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That will be used for both area-based and national scheme delivery through our HEEPS—home energy efficiency programme Scotland—schemes.The budget will address the fuel poverty forum’s interim report recommendations on Scottish Government funding programmes, continue to support our targets to eradicate fuel poverty as...
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average annual wage increase and (b) total annual remuneration increase has been for Scottish Enterprise (i) employees and (ii) senior management in each of the last 10 years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2023
The Bellwin Scheme allows Ministers to make additional revenue support available to local authorities to assist with immediate and unforeseen costs in dealing with the aftermath of emergency incidents.
We also published a Whole School Approach Framework and a professional learning resource to assist school staff in supporting children and young people’s mental health in schools.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance is available to help people meet the costs of charging mobility scooters in light of rising energy prices and the reported cost of living crisis.
I am looking at section 3(4), which proposes the wording: “Constables attend interviews and assist and participate in proceedings ... openly, promptly and professionally”.
Ed Pybus was talking about how we should look at this in the round, not in isolation, so we should look at child payments and the new adult disability assistance—and assistance for older people with disabilities as well, I would imagine—once they are all in.
I support Mr Torrance’s recommendation, and I add that guidelines to assist local authorities would be of clear benefit, because they presently do not have them.
We learned a little bit about how the group was instigated, about some of the things that are included in the Bute house agreement and the programme for government, and about recent conversations across the sphere in Scotland.