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Health Boards are autonomous institutions and as such, are responsible for their own recruitment activity taking into account, retention, absence rates and budgets when making decisions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 August 2024
It would be for SEPA or the local authority responsible for issuing the notices to determine whether or not any further action or investigation would be appropriate in relation to any ongoing activity on the land. S6W-28593
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider seeking to amend section 9 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 to require Crown Estate Scotland to take into account social and environmental wellbeing activities outside Scotland for the purposes of meeting the sustainable procurement duty.
We will therefore integrate the next phase of our work on green skills into the Just Transition Plans and other planned activity, rather than through a separate CESAP update.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 December 2023
No marine assets are dedicated to a particular area, instead, tasking is determined using a risk based procedure which, considers intelligence, likelihood, and impact of an activity on the marine environment and fishery resources.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2023
The total capital budget (not spend as that will be available once we complete the planned activities in this financial year) for Peatland Action in current financial year is £23m, so this spend is approximately 0.24% of overall budget.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2023
Collaboration with our Nordic partners on this transition – including in relation to offshore wind, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, port infrastructure and hydrogen – is a key area of activity for the Scottish Government. S6W-22218
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20139 by Jenni Minto on 15 August 2023, whether it will provide an update on the composition and activity of the task group considering indoor air quality, as outlined in the report, Cleaner Air for Scotland 2.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 August 2023
General and technical information on private water supplies is available on the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland’s website at Technical Guidance and Information (dwqr.scot) and on the Scottish Government's website at Private water supplies (mygov.scot) .Further guidance on protecting private water supplies from developments, in particular forest activities, is available at Guidance documents (confor.org.uk) .