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The committee clerk’s note refers to the abolition of council tax benefit from April 2013; from then on, assisting the vulnerable in meeting their council tax liability will cease to be part of the social security system and will become part of the local taxation system.Subject to Parliament’s will, the regulations will provide the legal basis for implement...
If there was more awareness, perhaps people would be able not only to recognise the symptoms but to look for support and assistance. They might even be able to develop their own solutions to episodes of poor mental health not only for themselves but for their friends.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available on the impact on the economy of the accelerated capital programme. Estimates of the impact of the accelerated capital programme on the economy have been produced using the Scottish Government input-output model.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to support people diagnosed with cardiomyopathy through the screening programme for young athletes. The two-year pilot programme itself will cost £200,000.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to extend the Childsmile Nursery initiative to the NHS Grampian area. A Childsmile programme developedparticularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introducedin 2008, starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimatelyserve very young, nursery and school children.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to extend the Childsmile School initiative to the NHS Grampian area. A Childsmile programme developedparticularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introducedin 2008, starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimatelyserve very young, nursery and school children.
Helping them in some way to run their normal business might assist the Government. I am sure that supermarkets do not want to do anything other than assist the Government.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2011
This year, we have helped over 200,000 people through the Energy Assistance Package through free heating help, insulation, tax credit and benefit entitlement checks and general energy efficiency advice.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses it anticipates will be sold under shared equity schemes in 2011-12. We aim to assist around 535 households to access home ownership in 2011-12 under the New Supply Shared Equity with Developers scheme and the Open Market Shared Equity scheme.