Financial Services Regulation Committee: FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective.
Jamie Hepburn: ...last week, although the Scottish Government remains committed to our free school meals programme, we are unable to roll out universal provision to primary 6 and 7 at the current time, due to the financial position. The Scottish Government continues to advocate for an end to Westminster austerity, which the new UK Government has continued. As was also made clear last week, should the...
Pam Gosal: ...and many more important issues have taken a back seat. I remind the SNP Government of some of its 17 years of so-called accolades—or, should I say, failures? The SNP has presided over financial mismanagement, from ferries that do not float to doomed legal battles, the most striking of which being the one on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. If the SNP...
Emma Reynolds: ...Of these, 300,000 pensioners were in receipt of Pension Credit, approximately 15%. A household is in relative poverty if its income is less than 60 per cent of the median household income in a given financial year. For the latest year 2022/23, 1.4 million pensioners were in absolute poverty AHC in the UK. Of these, 200,000 pensioners were in receipt of Pension Credit, approximately...
Karin Smyth: ...by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate. Medicine costs...
Greg Smith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of inward foreign direct investment was in each of the last 10 financial years.
Michael Shanks: While working towards a final investment decision on Sizewell C, we have established a new subsidy scheme of up to £5.5 billion to ensure the government can provide the project with the necessary financial support to remain on track. Decisions about providing investment and support under the scheme will be made in due course and will be subject to the relevant government approval processes,...
Emma Reynolds: ...AHC. Of these, 1.2 million pensioners were not in receipt of Pension Credit. A household is in relative poverty if its income is less than 60 per cent of the median household income in a given financial year. A household is in absolute poverty if its income is less than 60% of median household income in 2010/11, uprated by inflation. ‘Households Below Average Income’ provides...
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Holland and the Deepings constituency claimed pension credit in the 2023-24 financial year.
Angus MacDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people over the age of 65 receive adequate financial support through the State Pension.
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.
Janet Daby: ...free to implement their own pay arrangements. The department will continue with its plans to invest in FE teachers, as part of approximately £600 million funding across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, including targeted retention incentive payments of up to £6,000 for eligible early career FE teachers. This government will consider the important contribution of non-PRB...
Angus MacDonald: ...loan balances increasing despite repayments being made as a result of high interest charges; and whether her Department is taking steps to review student loan interest rates to ensure excessive financial burdens are not imposed on borrowers.
Baroness Sherlock: ...with an insurer are secure and offer long term protection for member benefits. Insurance companies are regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and their policy holders are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Pension Protection Fund protection is retained until the whole scheme is transferred to an insurer, and both the sponsor and the trustees are...
Baroness Smith of Malvern: ...The department is now developing the Social Partnership to work more closely with the sector unions to ensure they have a stronger voice on policies that affect their work. Alongside teacher pay, financial incentives are one of the most effective ways to increase teacher supply, and we are continuing to support teacher trainees with tax-free bursaries of up to £28,000 and scholarships...
Baroness Smith of Malvern: ...opportunity to prevent escalation. These local authorities are also making greater use of family networks by involving them in decision-making at an earlier stage and providing practical and financial support via family network support packages to help keep children safe at home.
Angus Robertson: As I said, it is a matter of fact that the Scottish Government has increased culture sector funding this financial year by more than £15 million, which is the first step towards achieving the First Minister’s commitment to invest at least £100 million more annually in culture and the arts by 2028-29. The commitment to additional funding comes despite the challenging budget situation, and...
Angus Robertson: ...to local authorities, and they have a statutory duty to ensure that there is adequate provision of library services for residents. However, the Scottish Government recognises the significant financial pressures and community-level impacts that flow from 14 years of Westminster austerity. The Labour Government has confirmed that it is to continue that austerity, with £22 billion-worth of...
Angela Constance: It is important to recognise that the recruitment of police officers is a matter for the chief constable. Nonetheless, despite the deeply challenging financial circumstances, our budget settlement for 2024-25 for Police Scotland includes an additional £75.7 million to protect front-line policing. As the chief constable confirmed to the Criminal Justice Committee, that budget...
Sue Webber: ...in my region have reported being frightened by masked gangs using those vehicles and have detailed significant concerns for their safety, with little action being taken. Other than the financial support that the minister has outlined, what more can the Scottish Government do to protect communities and to punish those who choose to cause trouble with those illegal vehicles?
