- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 30 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to local government to fund income maximisation projects in each year since 2011.
Answer
The majority of revenue funding for local authorities is being provided by means of a block grant. The total block grant settlement for 2016-17 was over £10.3 billion. Individual local authorities are responsible for the management of their own budgets and to allocate the total financial resources available to them on the basis of local needs and priorities, having first fulfilled their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities. Many local authorities will allocate local funding to the provision of income maximisation advice. Analysis of local authority expenditure on money advice in 2015-16 was published by the Improvement Service in January 2017. The data and reports can be found at: http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/2015-16-report.html.
The Scottish Government also provides some additional funding to local authorities for income maximisation advice projects through a number of programmes administered by the Scottish Legal Aid Board. The programmes support the provision of advice to assist people in Scotland affected by debt, the UK government’s welfare changes and the economic downturn. They are jointly funded by the Scottish Government and Money Advice Service. Further information about the programmes can be found at: http://www.slab.org.uk/providers/advice/grant-funding/.
The following table sets out the funding that has been distributed to local authorities by the Scottish Legal Aid Board using joint funding from both the Scottish Government and the Money Advice Service. The amounts represented reflect spend on both projects which are directly led by a local authority and projects where a local authority is acting as a project partner.
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Local Authority
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17*
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TOTAL
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Aberdeen City Council
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-
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-
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£46,143.99
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£72,053.95
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£110,539.71
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£93,809.68
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£322,547.33
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Angus Council
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-
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-
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£46,246.66
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£20,267.30
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£53,632.45
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£52,750.30
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£172,896.71
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City of Edinburgh Council
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-
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-
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£71,921.01
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£74,819.29
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£97,343.96
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£52,250.07
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£296,334.32
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Clackmannanshire Council
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-
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-
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£75,770.74
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£68,416.25
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£34,221.25
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£10,635.83
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£189,044.07
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East Ayrshire Council
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£62,741.29
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£75,241.44
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£63,706.52
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£46,759.74
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£83,209.03
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£61,212.70
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£392,870.71
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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-
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-
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£52,342.67
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£62,766.44
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£70,294.52
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£58,968.29
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£244,371.93
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East Lothian Council
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-
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-
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£31,765.01
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£36,333.64
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£55,520.90
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£22,852.33
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£146,471.88
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Falkirk Council
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-
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-
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£54,569.70
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£58,294.67
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£86,516.25
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£67,464.60
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£266,845.22
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Glasgow City Council
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-
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-
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£147,178.34
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£120,883
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£215,306
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£150,462.46
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£633,829.80
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Highland Council
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-
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-
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£67,140.02
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£69,002.95
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£97,942.24
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£73,367.53
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£307,452.75
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Inverclyde
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-
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-
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£82,608.84
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£63,040.90
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£110,234.33
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£88,700.85
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£344,584.92
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Moray Council
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-
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-
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£36,232.99
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£25,578.77
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£46,007.95
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£41,051.89
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£148,871.59
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North Ayrshire Council
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-
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-
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£12,038.00
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£65,653.76
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£64,823.80
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£38,918.05
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£181,433.61
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North Lanarkshire Council
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-
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-
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£129,953.07
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£163,405.29
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£253,945.56
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£188,624.86
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£735,928.78
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Perth and Kinross Council
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-
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-
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£58,556.67
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£64,625.37
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£81,506.20
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£65,626.19
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£270,314.43
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Renfrewshire Council
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-
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-
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£155,497.41
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£106,405.47
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£196,263.71
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£175,283.89
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£633,450.48
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South Lanarkshire Council
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-
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-
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£81,242.25
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£116,249.22
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£118,342.53
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£84,846.18
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£400,680.18
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Stirling Council
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-
|
-
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£46,513.17
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£16,942.25
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£64,461.97
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£41,295.59
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£169,212.98
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West Lothian Council
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£64,040.53
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£108,382.92
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£88,837.95
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£118,345.09
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£222,579.37
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£151,046.96
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£753,232.81
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Total
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£126,781.82
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£183,624.36
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£1,348,265.01
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£1,369,843.35
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£2,062,691.72
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£1,519,168.26
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£6,610,374.52
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*includes forecast spend
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 30 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations it has funded to provide income maximisation projects in each year since 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-06216 on 30 January 2017. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare will next meet and what will be discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2017
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5O-00060 and S5W-02672 by Jeane Freeman on 16 June and 29 September 2016 respectively, whether it will take the Consumer Price Index as a starting point for uprating (a) cold weather payments, (b) funeral payments, (c) winter fuel payments and (d) Sure Start maternity grants.
Answer
Cold weather payments, funeral payments, winter fuel payments and sure start maternity grants are not automatically uprated by U.K. Government at present. The uprating of successor benefits is being considered in the light of responses to our recent consultation on Social Security and no decision has yet been made.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons can be learned from the Central Scotland Green Network in relation to biodiversity.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2016
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02663 by Aileen Campbell on 26 September 2016, how many households have (a) been entitled to and (b) received health start vouchers in each year since 2011.
Answer
The Healthy Start Scheme is administered by the Department of Health. Information in the following table was provided by the Healthy Start Issuing Unit (HSIU) and outlines the households entitled and receiving Healthy Start vouchers in Scotland each year since 2011.
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Scotland
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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Households receiving
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32871
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32769
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33097
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31944
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29427
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26531
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Households entitled
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43275
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44546
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44511
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43763
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39638
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36567
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- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether an increased carers allowance, as referred to in the Programme for Government, will maintain or deviate from the system of uprating Jobseeker's Allowance that is used by the UK Government.
Answer
In line with our response on uprating benefits set out in the answer to S5O-00060 on 16 June 2016, we are taking the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a starting point for our considerations on uprating and taking views on this, along with other aspects of our social security policy, through the consultation on social security. The consultation ends on 28 October 2016.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much is paid in healthy start vouchers to eligible households in Scotland each year.
Answer
The Scottish Government paid £5.2 million for eligible households in Scotland in the year 2015-16.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much families with severely disabled children will receive through an extended winter fuel payment, as referred to in the Programme for Government.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-02675 on 28 September 2016. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government where it will base its new social security agency, as referred to in the Programme for Government.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-01838 on 26 August 2016. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
