Question reference: S6W-24018
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many civil servants have worked on implementing the provisions in the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, broken down by pay band, and (b) what the total cost of civil service resources on implementing the Act has been, in each month since it came into force.
Answer
It is not possible to provide information on staffing costs for this work because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded as there is no business need to do that.