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The latest report was published in September 2024 and the next release will be in Autumn 2025.The HIV Transmission Elimination Delivery Plan was launched in March 2024.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2024
Information on the level of spend by the Cladding Remediation Programme is proactively published and broken down by local authority.Latest published data shows the aggregated spend by local authorities on single building assessments, fire risk measures and remediation is just over £9m to the end of quarter one 2024-25; spend is updated quarterly, the next update will be proactively published in quarter three 2024-25.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion, expressed as a percentage, of the area of the inshore out to the six nautical mile limit is covered by a year-round prohibition on the use of mobile or active gear to (a) dredge for scallops and (b) trawl for nephrops norvegicus under any legal instrument as of April 2024. The proportion, expressed as a percentage, of the area of the inshore out to the six nautical mile limit is covered by a year-round prohibition on the use of mobile or active gear to (a) dredge for scallops and (b) trawl for nephrops norvegicus under any legal instrument as of April 2024 is estimated to be 7.68%.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21203 by Tom Arthur on 19 September 2023, whether it will provide details of which local authorities it anticipates will use or are considering using their powers under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26. I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-30449 on 22 October 2024.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2024
The Scottish Government is currently reviewing its policy position on Ramsar sites and a revised policy statement will be published before the end of 2024. We will be conducting a targeted consultation on the proposed new policy position in early October to inform decisions about how to proceed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 August 2024
We are continuing to work at pace on the Contract to ensure alignment with the Housing (Cladding Remediation) Scotland Act 2024 and the Single Building Assessment (SBA) specification, which was published in June 2024.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 August 2024
Financial Year Total 2019-2020 £100,000 2020-2021 £225,574 2021-2022 £64,172.83 2022-2023 £127,191.57 2023-2024 £162,688 During the financial year 2024-25, the Scottish Government has paid £30,990 to date.
A pay deal between the college employers and support staff trade unions was agreed on 31 May 2024. Negotiations between the employers and EIS-FELA in regards to a pay deal for lecturers remains ongoing.