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To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has done of the cost of administering the COVID-19 booster vaccine by GP practices compared with health boards, and what the estimated costs were of both approaches.
Calculating 'excess income' under the current rules
Chart A1 and A2 show how, under the current rules, Fiona’s ‘excess income’ works out at £56.16 if she gets Tax Credits (Chart A1) compared to £67.64 if she gets Universal Credit (Chart A2).
The largest real terms increases and decreases
Figure 10 presents the largest real terms level 2 budget line increases and decreases in 2019-20 compared with the previous year.
Health receives the highest absolute increase of over £470 million (+3.5%) and Higher Education Student Support receives the largest reduction of over £40 million (-4.2%).
UK comparison
Compared to the OBR’s forecasts for the UK, the SFC has forecast slower GDP growth for Scotland (see Figure 9) with a gap of 0.4 percentage points post 2018.
In its 2024 report on Alcohol and Drug Services, Audit Scotland stated:
The number of people dying in Scotland because of alcohol or drug use remains high compared with other parts of the UK and Europe.
ref=137_137392-qsvjt75vnh&title=Rebuilding-tourism-for-the-future-COVID-19-policy-response-and-recovery</a> [accessed 22 February 2021] finding that the crisis has exposed shortcomings in tourism statistical information systems, including a lack of robust, comparable and timely data to inform policy and business decisions.
For key service sectors, access to EU markets will be reduced compared to EU membership
extra costs could make Scottish businesses uncompetitive in some markets: manufacturing, food and drink, agriculture and forestry are particularly at risk
lamb and beef exports will be hard hit by the extra costs of exporting to the EU
businesses trying to access UK and ...
ACUTE TOXICITY OF AMMONIA TO ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) PARR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part C: Comparative Pharmacology and Toxicology, 101, 275-282..