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Date answered:
21 August 2025
S6W-39543
Further impact assessments will be undertaken by the Scottish Government before making any Regulations under powers in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that rest with the Scottish Ministers.Retail workers (as well as all other workers) are protected by a wide range of criminal laws (i.e. the statutory offence of threatening or abusive behaviour; the common law offence of assault; and the common law offence of breach of the peace).In addition, the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-Restricted Products) (Scotland) Act 2021(“the 2021 Act”) came into force in August 2021 and created a statutory offence of threatening, abusing, or assaulting a retail worker, adding to the offences that can already be used to prosecute those who abuse retail workers.Scottish Government partners, like the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF), share best...
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Date answered:
6 August 2025
S6W-39400
To help achieve this, Scottish Government is progressing a range of work to support the health and wellbeing of people across Scotland – both in local communities and online - with a focus on supporting groups most at risk of poorer health, including women and those facing socio-economic disadvantage.The Scottish Government’s Population Health Framework, published in June, sets out a refreshed, cross-government and cross-sector approach to improving population health and tackling health inequalities, with a strong emphasis on prevention.The Framework outlines actions across the whole system to ensure equitable access to health and care, create environments that support healthier lives, and make best...
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Date answered:
5 August 2025
S6W-39320
This review will explore in partnership with young disabled people, parents and carers and other relevant stakeholders what national information would be helpful in respect of transitions, and to explore how best any information should be made available to ensure that it is accessible to all.The Scottish Government are also continuing to provide funding in ...
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Date answered:
5 August 2025
S6W-39326
This will include a joint workshop with Children’s Service Planning Partnership Strategic Leads and the Integration Joint Board Strategic Planning and Performance Officers Group focused on best practice for transitions between children’s and adult services as well as the role of planning and commissioning in transitions.A provision in The Childr...
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Date answered:
24 June 2025
S6W-38707
Over £8.8 million has been allocated to rural communities across all local authorities, including funding for civic amenity sites.As part of our wider national strategy to tackle flytipping, we are also exploring ways to improve access to legitimate disposal routes and considering how best to support consistency and share good practice.As set out in t...
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Date answered:
17 June 2025
S6W-38164
In parallel, our Scottish Patient Safety Perinatal Improvement Programme continues to work with maternity services across Scotland to drive improvements in care for mothers and babies.As part of our’ Best Start’ Programme we published the new Pathway of Maternity Care in February 2025.
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Date answered:
13 June 2025
S6W-38037
The network allows Local Authorities to provide updates on how funding is being used and to share best practice and common issues.Figures for 2024-25 are still being finalised, but reports so far show the following number of renewals per year since funding began:Local AuthorityPlay parks renewed in 2021-22Play parks renewed in 2022-23Play parks renewed in 2...
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Date answered:
9 June 2025
S6W-38026
The Scottish Government acknowledges that the increase in children, young people and adults seeking neurodevelopmental support and assessment across Scotland is creating challenges for services.Scottish Government officials are engaging with Health Boards across Scotland to understand the challenges that they are facing in providing assessment and support services for neurodivergent adults, and to discuss potential solutions.We fund the National Autism Implementation Team to support NHS Boards to develop, enhance and redesign local neurodevelopmental services for adults.While the Scottish Government has overall policy responsibility for health and social care policy in Scotland, decisions on how to deliver services to best...
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Date answered:
16 May 2025
S6W-37394
The head of each centre retains discretion over whether or not to accept any individual child’s placement.If a placement is required, and secure accommodation capacity is reached, then all appropriate and safe alternatives will be considered by the relevant decision makers. They will ensure that the bests interests of each child are prioritised and th...
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Date answered:
7 May 2025
S6W-36738
These procedures ensure the delivery of grant outcomes, continuous improvement, and best value for money. Regular monitoring takes place throughout the lifecycle of the grant.The Children’s Parliament’s core funding from the Scottish Government via the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning and Empowering Commu...
