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To ask the Scottish Executive what procurement process will be used to appoint contractors for the delivery of the (a) Energy Assistance Package and (b) Home Insulation Scheme.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it expects to benefit under the Energy Assistance Package who qualify due to having a child under five and being in receipt of child tax credits or working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002 where the relevant income is less than £17,474.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2008
The service offers carers confidential advice and information on: their legal rights and responsibilities financial assistance, including benefits that they may be entitled to sources of practical and emotional support to help them cope on a day-to-day basis.
We have no current plans to introduce such a system but will consider it further as part of a broader consideration of financial eligibility rules for publicly funded legal assistance. S3W-13354
From summer 2008, small businesses, including Highland hotel and bed and breakfast businesses, may be eligible for financial assistance for a range of technologies including biomass.
We are working with SDS, Scottish Government Equalities Unit and Childcare colleagues to look at developing further support around childcare for pre-employment training and more generally around positive action programmes to tackle gender segregation.