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We are concerned that placing a new duty on us to undertake year-round activity – going beyond stating what we should do to specify how we should do it –would restrict our ability to be led by the evidence and by user testing, and would risk value for money in this work by requiring us to carry out activity which we ...
That is certainly another ask.Part of this is about infrastructure and recognising the health benefits that people get from being more active, which Sandesh Gulhane talked about.
We have the daily mile in Scotland to getactivity levels up. The Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport, Maree Todd, is very keen on increasing activity levels.
Remote hospitality venues and those on islands will still get 100 per cent rates relief, whereas other hospitality businesses will get 40 per cent relief, up to a rateable value of £51,000.
There needs to be a way to allow for retrospective applications for heat pump grants, so that if needed people can get them installed urgently (for example an installer could issue an emergency replacement notice).
That shift has allowed us to make better-informed decisions for all three fiscal events.The evidence gathered, including lessons from the pilot activities, was actively used at every stage of the budget process.