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Despite the availability of various benefits and extra benefits that are specific only to Scotland, Policy in Practice estimates that the total amount of unclaimed income-related benefits and social tariffs across Britain is now £22.7 billion a year.
Those sound like natural connections, and for many people they are, but we know that others are excluded or face extra difficulties engaging with their communities without extra help.
As soon as is practicable after case transfer is complete, we will start to make further improvements, initially by incorporating the carers allowance supplement into carer support payments, so that carers get their extra payments more regularly; extending support when a carer loses the person they care for; and providing extra support for carers with multiple caring roles—a carers additional person payment.
The committee is a wee bit central-Scotland based and, from previous sessions, we are aware that people who live in rural Scotland may have extra issues compared with us city slickers.
Obviously, when you are doing something new, you take extra precautions. We brought up contractors from England who had experience of using corralling as a method for controlling Canada geese in parks.
People often talk about inclusive language, policies, and efforts as though they are a nice extra that we cannot really afford to do all the time, because more important things are going on.
Colin Craig, the managing director of West Coast Motors, said that his business “calculated that diversion via Dalmally and Crianlarich would add 170,000 miles per annum, use 53,000 extra litres of fuel and ... add over 140,000 kg of CO2 emissions.”