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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 November 2016
However, children, those under 19 who are still in full time education and adults who are in receipt of certain state benefits are entitled to optical vouchers to help towards the cost of glasses and/or contact lenses.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the ongoing external governance review of Citizens Advice Scotland. Citizens Advice Scotland is in receipt of the interim findings from the independent governance review.
I have heard a young person who is in receipt of a high-level child disability payment question their own eligibility because of the narrative that is out there.
So, in the work that you are doing and which you plan to do on Social Security Scotland, the adult disability payment and so on, will you speak to people in receipt of that payment to understand how they are affected by the way in which it operates?
In 2018, we published the updated code of practice on litter and refuse, and we intend to introduce a new penalty regime for littering from vehicles as part of the proposed circular economy bill.