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There is no provision for exemption or compensation for key workers travelling into a Low Emission Zone (LEZ). However, Transport Scotland provides grant funding to support lower income households and smaller businesses to adapt to Low Emission Zones via the LEZ Support Fund. In return for scrapping non-LEZ standard cars, a cash grant of £2000 is received, and a further allowance of up to £1000 per household or business towards sustainable travel costs.

No scrappage scheme for key workers has been considered appropriate, however Transport Scotland provides grant funding to support lower income households and smaller businesses to adapt to Low Emission Zones (LEZs) via the LEZ Support Fund.

In return for scrapping non-LEZ standard cars, a cash grant of £2000 is received, and a further allowance of up to £1000 per household or business towards sustainable travel costs.

This funding does not extend to motorcycles as these are not currently subject to LEZ restrictions.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-19389 on 4 July 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answer.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-19389 on 4 July 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

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Local Authorities and Integration Authorities are responsible for adult carer support plans and young carer statements in line with the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 and the associated statutory guidance.

The Care Inspectorate looked at practice and outcomes from adult carer support plans as part of its Inquiry into adult carers’ experiences of social work and social care services, published in December 2022. The annual Carers Census also collects information on support planning. The Scottish Government is using the results of both exercises, together with informal feedback from stakeholders to focus our actions to promote improvement and sharing of good practice, including those commitments set out in the National Carers Strategy.

Key activities include:

• networks for local statutory carer leads and managers of local carer centres and young carer services;
• training resources for front line staff;
•  improvement work with local organisations led by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

We remain committed to bringing forward housing legislation to deliver the new deal for tenants and homelessness prevention duties. However, the exact timing is subject to ongoing discussion as part of wider legislative planning.

The Government's legislative programme for the coming parliamentary year will be announced in the autumn Programme for Government in the normal way.

The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults is distributed to local community initiatives in all 32 regions of Scotland by Third Sector Interface (TSI) organisations, working in collaboration with other local partners including Health and Social Care Partnerships, local authorities and those with lived experience.

In total, TSIs received 2585 applications to the Fund in 2022-23 and, by March 2023, had awarded funding to 1461 of these projects.

This data is based on returns received from TSIs by 3 July 2023. Final figures will be published on the Scottish Government website over the summer in a Year 2 Monitoring and Reporting Summary Report.

Attacks or assaults on anybody, regardless of whether they are employed at an airport or not, are an offence and should be reported to the Police. There have been no recent discussions. The Scottish Government does not hold information on how many attacks on publicly and privately employed airport staff in the last 10 years have been classified as having taken place in a public place.

The Scottish Parliament is responsible for the salaries and support for MSPs, including training. On appointment, the Scottish Government provide Ministers with information on matters such as the Scottish Ministerial Code and security .