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Date answered:
20 November 2024
S6W-31084
To this end, Scottish Government officials continue to engage with DEFRA on the possibility of legislation in the UK parliament to raise the minimum legal age of dogs travelling non-commercially into the UK, along with other animal welfare measures relating to the transport of pets. S6W-31084
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Date answered:
19 November 2024
S6W-31164
This activity is being taken forward by the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, Medics Against Violence, YouthLink Scotland, Education Scotland and Police Scotland Youth Volunteers.A progress update outlining some of the activity carried out over the first year of the Framework was published on 11 September 2024. S6W-31164
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Date answered:
18 November 2024
S6W-31121
We are also committed to the development of Scotland’s CCUS and Hydrogen sectors, which will protect jobs and utilise existing skills within the workforce as well as developing new opportunities.Funding from the Just Transition Fund has already been allocated to support industry-led development of an Offshore Energy Skills Passport; to create an advanced manufacturing skills hub in Aberdeen and a pilot scheme with the National Energy Skills Accelerator to determine the skills required for an energy transition.In addition, the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council is currently taking forward crucial work to map the future skills need for offshore wind development, which will help both industry and the public sector to identify and address future skills and workforce gaps. S6W...
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Date answered:
15 November 2024
S6W-31017
National Mission activity undertaken to date has been based on the evidence available and informed by people with lived and living experience, as well as the National Mission’s Clinical Advisory Group and National Mission Oversight Group.For example, our approach to setting up the UK’s first Safer Drug Consumption Facility has been based on evidence from 300 existing safer drug consumption facilities already in operation around the world.To ensure that our future strategic plans are evidence-based, they will be informed by the National Mission evaluation due to be published in 2026.We will ensure that any new approaches to reducing deaths and harms is accompanied with evaluation as a matter of course, such as the Safer Drug Consumption Facility (The Thistle Service), which is due to open in the near future.A full evaluation of the Thistle Service will be carried out, details of the evaluation package will be made available shortly but it will use a range of data to examine the impact of the facility on health, social, community, environmental, and economic outcomes. S6W...
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Date answered:
14 November 2024
S6W-30840
This process will review effectiveness, safety, cost effectiveness, and incorporate the views of patients and clinicians. S6W-30840
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Date answered:
13 November 2024
S6W-30776
Headteachers have the flexibility to use this funding to help support children in their schools to close the poverty related attainment gap.In light of the challenging financial context, we have been clear that our initial focus will be on expanding Free School Meals to Primary 6 and 7 pupils who are in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment, which will be delivered in this Parliament. S6W-30776
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Date answered:
11 November 2024
S6W-30882
We don’t have formal measurable objectives regarding use of the tool.The report Social Capital and Community Wellbeing in Scotland (published on 1 October 2024) provides a measure of social capital that includes ‘community cohesion’ as one of the four domains, and it provides a range of measures to track community cohesion over time and broken down by geography and population subgroups. S6W...
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Date answered:
11 November 2024
S6W-30935
The number of contingent workers is now 40% lower than in March 2022.The number of core Scottish Government staff is available at Scottish Government workforce information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). S6W-30935
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Date answered:
11 November 2024
S6W-30184
The service design and the digital systems developed for launch in Winter 2024-25 will be reused when Social Security Scotland delivers the payment next winter (2025-26), although some changes will be required to reflect the new eligibility rules. S6W-30184
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Date answered:
11 November 2024
S6W-30886
Further information about the workstream, including minutes from their meetings can be accessed here: Racism and Racist Incidents subgroup - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).The RRI workstream is currently developing practical guidance for schools to support them to respond to racism and racist incidents, including strengthening approaches to recording and monitoring.It is anticipated this guidance will be published in Spring 2025. S6W...
