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Three of four quarterly reports have now been published.14UK Government Equalities Office. (2021, May 26). Quarterly report on progress to address COVID-19 health inequalities.
In 2017-2018, farms on average made a loss of £14,600 from agricultural activities, which was offset by an average income from direct payments of £36,600.10Scottish Government. (2019, March 26). Scottish Farm Business Income Estimates 2017-18.
Member for Kingston and Surbiton was right about using an objective test and that test is set out in new subsection (4C). Amendments Nos. 3 and 31 are both worded to apply to flights to United Kingdom airports only but, to avoid legal challenge, the exemption would also have to apply to flights to any part of the European Economic Area, thus meeting the sparsity threshold under new subsection (4C).
Of the farms meeting these criteria, 26 of the 36 farms are common between the two lists, so each list has 10 additional farms which trigger the criteria in only one of the Salmon Scotland and SEPA datasets – the pink and blue sections above.
Further details can be found in a note of the visit to AMIDS and a detailed report of our visit to Lithuania, both of which are available on the Committee’s pre-budget 2026-27 web pages.9Scottish Parliament, Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2025).
For non-care-experienced children and young people in Scotland, the average age for leaving home is around 26 and rising. For care-experienced children and young people, it is nearly 10 years younger—the average age is 15.
The other two thirds come from the Scottish Government. New licence arrangements are coming in, and there will be a new lottery operator from spring 2024.