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Audrey Nicoll: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a response to COSLA’s request for additional funding to support local authorities in the forthcoming Budget.
It acknowledges that, during the pandemic—which, sadly, is not quite over yet—significant flexibility was required. In fact, complete flexibility was absolutely necessary.
We just need to align everything else round about it, and ensure that the funding and resources are developed alongside to be able to deliver it. 11:15 Does anybody else want to say anything about the LHEES?
In addition, through the bill, we are taking a power to require the Scottish Funding Council to impose conditions on the funding that it provides to universities to ensure that funds are used to enable, encourage and increase participation in higher education in the Gaelic lan...
S6W-18801 Craig Hoy: To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Care in the Digital Age: Delivery Plan 2022-23, whether it has further developed tools to support safer staffing and more flexibleworkforce arrangements.
This new funding forms the first stage of the Scottish Government’s commitment to invest an extra £250 million in direct support of general practice per year by 2021 – as part of a pledge to increase overall annual funding for primary care by £500 million by 2021.
Those matters will be taken forward by the implementation advisory group that I mentioned.Portfolio Question Time Portfolio Question TimeSocial Security and Older People Social Security and Older PeopleScottish Welfare Fund Scottish Welfare Fund To ask the Scottish Government how it allocates funding from the Scottish welfare fund to local authorities.
The effect is not felt only in the roads strand; it is felt in all the other areas that are competing for funding with roads. We need to have the flexibility to enable us to address those things.
We are hopeful we will recruit to the staffing to develop our offer however we must be realistic about how we will develop supports in the absence of recruitment to the roles supported by the funding from Scottish Government.
A more regular timetable of UK Government spending reviews, which inform funding assumptions for the Scottish Budget, facilitate the development of more regular and robust medium-term spending plans by the Scottish Government”. 7.