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Date answered:
27 July 2022
S6W-09504
Councils have the responsibility for providing a complement of teachers and all other education staff which best meets the needs of their schools and pupils within the resources available.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 February 2022
S6W-05969
Scottish Government is in discussion with the Scottish Funding Council to explore the resource needs it requires to fulfil its mission now and into the future. This includes how we can best support SFC in 2022-23 financial year.
Last updated:
20 February 2025
SPBill59DPMS062025accessible
The initial setting of targets will be based on the best available scientific information.
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19 February 2025
SPBill59DPMS062025
The initial setting of targets will be based on the best available scientific information.
Last updated:
6 December 2024
PB_2024_Paper180
S6M-14008: David Torrance: Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club Awarded £90,000 of Funding— That the Parliament congratulates Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club on securing £90,000 of funding from Foundation Scotland’s Tackling Inequalities Fund; understands that the Fife-based motorbike charity will use the money over a three-year period to go towards supporting local young people and harnessing their energy through the adrenaline-inducing sport; acknowledges the club’s aim to make safe, off-road motorcycling more accessible for people of all ages in a bid to reduce the antisocial and illegal use of off-road motorcycles; understands that the club works in partnership with Police Scotland and other organisations and has sustained an 80% reduction in antisocial behaviour over the last couple of years; commends the club on the opportunities that it provides for people, as well as the reported social impact that it has had in the Fife area, and wishes the club the very best...
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10 June 2024
SPBill31AS052019
P ART 1 G UIDING PRINCIPLES FOR STAFFING 5 1 Guiding principles for health and care staffing (1) The guiding principles for health and care staffing are— (a) that the main purposes of staffing for health care and care services are— (i) to provide safe and high-quality services and to ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of service users, and 10 (ii) to ensure the best health care outcomes for service users, (b) that, in so far as consistent with the main purpose, staffing for health care and care services is to be arranged while— (zi) ensuring the health, wellbeing and safety of service users, (zii) improving standards and outcomes for service users, 15 (i) taking account of the particular needs, abilities, characteristics and circumstances of different service users, (ii) respecting the dignity and rights of service users, (iii) taking account of the views of staff and service users, (iv) ensuring the wellbeing of staff, 20 (v) being open with staff and service users about decisions on staffing, (vi) allocating staff efficiently and effectively, and (vii) promoting multi-disciplinary services as appropriate. (2) In this Part— “care service” means a service mentioned in section 47(1) of the Public Services 25 Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, SP Bill 31A Session 5 (2019) 2 Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Guiding principles for staffing “health care” means a service for or in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, “multi-disciplinary services” means health care or care services delivered together by individuals from such a range of professional disciplines as necessary in order 5 to meet the needs of, and improve standards and outcomes for, service users, “service users” means individuals to whom or in relation to whom health care or a care service is provided, “standards and outcomes for service users” means— (a) in relation to health care, the standards and outcomes published by the 10 Scottish Ministers under section 10H of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and (b) in relation to care services, the standards and outcomes published by the Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. 15 2 Guiding principles in health care staffing and planning (1) In carrying out the duty relating to staffing imposed by section 12IA of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, every Health Board and the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service must have regard to the guiding principles for health and care staffing. 20 (2) In planning or securing the provision of health care from another person under a contract, agreement or arrangements made under or by virtue of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, every Health Board and the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service must have regard to— (a) the guiding principles for health and care staffing, and 25 (b) the need for the person from whom the provision of health care is to be secured to have appropriate staffing arrangements in place. (3) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year, every Health Board and the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service must provide information to the Scottish Ministers as on the steps they have taken to comply with 30 subsections (1) and (2). (4) Information provided under subsection (3) must set out how the steps taken by the Health Board or (as the case may be) Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service to comply with subsections (1) and (2) have improved outcomes for service users. 35 (5) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year, the Scottish Ministers must collate information received under subsection (3) into a combined report to be laid before the Scottish Parliament. (6) A report laid under subsection (5) must set out— (a) the steps taken by Health Boards and (as the case may be) the Common Services 40 Agency for the Scottish Health Service to comply with subsections (1) and (2), and (b) the steps that the Scottish Ministers will take in relation to the staffing of the health service in response to the report’s conclusions and recommendations.
Last updated:
14 May 2024
SPBill48PMS062024accessible
Section 3(2) sets out that treatment may not be refused to a patient on any matter other than an assessment by a health professional of the best interests of the patient and then, nevertheless, sets out a list of reasons that may not be used to refuse treatment.
Last updated:
10 April 2024
PB_2024_010
S6M-11204: David Torrance: Aldi Set to Close Stores on Boxing Day - That the Parliament congratulates Aldi on the supermarket chain's announcement that it will close all of its stores on Boxing Day 2023, in line with previous years, in order to recognise and thank its employees for all of their hard work; understands that the retailer has made the decision to shut its doors on Boxing Day as a thank you to all members of staff since the first UK Aldi supermarket opened more than 30 years ago; further understands that Aldi is recruiting for 3,000 store roles to bolster its team ahead of the festive period, to ease the burdens of current staff, as well as providing much-needed employment opportunities across the country, including in the Kirkcaldy constituency; commends the chain for recognising that Christmas is an important time for many of its staff, and that keeping its stores closed on Boxing Day will allow them to spend more time with family, and wishes Aldi and its staff all the very best...
Last updated:
2 April 2024
PB_2022_097
S6M-03797: Katy Clark: Low Frequency Noise - That the Parliament notes the concerns raised by the local community over low frequency noise (LFN) produced by generators on two drill ships, which, it understands, were berthed at Hunterston Jetty, near Fairlie, for approximately a year; further notes reports of concerns raised by the local community at Cromarty over persistent noise pollution from nearby offshore oil rigs; understands that responsibility for dealing with the majority of complaints about nuisance, such as noise, rests with local authorities and that they have a duty to investigate such complaints under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA); further understands that frequency weighting is added to decibel measurements by Environmental Health Officers but that no recent general guidance for local authorities on LFN has been produced by either the Scottish or UK governments; notes the findings of the report, Proposed criteria for the assessment of low frequency noise disturbance, published by the University of Salford for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in 2011, which recommended “a method of assessment is needed both from the sufferer’s point of view, because there is currently not much to protect them against LFN, and from the Environmental Health Officer's point of view, where guidance is needed in determining whether a nuisance exists”; further notes with concern the report's findings that surveyed complainants attributed sleep disturbance, stress, headaches, migraines and severe mental health issues to LFN; notes the calls for the Scottish Government to commission some up- to-date research into the subject to ensure best...
Last updated:
2 April 2024
PB_2022_089
S6M-03797: Katy Clark: Low Frequency Noise - That the Parliament notes the concerns raised by the local community over low frequency noise (LFN) produced by generators on two drill ships, which, it understands, were berthed at Hunterston Jetty, near Fairlie, for approximately a year; further notes reports of concerns raised by the local community at Cromarty over persistent noise pollution from nearby offshore oil rigs; understands that responsibility for dealing with the majority of complaints about nuisance, such as noise, rests with local authorities and that they have a duty to investigate such complaints under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA); further understands that frequency weighting is added to decibel measurements by Environmental Health Officers but that no recent general guidance for local authorities on LFN has been produced by either the Scottish or UK governments; notes the findings of the report, Proposed criteria for the assessment of low frequency noise disturbance, published by the University of Salford for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in 2011, which recommended “a method of assessment is needed both from the sufferer’s point of view, because there is currently not much to protect them against LFN, and from the Environmental Health Officer's point of view, where guidance is needed in determining whether a nuisance exists”; further notes with concern the report's findings that surveyed complainants attributed sleep disturbance, stress, headaches, migraines and severe mental health issues to LFN; notes the calls for the Scottish Government to commission some up- to-date research into the subject to ensure best...
