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Date answered:
18 November 2025
S6W-41761
Protecting human rights is of the utmost importance.This year, the Scottish Government provided NHS Education for Scotland (NES) with around £31.67 million to continue multidisciplinary education, training and workforce expansion for staff.NES are committed to supporting the reduction of restraint and seclusion in services by building workforce capability in trauma-informed practice, embedding human-rights-based practice, and promoting evidence informed alternatives. S6W...
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Date answered:
18 November 2025
S6W-41729
This situation typically arises due to an administrative or procedural mistake, such as incorrect interpretation of documentation, miscalculation of sentence dates or incorrect data sharing from other partners.The following table provides the numbers of total liberations and the liberations in error since 2021-2022, up to and including 13 November 2025:YearTotal Annual LiberationsRecorded Liberations in ErrorLiberations in Error as a percentage2021-221393450.04%2022-231476980.06%2023-241573270.05%2024-251638790.06%2025-26*990130.02%TOTAL70723320.04%*up to 13 November 2025 S6W...
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Date answered:
18 November 2025
S6W-41658
Over 2,500 heat pumps were funded by the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme in 2024.Numerous factors will affect heat pump installation rates, including consumer demand, installer availability, and electricity load upgrades by district network operators.We have allocated £1.67bn of funding through our Heat in Buildings schemes this Parliamentary Session, including committed spend of over £840m for energy efficiency and clean heat projects.The latest delay to UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan means that we lack essential information on its plans to use its reserved powers to make clean heat systems more affordable– we continue to urge the UK Government to provide this clarity as soon as possible. S6W...
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Date answered:
17 November 2025
S6W-41637
The Scottish Government recognises the critical importance of providing the current and future workforce with high-quality lifelong skills, either acquired through new learning or upskilling and reskilling – and the pivotal role this plays in our plans to unlock Scotland’s green economic potential.In the 2025-26 Programme for Government the First Minister confirmed his commitment to introducing a new Scottish Government-led approach to national skills planning, and strengthening regional skills planning, to ensure that post school provision becomes more responsive to Scotland’s strategic skills needs and priorities.The new skills planning approach will develop a better understanding of skills needs at national and regional levels, and how we can address them, particularly where solutions lie within the education and skills system. S6W...
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Date answered:
13 November 2025
S6W-41392
We are using the outputs of these exercises to seek assurance from building owners that appropriate action is being taken, including through the Scottish Government’s Single Open Call scheme which offers financial support for assessment and any mitigation and remediation work found to be necessary. S6W-41392
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Date answered:
12 November 2025
S6W-41624
Additionally we have increased funds to Financially Included to establish an economic abuse helpline.This year we have allocated £2.2 million to roll out a national Council Tax Debt project, delivered by Citizens Advice Scotland to increase the support available to those that need advice and support on any aspect of Council Tax including arrears. S6W-...
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Date answered:
12 November 2025
S6W-41352
This follows on from other UK Government decisions, such as austerity and Brexit, which have contributed to Scottish households now being over £10,000 worse off than other European countries.Scottish Government continues to raise the impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions with the UK Government, and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government met with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury this month to set out our priorities for the UK Budget. S6W...
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Date answered:
11 November 2025
S6W-41309
I chaired a roundtable meeting with these accountable individuals on 6 November to review progress. S6W-41309
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Date answered:
11 November 2025
S6W-41413
Comparison with ONS’s published international data suggests that Scotland’s economic inactivity rate in Q2 2025 was lower than the estimated OECD average rate (25.9%). S6W-41413
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Date answered:
11 November 2025
S6W-41614
In many cases, such as the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry and the Emma Caldwell Inquiry, they are set up with the support of, or in response to calls from, the Scottish Parliament. S6W-41614
