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Last updated: 30 October 2025

Visitor Levy request for new flexibilities

See  www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG      www.gov.scot There is now less than 6 months of parliamentary time left until Session 6 comes to an end and still a significant volume of business to get through before the end of March, including legislation and other elements of key parliamentary business.

Last updated: 16 April 2024

SPICe Briefing for PE2084 amended

This is a devolved social security benefit which enables people on low incomes to get help with funeral costs. The accompanying letter from the Cabinet Secretary on the draft regulations notes they contain, “an element of future proofing.”

Last updated: 20 April 2022

202204011 PAC to CTopley

During the evidence session, the Chair of the Board stated that ‘getting in place the right skills took too long and we ended up with a technical financial issue.”

Official Report Meeting date: 22 February 2017

Education and Skills Committee 22 February 2017

Those are all issues of the day on which they are not getting advice anywhere else, and they want to get it in the PSE class.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 March 2021

S5W-36075

Establishment Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20 Oct 20 Nov 20 Dec 20 Jan 21 Barlinnie 10 8 9 10 10 11 10 10 9 10 10 Castle Huntly 17 16 15 17 16 16 24 27 23 21 19 Cornton Vale 17 11 11 12 13 14 26 26 25 24 22 Dumfries 12 7 7 9 10 10 11 11 8 9 6 Edinburgh 10 6 5 6 7 5 11 10 11 11 10 Glenochil 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 12 12 9 Grampian 20 18 18 18 18 16 21 23 24 22 19 Greenock 20 15 15 18 17 18 21 21 21 21 17 Inverness 17 17 24 29 28 27 26 29 27 25 22 Low Moss 19 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 15 Perth 11 7 8 6 5 4 7 9 12 12 14 Polmont 14 3 5 15 18 20 21 16 17 16 13 Shotts 18 9 5 10 6 6 7 9 12 15 10 HMP Addiewell and Kilmarnock are privately operated prisons and are not required to provide PA hours on a monthly basis.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 February 2017

S5W-07155

Therefore, the current draft statutory guidance on sections 23, 26 and 27 is not applicable for the time being until it is revised following amendment of the provisions.

Last updated: 20 December 2023

Long COVID call for views summary of responses

Ruth Finegold said— “The government policy now is to get covid. It feels as though they are willingly forgetting about long covid, and perfectly happy for people to get it.

Official Report Meeting date: 19 March 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 19 March 2025

During my visits to all our establishments, I have seen at first hand the strong and committed recovery agenda in our prisons.

Last updated: 14 March 2025

Salmon farming 13 March 2025

We welcome the Scottish Government’s appointment of a new Chief Scientific Advisor, Marine and his work on marine science.