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Back in February, the chief operating officer of the NHS wrote to boards reminding them of the need to make sure that they had the best resilience in place and were following the best advice to ensure that their systems were as good as they could be.
Scotland’s regions are highly diverse, and we believe that local councils are the best judges of local needs. They already have a local mandate from their voting system, and they should be free to use it.
The Committee recognises that a “model” is precisely that; an estimate based on the best information available about the future, and that modelling is intrinsically uncertain.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2026
They exempt eligible individuals from habitual residence and past presence tests across a range of disability, carer and family benefits, and extend permitted temporary absence rules to up to 26 weeks for those stranded abroad because of a crisis.
The Regulations also amend Best Start Grant rules to allow affected individuals to receive the higher rate of P...
It emphasised that decisions are made in the best interest of the child.Letter from Social Security Scotland, 6 May 2025
With regards to awareness raising, Social Security Scotland mentioned the Scottish Child Payment.
Retrieved from https://whatworksgrowth.org/resource-library/local-economic-impacts-of-plural-and-local-ownership-policies/The review also found limited evidence on what public sector interventions best support plural ownership models.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2024
We are committed to ensuring that grant making is continuously improved and that best practice in grant management is mainstreamed across government, whilst understanding that the issue of fairer funding is a cross-government and cross-portfolio commitment.iThe Scottish Government, Policies, Third Sector, Fairer Funding: https://www.gov.scot/policies/third-...
Engagement session with The Usual PlaceThe Scottish ParliamentMembers appreciated the opportunity to hear the views of service users before taking oral evidence on the inquiry and asked witnesses how best to address the issues they heard about during the engagement sessions.
Only some benefits have an application deadline. Examples are:
Best Start Grant - applications must be made within the ‘application window’, related to the age of the child.