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However, information that the Trussell Trust gave out recently says that, compared with a general 15 per cent increase in food bank use, there is a residual 52 per cent increase a year after universal credit has been rolled out.
Are you considering an inflation index, and if you are, will you consider one that is obviously in the current thinking, such as the consumer price index or CPIX? As you know, the Bank of England does not recommend RPI any more.
I saw a presentation from a company called Bartlett’s at an event that I attended with the Royal Bank of Scotland. That company demonstrated how the soil quality of individual fields is analysed in order to get the best yield of potatoes.
Another challenge is that more and more people are relying on what is provided for them at food banks and so on. How do we ensure that those people are getting anything like the daily amount of fibre that they need?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2008
I am, however, aware of the delays in Aberdeen City schools NPD project due to the nationalisation of the main funder, Landsbanki, the Icelandic Bank. The Scottish Government is being kept informed of developments.
I again urge both parties to find a resolution to the dispute to avoid disruption to the services, particularly given that the proposed strike dates are in the run-up to and during the holiday period.
Despite the different pathways that the two friends took, when the college student left with his HND to get a job in the bank—members are probably ahead of me—his line manager turned out to be his friend who did the YOP scheme and who had also managed to pass some of his banking exams.