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These reasons for not participating in the trails are the same as have been previously noted as why parents do not use funded ELC.
The Delivery Trails Evaluation noted that those trials working with childminders were able to deliver a higher level of flexibility for parents, as some childminders do not operate fixed...
These arrangements pre-date the expansion of devolved social security in the Scotland Act 2016. The main funds are:
Scottish Welfare Fund
Discretionary Housing Payments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 March 2026
Audit Scotland has highlighted a persistent gap between national workforce ambitions and delivery, including the need for improved workforce data and clearer implementation plans.
We ask the Scottish Government to establish a dedicated funding package, either as part of local government funding or other community-support funding streams, to support the development of such programs in communities where firework co...
Women with a ‘high support’ workplace were more likely to feel confident asking for new reasonable adjustments, and more likely to have flexible, compassionate, and proactive support.
Are you and your organisation being listened to by the Scottish Government on funding and timescales? Absolutely. We have not taken forward our concerns about the funding and timescales because we have focused on developing a robust process that will serve victims/survivors.
He argued that, "when it comes to adaptive spatial planning, the whole consenting regime must be attuned to being flexible, to allow the fish farming industry to develop and move offshore".