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With a poundage of 49.8p, the Scottish Budget 2022-23 delivered a below-inflation increase, ensuring the lowest poundage in the UK for the fourth year in a row and saving ratepayers £40 million compared to an inflationary increase. This ensures that over 95% of non-domestic properties continue to be liable for a lower property tax rate than anywhere else in...
Over the 12 months to March 2022, there were 34,310 mortgage advances for home purchase extended to first-time buyers in Scotland, as compared with 30,360 in the preceding 12 months, a rise of 13%.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2022
Of those employed in transport and storage industries, 13% are disabled. This compares to a figure of 13% also for those employed in all industries who are disabled.
The supplementary tables report that 89.2% of pupils who were assessed or declared having a disability were in a positive destination compared to those 93.4% of pupils who were not.
The Scottish Parliament’s Constitution Committee has concluded that the UK’s Internal Market Act (UKIMA) places more emphasis on open trade than regulatory autonomy, when compared to the EU Single Market..
Internal market creates tension in devolution settlement, MSPs find.
Capital and infrastructure
The 2022-23 capital budget from HM Treasury is £4,469 million, a 10% reduction in cash terms compared with 2021-22. The Scottish Government plans to increase the amount available for capital expenditure in 2022-23 through a combination of mechanisms:
Using maximum borrowing powers (£450 million).
Alan Rogerson said that, because of the way in which insurance policies work, the long term impact of having a different law in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK is unknown and that they are currently doing further work on this.3Health and Sport Committee.
It said that consultations were much better in Orkney compared to Thurso but that Councillors were much closer to their communities in Orkney compared to on the mainland.