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Maurice Corry will recognise that sport is a key component of the cashback programme, but we also have the creative programme and the 17 different programmes that we will take forward with a range of national organisations.
I am not sure whether the roll-out of the civil legal assistance offices is a help in this particular case, but we are also targeting funding programmes that could provide assistance to a person lacking representation.
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 amend the dates on which the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and the National Assistance (Sums for Per...
We have done that through the joint ministerial leadership for transitions, which Ms McKelvie and I are taking forward, and through our programme for government commitment to introduce in this parliamentary term the first national transitions to adulthood strategy for 14 disabled young people.” 22.
Before Christmas, we received from Catherine Dyer a report that looked at what I will describe as the structural and procedural design of the child protection improvement programme. That report essentially validated the procedures and processes of the child protection improvement programme but challenged us significantly on ensuring effective leadership in the delivery of the programme.
The following table shows the Social Security Assistance final outturn for each financial year since 2018, when the Scottish Government began to deliver devolved Social Security benefits, split by category.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2025
We will bring forward Regulations by the end of 2025 to simplify the regulatory framework which governs the eligibility for legal assistance and to improve the application process, reducing the burden on both solicitors and those that need legal services and ensuring funding is provided as quickly and easily as possible.We will also resume work to conduct r...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the advisory group that has been formed to assist with the process of evidence gathering in relation to the Scottish Aggregates Levy proposals.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 January 2022
During times of crisis and major events, such as storm Arwen, CFR volunteers, as members of local communities, may provide assistance to the relief efforts but they would do so as individuals and not as representatives of the ambulance service.