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That is both an expenditure verification through to bank statements and also a verification of outputs, for example to check whether the individuals who are being claimed for as part of a submission were eligible.
Bus companies have been moving pretty fast on contactless ticketing, whereby passengers use their bank card to tap in their fare. It is spreading throughout Scotland and, within a year or so, it should be pretty well universal.
The legal review focused on the issues that were highlighted through the consultation, such as the accessibility of the legislation and how it has impacted on the understanding of the rights of small landholders and landlords; how security of tenure is key to all small landholders; and issues to do with access to funding and banking. The issues that emerged...
If we had published in March or April, the data would have been out of date. We will get much more up-to-date information in the coming weeks and that will inform our publication in the autumn, around September.
Such regulations cease to have effect on the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the regulations were made unless, before the expiry of that period, they have been approved by a resolution of the Parliament.
We work with Social Security Scotland to ensure that we get as much up-to-date information as possible about expenditure, so that our forecasts can be revised.
The briefing discusses the various changes to Government policy in this area dating back to 2005 and the Scottish Executive’s national framework for service change in the NHS.
The Improvement Service’s report does not include up-to-date data—it is now a couple of months out of date—but we are hearing anecdotally around the country that the numbers are dropping.