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Free NHS dental treatment for expectant mothers or those who have borne a child within the previous 12 month period is part of The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. The 12 month period is fixed by primary legislation and would require a primary legislation amendment (i.e. a Bill) to change this.
Some of the programmes that have been developed there, such as the enhanced recovery service in orthopaedics, have been adopted all over Scotland and across much of Europe.
You said a couple of minutes ago that you had increased lending to business in Scotland by 32 per cent in the first half of the year—I think that I have got that right.
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Date answered:
9 December 2025
Overall, 34,000 shops receive rates relief worth over £110 million and half of all shops in Scotland pay no rates.Ministers regularly discuss matters of importance including budget priorities and the views of stakeholders in the run-up to the Scottish Budget.
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Date answered:
26 November 2025
Overall, 34,000 shops receive rates relief, worth over £110 million, and half of all shops in Scotland pay no rates.These figures relate to the ‘shops’ property class, as defined by the Scottish Assessors.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2025
Overall, 34,000 shops receive rates relief, worth over £110 million and half of all shops in Scotland pay no rates.These figures relate to the ‘shops’ property class, as defined by the Scottish Assessors.
The new National Public Energy Agency – Heat and Energy Efficiency Scotland (HEES) –which is operating in virtual form in-house within the Directorate for Energy and Climate Change aims to work in partnership with a range of key stakeholders, including local government, to provide strategic leadership and co-ordination to accelerate both the pace and scale of heat and energy retrofit across domestic, non-domestic and public sector buildings in Scotland.
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Date answered:
13 January 2023
We have also delivered Child Winter Heating Assistance, a benefit only available in Scotland, which is intended to help mitigate the additional heating costs that the households of the most severely disabled children and young people face in the winter months.
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Date answered:
10 August 2022
In addition, we will be working with HSCPs as we scope out the work towards a Bill to introduce a commissioner for Autism, learning disabilities and people with neurodivergence.