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It is recommended that future funding settlements should include an annual increase to account for inflation. A 2020 report from Audit Scotland shows that spend on culture and related services has “reduced by 13.8% since 2013/14, while demand for services has increased.
Hunter Watson agreed that affordable housing is important, however there are other human rights to be taken account of such as forced treatment and restraint.
Multi-annual funding (from both governments) would be ideal in order to plan new services and developments and to ensure that significant impacts can be made. The evaluation and accountability mechanisms in place or proposed to assess the effectiveness of any funding provided.
Given that these projections involve continuation of past trends, they do not take account of policy decisions which could disrupt migration more than has been the case in the past.
We need a better system whereby assessors can be held truly accountable. We believe that, ultimately, the delivery should be transferred across to Revenue Scotland, which is accountable to the Scottish Government and to the Parliament.