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Professor Andrew Coyle will be carrying out an independent review of the Scottish Government’s proposals, as announced to stakeholders in August, to replace the Prison Visiting Committees with a new monitoring service.
I call on the cabinet secretary to meet me and the local residents who will be affected, so that she can hear about the problem at first hand. I note that she visited the hospital to launch the new ACAD unit, which I welcome.
NHS Boards will have to achieve recurring annual savings equivalent to 3% of their baseline revenue resource limit. The latest Audit Scotland report, covering the 2024-25 financial year, shows that boards achieved recurring savings of 2.2%, so meeting this target will require an improvement.
Trends indicate a continued deterioration in the UK’s marine environment, with legal commitments to achieve ‘Good Environmental Status’ having been met for only two out of 15 indicators in the latest 2025 assessment. Scotland’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) network comprises 247 sites covering around 37% of the seas around Scotland.
The following factors will be relevant to a finding that a request (which may be the latest in a series of requests or other related correspondence) is vexatious if:
(i) it would impose a significant burden on the public authority.
Scottish Ministers also have to publish reports within six months of the reporting period.
The latest report from Scottish Ministers, the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 Annual Report on Local Authorities’ Functions: 2022-2023, provides information on progress of the 2009 Act2Scottish Government. (2023, September 29).