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The immediate advice that they could get on matters is provided by Citizens Advice Scotland and Advice Direct Scotland, which we support financially to undertake that activity.
The Government rightly supports the presumption of mainstreaming. When we get education right for pupils with ASN, we get it right for the vast majority of pupils.
The Government rightly supports the presumption of mainstreaming. When we get education right for pupils with ASN, we get it right for the vast majority of pupils.
If a person is employed by the NHS, they get 61p per mile, but somebody who is employed by the local authority, who might sit next to me, gets 45p per mile.
Resources are a challenge in that regard, as we do not have a lot of direct funding to undertake that type of activity. We get great value for money from the commissions that we carry out around the panel.
On the topic of health, mental health and physical health issues prevent people from getting back to work. The level of economic inactivity in Scotland is way too high—much higher than it is in England.