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I can take local government as an example. The tourism levy, the consultation on a general power of competence and the cruise ship levy will give councils the opportunity to raise more revenue to meet demands at the same time as having no freeze on council tax and a real-terms uplift.
When the UK Government introduced the second home levy or whatever it was called, that was in effect a tax rise, as an increase in stamp duty land tax in England.
To ask the Scottish Government how much money each NHS board has received from the Clinical Teaching (ACT) levy. The Scottish Government provides Additional Cost of Teaching (ACT) funding to support the clinical training of undergraduate medical and dental students in the NHS.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it plans of what the impact would be on Scotland’s economy of the proposal by the UK Government to levy firms in specific industries £1,000 a year for each EU worker that they hire.
You also emphasised continued work on masterplan consent areas, compulsory purchase reform, and the infrastructure levy and the NPF Delivery Programme which was subsequently announced.
In addition, alternative income streams are being Mitigations modelled, including the Visitor Levy for Edinburgh and opportunities to increase income from land sales. Opportunities to support purpose-built Build-to-rent accommodation are also being explored as this offers a non-grant funded route to deliver homes at a scale and pace which exceeds that of ...