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In terms of providing practical assistance to men in making applications, the Cabinet Secretary stated-
I hope that individuals will be able to contact the third sector organisations with which we are working […] I am happy to explore whether we can seek assistance from third sector organisations, which may be able to provide support to individuals who require assistance in completing the form.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2018
The Committee notes that "providing assistance for social security purposes" at the end of the Section F1 reservation is defined to expressly include providing assistance in relation to an individual's liability for local taxes.
We are hoping to continue to make progress on that through the next stage of the waiting time programme—we submitted a copy of that programme to the committee.
I have met individuals from the existing homes alliance and I am well aware of its proposals. In the programme for government, we have committed more than £0.5 billion to SEEP—Scotland’s energy efficiency programme—over the next four years.
For example, an elderly man living in absolute poverty requested that the state provide him with economic assistance so that he could undergo an eye operation that would allow him to recover his sight.
We also need to consider all the softer bits of the system—an example in schools is classroom assistants—that have gone. If your planning department is stripped away, what capacity will you have to deliver a programme of building nurseries?
I gather that there has been a £3.6 million investment, through the places for everyone programme, to encourage walking, wheeling and cycling in Glasgow.