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For example, someone who requires a prescription of paracetamol in large doses will not get that over the counter; they will need to get that through prescription.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2017
Many economically inactive people are students, retired or are looking after family and home, however having a long-term illness or disability accounts for 30% of those aged 16 to 64 who are economically inactive.
Since November 2022, we have made more than 43,000 early learning and school age payments. Some people who do not get the Scottish child payment are still eligible, and Social Security Scotland is actively promoting the payment across different channels ahead of the application deadline.
For example, are organisations thinking about their active travel policy, so that when staff come back to the office, they are being encouraged to come to work in an active manner, rather than drive?
What level of certainty do you have that we will be able to deliver the national care service if we do not get the VAT allowance that we hope to get and that integration joint boards get?
Given that eligibility now largely rests on entitlement to pension credit, what discussions have you had with the secretary of state about the UK Government running a campaign to ensure that all those folk who are entitled to pension credit get that benefit, and therefore get the winter fuel payment?
We also have climate action schools, which help pupils and others to get involved in climate activity. On engagement, we are working on a number of fronts.
Key themes put forward by both organisations and individuals were that action would cost less than inaction and that earlier action would cost less and have more benefits than action taken later.