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S6W-03447 Pam Duncan-Glancy: To ask the Scottish Government what the potential impact on the delivery of disability and carers benefits will be of the extra capacity in Social Security Scotland that was announced on 29 September 2021.
I thank the cabinet secretary for giving me back an extra minute. Time is tight. The cabinet secretary will now take questions on the issues raised in the statement.
For those reasons, the city region deals are not a welcome extra but absolutely essential for long-term sustainability and rebuilding our local economy in the north-east—they are not an extra and should not be considered as such.
Things are getting worse. I propose extra resources: for primary care, so that mental health professionals can work alongside GPs; for work in accident and emergency and in partnership with the police; and to create extra capacity in child and adolescent services.
Every 20 new additional rate tax payers we attract to Scotland generate at least £1 million in extra tax revenue. An extra 2,000 additional rate tax payers would give us a minimum of £100 million annually extra to spend on public services.
I have one further question, now that you have confirmed that there will be no extra money. I am puzzled because, as I understand it, you have put in a claim to the Scottish Government for extra money even though you are telling us that there is no extra money over and above t...