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However, that should not hide the fact that the hospital and its staff have a good longer-term record in reducing the standard mortality rates.Despite the serious economic recession, specific problems—such as methadone deaths and deaths as a consequence of social issues such as energy poverty—are being addressed.
That trend is intensifying under the Tory-Liberal Government, which has delivered a double-dip recession and taken grossly unfair decisions, such as the decision to remove disability living allowance from some of our most vulnerable citizens.
Even though it is important that we put an emphasis on providing places for younger learners—particularly in light of the difficulties that they are experiencing in the current recession—does the minister recognise that an unintended consequence of such a focus could be to have a displacement effect on older learners, unless there is a policy to provide sup...
We deployed those resources when they were able to make a decisive difference in our efforts to support economic recovery in Scotland at the height of the recession. If we had not spent the money in that fashion on behalf of the people of Scotland, we would not have made an impact in encouraging the economy at a difficult time.
We had some discussion about energy prices, following on from our evidence session before the recess. I think that we agreed at least to keep a watching brief on that issue, if not to get an update.
I will continue to work with our partners across the education landscape to deliver it and I will introduce a bill after the summer recess to support it. I will also make announcements before the summer recess on how I intend to proceed on governance and a range of other matters.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been awarded to businesses by the Strategic Business Framework Fund, and how much has been allocated to businesses to date. The Scottish Government regularly publishes statistics and management information relating to its Covid-19 business grants on its website.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 March 2021
The Scottish Government has focused on supporting digital inclusion amongst learners and to date, over 67,000 devices and almost 14,000 connectivity solutions have been distributed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2021