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In oral evidence Claudia Rowse of SNH confirmed they had not been able to provide an up to date national population figure for red deer or roe deer as they did not believe the available data was robust. She stated that a new national deer density population estimate had been provided as they believe the evidence base for this is robust.
The changes made included:
Highlighting all of the standards and outcomes should be reflected across the whole of a landlord’s activities;
Updating the brief narrative, which describes the scope of the standard or outcome, to reflect recent developments in best practice, including the impact of digital developments on the delivery of housing services;
Adding the new requirement that landlords should meet the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing by December 2020;
Amending the Neighbourhood and Community outcome to recognise more explicitly that meeting this outcome requires landlords to work with other agencies to achieve it;
Strengthening the Gypsies / Travellers outcome by adding that those local councils and registered social landlords with responsibility for managing sites meet the minimum site standards set in guidance on standards that the Scottish Government issued in May 2015.
My concern in relation to the Executive's response is that, as in many debates about many parts of the public service, people tend to talk about the two sides of the coin—staff numbers and demands on staff—without necessarily making the connection between the two.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37308 by Adam Ingram on 5 November 2010, whether the £100,000 funding made available is new funding. No, the £100,000 funding is provided from existing funding streams.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Court of Session Rules Council to promulgate new rules governing the award of protective cost orders in environmental cases.
To ask the Scottish Executive what areas in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency it considers unsuitable for (a) new and (b) additional wind farm developments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a geographical analysis of the new email addresses received during Homecoming Scotland 2009 as a result of online marketing.