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Households whose Private Water Supply has run dry or who wish to secure grant for improvements should contact their Local Authorities to request assistance. The Scottish Government is also undertaking five pilot projects to understand the complexities involved in the extension of existing water networks to allow households affected by water scarcity to con...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities are using the reported “surge teams” for assistance in matching Ukrainian refugees into longer-term accommodation.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to East Lothian Council to assist with the redevelopment of the former Cockenzie Power Station site.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2022
The Fuel Insecurity Fund is delivered through trusted third sector partner organisations, providing direct support to people at risk of severely self-rationing their energy use, or self-disconnecting entirely, due to the cost of their fuel bills. Assistance can be accessed by households on any tariff type and using any fuel source.
To ask the Scottish Government what support will be available to residents in properties that are not in a council tax band that qualifies for a council tax reduction, and what assistance it will provide to help them in meeting their energy bills.
The Glasgow Regional Economic Partnership recently published a Regional Recovery Strategy for the area which aligns closely with the priorities outlined in our National Strategy for Economic Transformation published earlier this week. Assisting with the City Centre recovery is the Glasgow City Centre Task Force which Scottish ministers work closely with on...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2022
It is worth highlighting Abellio ScotRail do not plan to reduce current staffing levels and have committed to improve staff visibility and customer assistance. Following the completion of the ticket office consultation, a copy of the DIA document will be available directly from ScotRail.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 November 2021
As of 20 October 2021, SFRS have installed 9,363 linked smoke alarms, 3,506 linked heat alarms and 1,733 CO alarms. This is a total of 3,482 homes assisted to comply with the new standard.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 November 2021
Police Scotland are pursuing every single report of spiking through a Gold command established on this issue and led by an Assistant Chief Constable - which is reaching out to universities, licensed premises, Public Health Scotland, and victim support organisations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 August 2021
The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 stipulates that the Chief Constable of Police Scotland is responsible for the policing of Scotland, and is accountable to the Scottish Police Authority for this, rather than to Scottish Ministers directly. The Scottish Government assists Police Scotland by supporting in any legislative requirements they identi...