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Date answered:
19 December 2025
S6W-42357
They can use a number of approaches including: good behaviour management and behaviour support teams, solution-orientated, nurture and restorative approaches and programmes to help develop social, emotional and behavioural skills.The use and funding of campus-based officers is a matter for the local authority to deci...
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Date answered:
16 December 2025
S6W-42303
For example, our £65 million Nature Restoration Fund has committed over £65 million since 2021 to unlock the full potential that nature restoration projects can bring to communities.In addition, our Biodiversity Delivery Plan sets out over 100 actions that need to be taken to ensure a nature-positive Scotland by 2030.
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6 November 2025
S6W-41580
The Scottish Government is responsible for setting the overall policy direction for neurodevelopmental services, and for working with and providing funding to local authorities and NHS Health Boards to ensure they plan and deliver appropriate local services.
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23 September 2025
S6W-40467
The Scottish Government recognises the vital contribution Seasonal Worker visa holders make to Scotland’s soft fruit and seasonal vegetable sectors and to Scotland’s economy.We are absolutely clear that migration policy should support fair work and is one of our published principles underpinning migration policy.Officials continue to engage regularly with the Home Office and DEFRA, raising concerns with the design of the visa route and exploitation concerns referenced in the MAC review. We fund...
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Date answered:
17 September 2025
S6W-40161
Operational and delivery aspects of the programme, such as vetting of individual applications seeking funding for their projects, are a matter for each respective Peatland ACTION Delivery Partner.This year, NatureScot will be trialling a new approach to support crofting and community demonstration projects.
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28 August 2025
S6W-39862
We are funding the Mhor Collective, who have a long track record of digital inclusion work, to lead this work.Recognising the barriers that exist for certain groups, we are considering the digital inclusion needs of minority ethnic women and girls, women involved in commercial sexual exploitation and women in rural and remote areas.
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26 August 2025
S6W-39858
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made regarding improving access to justice services for women and girls with learning disabilities. The Scottish Government fund the Gender-Based Violence and Learning Disabilities Steering Group facilitated by the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD).The Steering Group’s Action Plan for 2024 – 2027 aims to reduce the risk of Gender-Based Violence against women and girls with learning disabilities and to improve access to support services and justice services for women and girls with learning disabilities who experience Gender-Based Violence.Proposals are also being developed for the Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence (LDAN) Bill, which intend to ensure that the needs of people with learning disabilities are better identified at any point of contact in the justice system.This includes work to ensure justice agency staff are better trained to engage appropriately with people with learning disabilities and what support, such as access to advocacy or an Appropriate Adult, is put in place to ensure meaningful involvement.
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18 June 2025
S6W-38295
While we continue to face significant financial challenges, we are committed to further expanding the service, ensuring access is as equitable as possible.Whilst the Scottish Government cannot currently provide a timeline for expanding the service, Scottish Government officials and NHS planners have been asked to work at pace on developing a plan for the next steps for service expansion.We have provided funding for thrombectomy nurse posts in spoke sites with high rates of ischaemic stroke, including NHS Borders, and this will support maximising access to thrombectomy across Scotland.Procurement of a national artificial intelligence imaging tool is underway and, once implemented, this will help delivery of the service by improving detection of patients with strokes suitable for thrombectomy.
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Date answered:
12 June 2025
S6W-38084
This is reflected in Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society receiving £300,000 from the Scottish Government in 2025-26 to help grow the significant benefits the Fringe delivers for Scotland’s economy, society and culture sector and to help safeguard the future of the Edinburgh Fringe as a world leading cultural asset, built on the principle of free access for all.This funding is being provided to underpin Society’s data and digital infrastructure to make it more accessible for artists, audiences and venues as well as exploring how we can collectively support Scottish artists and the sector capitalise on international opportunities developed at the Fringe.Alongside this we are working with the Fringe and other festivals through a Strategic Partnership focused on driving and delivering progress on the key barriers to, and enablers of, future success to make Scotland’s arts festivals even more sustainable.
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Date answered:
6 May 2025
S6W-36715
We will continue, alongside the Scottish Funding Council, to work closely with the sector on its sustainability into the future.
