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Questions and Answers Date answered: 30 August 2023

S6W-20419

Unsuccessful 2015 977 234 100 2016 1,333 193 79 2017 1,022 138 44 2018 923 97 199 2019 724 72 131 2020* N/A N/A NA 2021 780 86 37 2022 1,027 75 202 2023** 643 2 N/A Total 7,429 897 792 *The 2020 AECS Round consisted of a one-year extension of management Options ending in 2020, and therefore no new applications were i...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 15 August 2023

S6W-20135

Although we are no longer progressing with our proposals for Highly Protected Marine Areas, we want to develop a new pathway to enhancing marine protection with all those who will join us round the table.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 8 August 2023

S6W-20093

Its current priorities remain as set out in the letter:Increasing Scottish manufacturing of heat pumps and other low carbon heating;Maximising Scottish manufactured components in new green and blue Hydrogen supply infrastructure and the products and vehicles that will use it; andIncreasing value-added from Scottish timber in (largely offsite) construction. ...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 28 July 2023

S6W-19599

We note that the UK Government has committed to publishing an action plan later this year on accelerating new grid connections, including grid connections that may support shoreside electrical power at ports.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 11 July 2023

S6W-18929

There are remote and rural longitudinal clerkships occurring in NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Highland, NHS Grampian and NHS Lanarkshire, all of which feed into a new piece of Additional Cost of Teaching Pharmacy research in collaboration with both Scottish Schools of Pharmacy.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 29 June 2023

S6W-19168

Scottish Government officials are in regular dialogue with the FCA to ensure Scotland’s unique interests are articulated and advanced, and the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy will meet with Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the FCA, shortly where he will set out the need to ensure that the banking needs of rural areas are fully considered by the FCA’s new regulatory regime. The Scottish Government regularly engages with the banking sector in Scotland through bi-lateral meetings and the Financial Services Growth and Development Board.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 23 June 2023

S6W-19131

Scotland’s green jobs revolution is underway and a recent report from the Universities of Strathclyde and Warwick provided an initial estimate that up to 100,000 roles are ‘new and emerging’ green jobs in Scotland.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 22 June 2023

S6W-18902

The content of the grant offer letters (including the conditions) were agreed with Scottish Government for each round and new conditions added as required. Additionally, a thematic evaluation was funded by the Taskforce through the Corra Foundation.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 15 June 2023

S6W-18591

The Scottish Government indicated in the Equality, Opportunity, Community: New leadership – a Fresh Start publication on 18 April 2023 that Scotland would seek to re-join the Trends in International Mathematics and Science (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) studies.