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The Health and Social Care Standards were updated on 31 March 2022, following a public consultation, to include two new standards on visiting rights for care homes for adults.
I am thinking about the ability to extend or reduce a zone or to add a new site. I used the example of a new hospital—a replacement service in another area.
This is a significant step forward that provides clarity on the number of people with learning disabilities and complex care needs who are in hospital and in out-of-area placements. The latest Public Health Scotland publication reports on the census point of 28 September 2023.
We have committed £7 million to date to the Biodiversity Challenge Fund, and our latest budget included a further £10 million for a new Nature Restoration Fund in 2021-22.
The DUP have made greater claims than the UK Government regarding the deal, but both have asserted that it makes significant adjustments to the Windsor Framework in addressing unionist concerns. In so doing, they have stressed new protections for the Act of Union, new guarantees for the UK internal market, and new measures to boost intra-UK trade and cooperation.
That chaos and uncertainty have manifested in the latest business confidence figures, which were published by the FSB and which the minister referred to.
Building on that commitment, we have agreed with the Energy Skills Partnership a new grant to deliver a college-led offshore wind skills programme, backed by up to £3 million in 2025-26.