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The Scottish Government does not hold information to enable it to estimate the annual monetary value of the drugs trade in Glasgow.The Scottish Government welcomes the significant seizure of illicit drugs and the continuing activity by Police Scotland and other partners on the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce to remove illicit drugs from our communities an...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the regulation of dog walking services, following its public consultation on the licensing of activities involving animals. While there was support among respondents to our consultation last year, concerns were also expressed about the proportionality and cost of such a scheme and about the ...
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Date answered:
19 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has identified any companies that have a relationship with Scottish public bodies that are on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights database of companies involved in certain activities relating to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and, if so, which companies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2024
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.
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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.