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There are, in the bill, some tremendous steps forward that will reduce complexity and give extra discretion to deal with particular situations, which should benefit consumers and practitioners.
As Claire Calder said, Aberdeenshire Council said that it might cost it an extra £24,000 but that figure could be far higher in areas such as the Highlands and Islands.
As Claire Calder said, Aberdeenshire Council said that it might cost it an extra £24,000 but that figure could be far higher in areas such as the Highlands and Islands.
That enables the introduction of further requirements on residential providers, alongside extra powers for the Care Inspectorate in relation to placement providers.
Is it the right time to introduce that extra layer? The committee hears a lot of evidence from people who say that it could add an extra layer of bureaucracy and that perhaps now is not the right time to do it.
You answered that to an extent, but what would happen if a bid came in and inflation—which is a bit higher and looks likely to remain persistently higher than most of us expected—took off? Would there be any extra money? I would not want people to think that they could bid X and then return and say, “Costs have risen, can I have an extra amount?”
Figures provided by Macmillan reveal that 47 per cent of people with cancer in Scotland see an increase in day-to-day living costs, 26 per cent experience extra costs of travelling to and from their appointments, and 19 per cent see their household fuel bills rise.
To take £20,000 as an example, someone with that income would pay £5 a month extra. That puts it in context, when one thinks of the massive sums of extra money that would come from people on £100,000 or £200,000.
If our voluntary organisations and providers are willing to change and to look at providing more evidence, okay, we will keep funding them. If they need to build extra capacity, we will help them to do that.