This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
On our database, we have approximate dates for when properties became empty, so we have an idea of properties that have been empty for a longer period of time.
In weekend 4 in 2013, there were 66; this year, there were 25, and that was because it was a long public holiday—St Andrew’s day—weekend. The numbers that we are talking about, comparing 2013 with 2017, have reduced by 400 per cent or so.
Before 2010, food banks were a rarity. According to the Trussell Trust, more than 51,000 people, including 15,000 children, visited its food banks in Scotland between April and September 2014.
Not all credit unions have the financial wherewithal to provide such loans, and we must cater for both large and small credit unions.The Scottish Government’s new banking strategy recognises that credit unions can and should compete with commercial banks in the financial services sector.
I emphasise that my recent meeting with Damian Green was the most positive that I have had to date. However, at the end of the day, we do not have the power to make decisions on these issues.
The Auditor General’s report states: “Inflation-linked increases built into the contract for” the two privately run prisons “will require additional recurring savings of around £12 million a year by 2022/23.” Can Ms Allan expand on how that arises and whether it is achievable?
The woman did not have the language, but she brought along bank statements at one stage, as the case worker was looking into whether she could get benefits.