Chamber and committees

A breakdown of the Scottish Government marketing spend between 2015-16 and 2018-19 is available on the Scottish Government website:

• 2018-19: https://www.gov.scot/publications/marketing-spend-2018-2019/
• 2017-18: https://www.gov.scot/publications/marketing-spend-2017-2018/
• 2016-17: https://www.gov.scot/publications/marketing-spend-2016-2017/
• 2015-16: https://www.gov.scot/publications/advertising-spend-2015-2016/

The majority of funding for recycling and reuse communication initiatives is provided by Zero Waste Scotland. Table 1 contains the funding provided for national level initiatives funded through Zero Waste Scotland or Scottish Government containing communications to promote increased levels of recycling and reuse in each of the last five years.

Table 2 contains a breakdown of the capital grants allocated by Zero Waste Scotland to Local Authorities to promote increased levels of recycling and reuse between 2015-16 and 2019-20. These costs represent the combined costs of technical and communications support. Separate costs for communication initiatives are not available.

Table 1. National level campaigns to promote increased levels of recycling and reuse in each of the last five years

The Scottish Government regularly meets with representatives of the aviation industry including representatives from airports, airlines, Unions and other aviation stakeholders.

The Scottish Government has not instructed its framework suppliers of IT equipment not to deliver equipment and supplies to people working from home.

Scottish public sector organisations using these frameworks can directly engage with suppliers to discuss their specific order, build and delivery requirements. The procurement frameworks have the flexibility to accommodate requests for bespoke delivery, including home delivery.

The Scottish Government has no plans to fund research into the animal welfare impacts of electronic training aids at this time.

The review of the effectiveness of the Scottish Government Guidance on Dog Training Aids will consider all relevant information supplied by stakeholders, including the latest publication from the University of Lincoln researchers.

The Scottish Government expects to publish its review of the effectiveness of the Guidance on Dog Training Aids, including an analysis of responses to its stakeholder survey, before the end of this year.

Scottish Government officials have discussed the position regarding dog training aids with the Kennel Club through e-mail exchanges in September and October this year.

During the ongoing Covid pandemic, from March 2020 to 30 September 2020, the Scottish Government has contributed £6.5m to the demand-led Scottish Growth Scheme and this has unlocked additional public, private sector and European investment of £56.7m (£63.2m in total) in the form of debt and equity for 136 businesses. The Scottish Growth Scheme is a private sector match funding initiative which responds to private sector demand led requests for support, and is not Public Funding waiting to be allocated.

There are currently 37 members of staff in the team leading on establishment of the Scottish National Investment Bank. Recruitment for the Bank is ongoing. It is anticipated that there will be approximately 60 members of staff in the Scottish National Investment Bank by the end of its first year of operation. The Bank will assess its future recruitment needs on an ongoing basis.

The Scottish National Investment Bank will be formally established this year, at which point it will be able to make investments. The Bank will be operationally independent and will determine its own investments. The team establishing the Scottish National Investment Bank have made good progress developing a pipeline of potential investment opportunities for the Bank.