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For example, the police attended over 185,000 mental health-related incidents where no crime was recorded in 2024/25, which amounts to the equivalent of 419 full-time officers diverted from core policing duties.
While some Local Authorities proceeded immediately with two offers of accommodation and issued 60-day notices as early as March 2024, others were more cautious. Local Authorities that proceeded more swiftly with the issuing of 60-day notices reflected on their in-depth knowledge of guests still in Welcome Accommodation by 2024; stating that they believed guests with 60-day notices were unlikely to remain in Scotland once the offer of Welcome Accommodation had been withdrawn.
Annexe A: Michael Matheson MSP's representations to the Committee - 15 April 2024
I am grateful to the committee for providing the opportunity to make a written submission.
The UK Government agreed on 9 December 2022 to Scottish and Welsh Government proposals to extend the transitional staging period to 31 January 2024. On this basis the transitional staging period is being extended until 31 January 2024, in alignment with legislation that will be made by the other administrations in Gr...
Project discovery, Ofgem’s review, took us to around 2023 or 2024. Our concern as we were doing that project was to do with the tremendous work going on in relation to the 2050 road map, route map or journey—whatever one wants to call it.
On the contrary, “Stability and Simplicity: proposals for a rural funding transition period” gives more clarity in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK—up to 2024. I have made that point before, so I will not labour it.