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The Committee is concerned that what may at first appear to be a binary choice for victims/survivors (whose abuse took place after 1964) between the redress scheme and civil justice routes, in fact requires a range of factors to be taken into account including victim/survivor finances, the ability for victims/survivors to explore and understand the conseque...
The Independent Living Fund (ILF) is a discretionary national system (ILF Scotland is a public body and company limited by guarantee, accountable to the Scottish Ministers) for making payments directly to certain severely disabled people so that they can purchase their own care and support.
Funding
Commissioning and procurement
Self-directed Support
Workforce
Alternative Models of Care
Integration of health and social care
Housing
Technology
Human Rights based approaches to social care
Community focus in planning
Third Sector
Accountability see summary of evidence, for a discussion of these topics.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 November 2020
The Scottish Government was clear that the top tier in the process – i.e. the licence holder – is ultimately accountable. It was also said that should more schemes depart from the vertical model, and the consumer voice go unheard, then devolved consumer advocacy powers could be explored.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2020
For example, a youth worker from Orkney made a plea for government employment schemes to take the Highlands and Islands into account in relation to the number of placement rural employers might be able to offer.iFocus group with young people
The Committee notes that the sectors worst affected by the pandemic are most likely to employ young people and to be ...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 November 2020
On 18 August 2020, there were 1,753 individuals on remand (1,994 if those individuals Convicted Awaiting Sentencing are included in the data), which accounts for approximately one quarter of our total population.
Mutual recognition of professional qualifications
Some professions, such as a pharmacist, an architect, or an accountant, are regulated by laws, regulations or administrative provisions.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 September 2020
Compliance with these pre-action requirements will be taken into account by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) when deciding whether it is reasonable to grant a repossession order in such cases.
The Policy Memorandum identifies ten companies that own tied pubs in Scotland as of March 2019 - tied pubs account for the majority of their businesses in Scotland.