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Since implementation, more than 56,900 virtual visits have taken place in the SPS. The SPS has put in place precautionary measures, informed by public health guidance, to make in-person visits as safe as possible.
Some 43,000 objections have been lodged to the latest application. The Woodland Trust and Ramblers Scotland have joined us in opposing it once again, and the National Trust for Scotland has now also come out against the plans.
In September, we carried out a fact-finding visit to Oban, where we held a community engagement event, visited a marine research facility and went to see a local fish farm.
For every £60,000 that is spent by visitors, a new job is created in Scotland. In 2019, in Forth valley alone, there were 683,000 overnight visits, 8.1 million day visits and a spend of £328 million.
From November it will operate nationally, and on Monday we completed the latest phase of the roll-out, opening the payment to new applications in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
Early Learning and Childcare To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress regarding free early learning and childcare provision for all one and two-year-olds. (S6O-00751) The latest census statistics show that 13 per cent of two-year-olds are registered for the current funded ELC offer, which is an increase from 9 per cent i...