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Date answered:
21 March 2019
S5W-22162
Backed by a multimillion pound package of investment, including a £50 million Tackling Child Poverty Fund, the Plan commits to key actions including: investing £12 million in intensive employment support for parents, helping them to work and earn more; establishing a £7.5 million Innovation Fund in partnership with the Hunter Foundation to support innovative solutions to tackle poverty; a new increased minimum School Clothing Grant entitlement of £100, benefiting up to 120,000 children each year; and £3.3 million investment in the new Financial Health Check service, supporting an estimated 15,000 families each year to maximise their incomes and get the best...
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26 February 2019
S5W-21661
To ask the Scottish Government what processes are in place for recipients of Social Security Scotland benefits, other than a Best Start Grant, to appeal decisions regarding these.
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18 February 2019
S5W-21291
Initial discussions have taken place with DWP and HMRC to outline the commitment contained in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, identify relevant issues for further consideration, and determine how we can best engage with each other as this work continues.
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6 February 2019
S5W-21333
SEPA has provided clear guidance to farmers to help them decide how best to dispose of their plastic waste (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/waste/agricultural-waste/burning-on-farm-waste/ ) and there are also local SEPA offices that can provide more direct assistance.
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1 February 2019
S5W-21244
The Scottish Government continues to work with the local team in NHS Borders to help implement a number of initiatives for unscheduled care and ensuring best practice is installed throughout the hospital system.
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11 December 2018
S5W-20254
These include:continuing to work with NHS Health Scotland and other national partners within the advice and fuel poverty sectors to develop partnerships to improve collaborative working.funding Home Energy Scotland (HES) to provide free and impartial energy advice to all callers via a Freephone number and offer face to face support where this is the best op...
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27 November 2018
S5W-19952
The vast majority of Muirburn takes place in late winter and early spring, and it is considered that publicity about the Code is best focused on this period rather than autumn.
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22 November 2018
S5W-19879
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Audit Scotland paper, Best Value Assurance Report: East Lothian, which suggests some areas of underperformance in education, what action it is taking to assist the local authority in addressing concerns regarding (a) the proportion of children entering positive destinations, (b) the performance of children in...
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Date answered:
25 September 2018
S5W-18495
As you will be aware, any Barnett consequentials accrued to the Scottish Government are added to the Scottish block as a whole and it is then for Scottish Ministers to decide how best to allocate resources on the basis of competing pressures and priorities.
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19 September 2018
S5W-18735
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment by the chief inspector at paragraph 44 of the report, Scottish National Standardised Assessments User Review Year 1 – Session 2017/18, that “P1 teachers use the information the assessments provide to tailor support and to personalise approaches to ensure children get the very best start in their educa...
