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Social Security Scotland's budget breakdown by channel is still to be confirmed and will be based on insight, taking advice from their media buying agency. S6W-13374
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 January 2022
Following a search of the information held on the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) portal, there have been no contracts awarded to Amazon during financial year 2020-21 by any Scottish Public buying organisation. This information is already in the public domain and available on the internet by searching www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk .
Coming to your question, what we see that might be more innovative is new players are coming into the market, new energies that have different business models, different ways of working and different experiences from other countries.
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Date answered:
7 February 2022
In the event of an active outbreak management scenario, Boards may restrict visiting to essential visits only, which would allowone supportive person to accompany a pregnant mother to the booking scan, 20 week scan and any emergency appointments.
The challenge is with running additional programmes; the news is a good example. People will say, “I like the idea of a 7 o’clock news for ‘STV News Tonight’, which has Scottish, UK and international dimensions, but I’m already watching the news at 6 o’clock and can watch the news at 10 o’clock.
We are also progressing the programme for government commitment “to develop a model for Scotland which effectively tackles and challenges men’s demand for prostitution.” It is still permissible to buy sex in Scotland, even though we recognise that it is gendered violence, and that is feeding demand for trafficking.
Even before the recent crisis struck, many in the Highlands and Islands could not afford to heat their home or buy enough healthy food. What can the Scottish Government do to put the wellbeing of people and planet above growth for growth’s sake?
r=12980&mode=pdf</a> In terms of public engagement with the register, the Lobbying Register team indicated that, while it was possible to obtain high-level figures for the number of hits the webpage receives such figures would need to be treated with caution given that staff in the Lobbying Team would account for a proportion of the hits as they visit the Register “day in, day out”.20Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee, Oral evidence. (2020, November 26).
The update also provided further detail on the Institute of Health Visiting’s Multi-Agency Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Champions training programme which is targeted specifically towards Health Visitors and Midwives.