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Possession of articles with a blade or point in schools 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Having in a school an article with a blade or point not used in other criminal activity 91 112 56 98 Having in a school an article with a blade or point used in other criminal activity 34 21 9 37 Source: Police rec...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 December 2022
Scottish Canals also retains the ability to operate commercially when appropriate and work is currently being undertaken by the Organisation to analyse the success of its investment activities in recent years. This analysis will be shared with the Scottish Government in due course alongside recommendations to Ministers on how the Organisation takes forward its investment activities as an NDPB.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2022
No specific SG funding was allocated for this activity therefore, it is not possible to say how much was spent specifically on public transport marketing or advertising relating to social distancing and COVID-19 protection measures.
Due to the small number of unexploded ordnance to be cleared, NatureScot advised that overall impacts from the clearance activity in terms of exposure to noise and behavioural disturbance were lower than predicted and well within the scope of the assessment submitted in support of the licence applications.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 February 2022
The Scottish Government does not assess risk on a sector by sector basis as the risks of a significant number of people gathering together indoors is the same regardless of the activity that brings them together.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2021
As set out in Programme for Government we will double investment in sport and active living to £100 million a year by the end of the Parliament ensuring more people can enjoy active lives as we recover, improving physical, mental and social health.
No one really knows what life will be like, come 4 August, in relation to getting people into school and how we will physically start to get evidence to produce appeals.
We quite often get into models of temporary improvement that seek to offset the potential of a sanction, but we do not get into the territory of sustainability.
The existing decision making by managers of Crown Estate assets sits within the wider context of Government licensing of activities: a fair amount of environmental assessment already takes place before any activity can happen in the sea.