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The Scottish Government estimated that this would generate an additional £100 million a year in direct revenue for councils (not taking into account other proposed changes to Council Tax).The Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 4The Scottish Government. (2016, September 7).
At Stage 1, some stakeholders said that they would welcome integration as an opportunity to create a more effective and accountable policing service. Others asked why radical reform was considered necessary, given that the BTP in Scotland is a well-regarded service, and raised concerns about the risks involved.
Although the new regulations exempt young people who are in temporary accommodation, there is a risk that when these young people are offered permanent accommodation, they will struggle to afford it and ultimately be unable to sustain the tenancy, thus falling back into a spiral of homelessness.
When we take into account the other welfare changes which disp...
In calculating the 22 day period under this paragraph no account shall be taken of any time during which the Parliament is dissolved or is in recess for more than 4 days.
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In oral evidence, Bruce Adamson from the SHRC commented that the substantial prejudice test might "need further clarification in terms of the factors that will be taken into account".2Bruce Adamson, Scottish Human Rights Commission. (2017, February 28).
A weighting is also applied to spells over 125 working days to account for annual leave not taken and subtract this, pro rata, from the number of days off sick (assumes a working year of 225 days).