the skills and employability of people in West Scotland, including our expanding modern apprenticeships programme, the employability fund and community jobs Scotland.
S5W-03524 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that 3% of the high-growth companies assisted by Scottish Enterprise are led by women.
As you noted in your letter, the exercise of the power in clause 43 is likely to have a very limited impact on the law relative to devolved matters, given that the relevant provision is concerned with the prohibition of advertising of the England and Wales voluntary assisted dying service, albeit in Scotland, and not with assisted dying services as a whole.
That can be done if the option is included in your rural development programme. You have to decide whether to include that in the programme; if it is included, people have a chance of getting 50 per cent in advance, which would help to pay some of the up-front costs that you mention.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to issue statutory guidance on the assessment of capacity for the purposes of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.