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11 June 2025
S6W-37911
Importantly, the 2025 round of AECS sees the restrictions on hedgerows lifted, allowing businesses to now apply for funding for over 1000m of hedgerows.Through the Agriculture Reform Programme and in collaboration with Scottish Forestry and NatureScot, we are also considering opportunities to improve how we support farmers to integrate trees and hedgerows on their land and engaging with our stakeholders through the Trees on farm subgroup of Scottish Forestry’s Customer Representatives Group. S6W...
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11 June 2025
S6W-37897
This reformed direct support reflects the unique challenges facing our farming and crofting communities and underlines our determination to deliver a sustainable future for rural Scotland. S6W-37897
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10 June 2025
S6W-38075
The Government will continue to use the Forestry Grant Scheme and other levers such as the Woodland Carbon Code to maximise the resources available for woodland creation.Scottish Ministers remain firmly committed to peatland restoration and have pledged £250m to restoring 250,000 hectares of peatland by 2030.Coastal and marine projects that aim to protect and restore important habitats for climate change and biodiversity received support from restoration and enhancement funds, including the Scottish Marine Environment Enhancement Fund (SMEEF). S6W...
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10 June 2025
S6W-37946
Scotland has a lower gender pay gap across full and part-time earners compared to the UK and has been so since 2003.We continue to closely monitor the impacts of our tax policy decisions on taxpayers, businesses, and the economy using a range of evidence such as real time economic data, formal evaluations and engagement with stakeholders, including the business community. S6W-37946
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10 June 2025
S6W-37993
This has resulted in completion of the following five projects:restoration of the Japanese Gardens at Cowden;a digital hub in Cowie, offering training and business development opportunities;Walk, Cycle, Live Stirling active travel project, providing two high quality walking and cycling routes;A Regional Energy Masterplan, supporting a strategic whole systems approach to energy across Stirling and Clackmannanshire; andtransfer of land from the Ministry of Defence to Stirling Council to enable wider regeneration at Forthside.Meanwhile, the following four projects are in delivery:a flexible skills project, providing skills development opportunities to improve the employability of up to 500 individuals;an inclusion workers and investment fund, providing tailored employability support to 245 people from traditionally excluded groups;Scotland’s International Environment Centre (SIEC), offering research and collaboration opportunities to protect and enhance natural resources; andthe National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub (NATIH), a research facility and business development hub for sustainable aquaculture food production that is due to open in November 2025. S6W...
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Date answered:
10 June 2025
S6W-37893
The Framework will enable better alignment of national and local targets and pathways, agree shared approaches to climate action, and jointly address challenges and barriers to delivery.The Climate Delivery Oversight Group (CDOG) is co-chaired by the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy and Cllr MacGregor, and demonstrates the shared commitment to collaborative working. S6W-37893
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Date answered:
10 June 2025
S6W-37878
Alongside this, Scotland’s National Innovation Strategy identifies the sectors that drive economic growth, and the underlying actions required to deliver that growth. S6W-37878
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Date answered:
10 June 2025
S6W-37681
This includes work to develop a funding model, and work to model the additional impact on capacity in maternity services.The group met on the 2 June 2025 and will meet monthly thereafter.The Task and Finish Group will provide updates to and seek any collective agreement through the Board Chief Executives and Planning and Delivery Board reporting to NHS Scotland Executive Group. S6W-37681
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Date answered:
10 June 2025
S6W-37847
We are working with CoSLA, including via the co-chaired Collaborative Response and Assurance Group (CRAG), to collectively agree actions from this event and progress the Coming Home vision.We have also consulted on how the proposed Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill can strengthen our work on the Coming Home programme, in particular the recommendation to establish a National Support Panel and whether there are opportunities to strengthen Dynamic Support Registers in the future. S6W...
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Date answered:
9 June 2025
S6W-38059
This has allowed us to achieve representativeness by age and gender for young people age 11 – 17 years living in Scotland.Data from the Scotland booster sample provides robust and valuable information annually on patterns of use of cigarettes, vapes and novel nicotine products (including nicotine pouches). S6W-38059
