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(S5O-04104) Work is under way on drafting the bill, and we plan to publish it as part of the legislative programme that is set out in the programme for government for this parliamentary year. We know that food bank use has soared in the past decade and that the Government cannot rely on donations and people’s good will to feed the poorest people.
This week, the Trussell Trust analysis demonstrated an average 52 per cent rise in food bank use where full service universal credit has been rolled out.
Rural communities have also been impacted badly by bank closures and by the fact that not all towns have jobcentres and other services, so does the Scottish Government recognise the need to support and preserve rural transport links?
Young Farmers To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the Royal Bank of Scotland, “Harvesting the future for young farmers”.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures showing that there has been a decrease in the number of new homes started in 2023 compared with 2022. S6O-03315
To ask the Scottish Government whether any post-legislative reviews of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Scotland Act 2022 are being conducted. S6O-01970
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will start publishing information collected via Scotland’s Census 2022. S6O-01842
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Child Poverty Action Group report, The Cost of a Child in Scotland in 2022 - update. S6O-01724