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Date answered:
22 February 2002
S1W-22872
However, consultation is ultimately a matter for local authorities who are best placed to assess local needs.Support for front-line money advisers, such as training, is currently available from existing national organisations, in particular Money Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Scotland. The Executive is at prese...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 December 1999
S1W-03091
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to amend the legal aid restrictions so that the receipt of incapacity benefit and other benefits is not taken into account when calculating income in applications for legal aid funding. An applicant for advice and assistance who is in receipt of income support, income-based jobseekers allowance, Disabled Person's Tax Credit (previously Disability Working Allowance) and Working Families Tax Credit (previously Family Credit) and has disposable capital of less than £1,000 will receive advice and assistance with no contribution.An applicant for advice and assistance who is in receipt of a back to work bonus or payments made under the Earnings Top-up Scheme 1996, Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 or section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, will have these disregarded when calculating his or her disposable income and capital.An applicant for civil legal aid who is in receipt of income support; income-based jobseekers allowance; back to work bonus; payments made under the Earnings Top-up Scheme 1996, Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 or section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; disability living allowance; constant attendance allowance; payment made out of the social fund, will have these disregarded when calculating his or her disposable income and capital.When calculating an applicant's disposable income and capital for advice and assistance and civil legal aid, allowances are also made for "dependent persons", the applicant's "tools and implements of trade" and such like.We have no plans for Incapacity Benefit to be disregarded from the calculation of an applicant's disposable income or disposable capital for advice and assistance or civil legal aid.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 September 2001
Justice 2 Committee, 12 Sep 2001
I am glad to hear that those services have been rolled out to other parts of Scotland. When the committee took evidence from Turning Point Scotland, we were impressed by its excellent work.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 November 2005
Justice 2 Committee, 14 Nov 2005
The committee was anxious that, in its scrutiny of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, it should take evidence in the west of Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2006
S2W-30363
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will divert any planned funding for the British Fluoridation Society to nursery and primary school projects teaching children to clean their teeth.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2006
S2W-30231
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available for the training of British Sign Language interpreters.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2006
S2W-30207
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that NHS Lothian has no funding available at the Department of Sleep Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to provide a gum shield device for my constituent, Mr Neil Waugh, to prevent extreme snoring and that he is therefore unable to undertake his employment on train maintenance which is safety-critical, and what concerns the Executive has about this lack of funding. the Scottish Executive is investing record resources in the NHS in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 March 2006
S2W-23105
The aim of this work is to effect a step change in servicesresponses to survivors in Scotland. S2W-23105
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2006
S2W-21887
The Executive has set up a £5 million trust fund, known as the Dewar Arts Awards, to support exceptionally talented young people across the arts in Scotland who have limited financial resources.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 September 2005
S2W-18534
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows.
