May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: of a process to align this data with the Scottish Government Shared Measurement Framework and child poverty
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: 30ParentsThe Scottish Government has identified a number of ‘priority family groups’ at risk of child poverty
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment RecordFound: Additional costs associated with disabilities vary in level and nature, affecting drivers of poverty
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Fairer Scotland Duty SummaryFound: that : • 45% of visa holders entering the UK under Ukraine Humanitarian Schemes live with dependent children
Mentions:
1: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) in temporary accommodation.Of course, homelessness is caused by different factors: poverty, trauma, - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It showed that the basic minimum to support children and young people in Northern Ireland is not being - Speech Link
3: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) Shamefully, we now have 145,800 children living in temporary accommodation, and in that regard I pay - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) Parliament’s own research as well as the Fraser of Allander Institute, the Scottish Government’s child poverty - Speech Link
2: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Child poverty is up. Life expectancy is falling. NHS waiting lists are up. Drug deaths are up. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) extremely welcome, but challenges around the recruitment of community paediatricians mean that some children - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I am also proud of our record to bring 200,000 pensioners out of poverty. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Many were forced to leave work if they got married, and many did not get maternity pay if they had children - Speech Link
2: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) Maternity pay and maternity leave were not available to women who had their children in the 1960s and - Speech Link
3: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) One third of WASPI women are in debt, and one in four is living under the poverty line.In Ayrshire, it - Speech Link
4: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) When we were last in Government, we lifted a million pensioners out of poverty and introduced pension - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) This Government’s actions are lifting an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty this year. - Speech Link
2: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) sleepers back on our streets, and there is a record high number of households, particularly those with children - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) I have attended May day events since I was about 15 years old, and I now march with my children to mark - Speech Link
Report May. 01 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: efforts— articulated in the White Paper on International Development (November 2023)—to “end extreme poverty