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Data gathered continues to cover issues relating to food and nutrition, sleep, relationships, bullying, sexual health, substance use and physical activity, as well as social media use and mental and emotional health and wellbeing. S6W-16186
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2023
In 2023, the Taskforce will launch a new Talent Attraction and Migration Service to support employers and those wishing to move to Scotland, and publish an Addressing Depopulation Action Plan with a focus on: place-based solutions to sustainably address discrete community need; and targeted, community-driven migration solutions to alleviate local labour market and demographic challenges. S6W-16542
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2023
The expenditure incurred in a particular year does not correlate directly to the number of completions within that year as the construction of new affordable housing developments can span a number of years: Financial Year Total Expenditure (£m) 2016-17 550.779 2017-18 592.306 2018-19 745.188 2019-20 839.939 2020-21 754.497 2021-22 671.539 * 2022-23 spend has not yet concluded S6W-16326
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2023
Additionally, the Scottish Government has been working with the Scottish Community Safety Network to better understand how we can prevent antisocial behaviour, and limit its harms. S6W-16708
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2023
A representative from Rape Crisis Scotland sits on Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board (ES JSB) and further detail on this can be found on the Scottish Government’s website: Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) ) S6W-16502
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 April 2023
A representative also sits on the Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning group which seeks to tackle the barriers faced by girls and young women in an education setting. S6W-16498
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 April 2023
The Auditor General has stated at page 12 of the 2021-2022 Audit that: “I have concluded for 2021-22, the Scottish Government’s approach to setting the level of provision against the potential exposure through the guarantee is reasonable”. S6W-16196
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 April 2023
The vast majority of funding through the settlement is provided by means of a block grant which cannot be separated into individual service allocations, including social care. S6W-16324