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Those students are graduates now and the fund is about providing them with a platform on which to rebuild their professional lives. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that you said that 102 students have been affected.
The blue badge scheme is, in essence, about assisting disabled people to live independent lives. During the committee’s evidence-taking sessions, it was suggested that blue badge abuse tends to occur most frequently in supermarket car parks.
For example, issues have been raised such as people living alone or living longer. We do not have sight of information that gives more detail about people with particular disabilities, which might lead to a need for a different type of housing.
One paramedic said:“The management are playing Russian roulette with people’s lives. Over the past few months there have been numerous instances where ambulances have been single crewed.
Despite the progress that has been made, I do not underestimate the extent to which children and young people have experienced disruption to their daily lives as a result of the pandemic, nor do I underestimate the physical and mental health impacts of lockdown.