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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-37089
Investment of over £2 billion in Scotland’s colleges, universities and skills system recognises their contribution to driving economic growth and to help ensure businesses have access to a skilled workforce. S6W-37089
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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-37011
The Scottish Government are progressing a range of actions to support a sustainable reduction in the prison population, including:The passage of the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025, which changes the point of release for most prisoners serving short-term sentences of under four years from following 50% of their sentence, to following 40% of their sentence.Increasing community justice funding by £14m this year to a total of £148m to further strengthen alternatives to custody.Introducing regulations that enable GPS technology to be used to monitor individuals being released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC).SPS continue to optimise the appropriate use of HDC which allows certain prisoners who have met the requirements of a risk assessment to spend up to 180 days in the community.We intend to bring forward secondary legislation to amend the use of HDC with the intention of increasing the period of time individuals can spend on release under licence conditions.We have increased the use of electronically monitored bail which is now available in every local authority and its use is at record levels.The establishment of an independent review of sentencing and penal policy which will focus on reducing reoffending and ensuring custody is used at the right time, for the right individuals.The safety and wellbeing of those who work in prisons and those in their care must also remain at the forefront of our actions to ensure prisons continue to function effectively.We must ensure that we have a prison system that focuses on those who pose the greatest risk to the public and provide a range of support to help reduce reoffending and aid integration back into the community. S6W...
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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-36679
Both of these tables include the latest 10 years of data.The following tables show both the number of crimes and offences recorded and the proportion cleared up under the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021 Data is available from 24 August 2021 (the point from which the Act came into force).Crimes of assault or threaten a retail worker recorded in 2021-22 to 2023-24Crime type2021-222022-232023-24Serious assault of a retail worker81513Common assault of a retail worker78616502555Threaten or abuse retail worker113021062922Percentage of crimes of assault or threaten a retail worker cleared up in 2021-22 to 2023-24Crime type2021-222022-232023-24Serious assault of a retail worker87.586.784.6Common assault of a retail worker58.764.561.5Threaten or abuse retail worker58.461.363.1Source: Police Recorded Crime in Scotland, Accredited Official StatisticsNote: 2021-22 only represents a partial year of data S6W...
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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-36814
Children and young people will learn about the safe and responsible use of different technologies, including the internet and social media, as part of their broad general education under Curriculum for Excellence. S6W-36814
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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-36700
From 7 April 2025 close family members who are involved in deaths in custody FAIs also now have access to non-means-tested legal aid. S6W-36700
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Date answered:
2 May 2025
S6W-36156
Neither do any such announcements have any bearing on future prosecutorial decision making– every case reported to prosecutors is carefully considered in terms of its own facts and circumstances and in line with the Prosecution Code and is made entirely independently of any other person. S6W-36156
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Date answered:
2 May 2025
S6W-36619
Additional capital allocated to the JTF in 2025-26 will enable us to build on what has been delivered to date, continuing our support for workers, businesses and communities. S6W-36619
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Date answered:
2 May 2025
S6W-36601
Annual spend and allocation figures for Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund*reconciliation still ongoing so spend total is subject to change as projects complete S6W-36601
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Date answered:
1 May 2025
S6W-36472
Such powers are essential to manage and smooth the funding volatility and uncertainty which affects our current finance arrangements. S6W-36472
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Date answered:
30 April 2025
S6W-36480
There are also sessions promoted to teachers, advisers and Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Co-ordinators such as ‘Meet the Army’ which often includes military personal speaking about their career journey. S6W-36480
