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Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 elected councillors representing 60 council wards. Although it is a unitary authority , the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees.
In Northern Ireland the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 [37] govern the system. In the winter of 2011–12, the benefit cost the UK Government £2.1 billion and was paid out to 12.7 million people. [38]
The Direct Payments scheme is a UK Government initiative in the field of Social Services that gives users money directly to pay for their own care, rather than the traditional route of a Local Government Authority providing care for them. The Cabinet Office Strategy Unit calls direct payments "the most successful public policy in the area of ...
The Pay.UK (formerly UK Payments Administration) is a United Kingdom service company that provides people, facilities and expertise to the UK payments industry.. UKPA was created on 6 July 2009, as a successor of the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) to support the systems behind UK payments, such as Bacs, CHAPS and the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company.
The National Payments Plan was an annual document in which the Payments Council set out its strategic vision for the future development of payment services in the UK. The first national payments plan was published in May 2008 and updates were published on an annual basis.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Prior to Brexit, the RPA delivered the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments to farmers and traders in England, paying out over £2 billion in subsidies each year. [ 1 ]
The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 govern the system under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Each time the local temperature is less than 0 °C (32 °F) for seven consecutive days between 1 November and 31 March then a payment of £25 is made. This is in addition to the Winter Fuel Payment. [1]
Other operator smartcards for pay-as-you-go For period passes For pay-as-you-go For purchasing tickets For pay-as-you-go StagecoachSmart card Go-Ahead smartcard First Touch smartcard Arriva Connect smartcard Other operator smartcards England Bedfordshire: Cygnet (Bedford) [1] Arriva [2] Stagecoach [3] Thameslink Yes [4] Thameslink (The Key) Yes [5]