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Sometimes the European Commission will give an update to the Parliament on the state of play in terms of negotiations with the UK. However, the EU’s top priority is the renegotiation of the TCA – though this remains in the discussion phase.
A critical aspect of this is for SPS, Local Authority Social Work Services and other partners to work together effectively managing prisoners through the progression system to National Top End and open conditions where they can gain gradual access to communities to evidence risk reduction and ensure that individuals can be both supervised and supported in t...
Often, an appropriate mitigation to avoid bird strike are fence markers in the top section of the fence. Generally, Scottish Forestry requires such marking within 2km of known black grouse leks.
The introduction of a ‘Support and Improvement Framework’ for social work and social care now appears to be the core of the NCS project. Top-down scrutiny and quantitative performance management are not an effective way of improving local services.
HMP Kilmarnock makes extensive use of kiosk technology where those living within the prison have the autonomy to order meals, canteen goods, book visits and top up phone allowances. SPS has continued these services post transfer, and this allows us to learn more about the differing digital capabilities and the potential benefits this can bring more widely a...
Our cities are full of cars with one person travelling a short distance Some other statistics which are helpful when thinking about cargo bikes as an alternative to vans for parcel deliveries: ● Cargo bikes, compared to vans, were found to involve: ○ 60% reduction in time spent parking and walking to destination ○ 51% reduction in total delivery time ○ 30% shorter routes ○ 96-98% lower carbon emissions over life span ○ Significantly cheaper cost per parcel when considering all capital and revenue costs (€0.10/parcel versus €1.10/parcel) ● Other sources cited note that: ○ Global package deliveries are expected to increase from 90 billion (2018) to 200 billion (2025) ○ Urban logistics expected to increase by 30% by 2030 in worlds top...
Scottish Forestry guidance (Guidance for Forest Owners and Managers: Managing invasive and non-native forestry species 2015) advises that the top priority should be prevention, then rapid response, and then control and containment.
The skills such as deptek are the skills we need and they don’t always get to the top of the table. We have to prioritise how do we get more people or increase skills of the current people we have.
Observations on the approach to air quality in Scotland We believe the approach to low emissions zones is very top down and technocratic, which focuses on vehicles and engines and less on people and sustainable travel choices.