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17 March 2025
S6W-35450
The Pilot’s focus on grants connected to tackling child poverty and the delivery of frontline services to our communities will maximise the impact of longer term funding.Officials are working with third sector partners to identify lessons and to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pilot in meeting their needs, as well as demonstrating value for taxpayers’ money.In his address to third sector organisations at The Gathering, the First Minister stated that this was a small step, but one that signalled a clear direction of travel to increasing the number of multi-year funding agreements across the third sector.The Pilot, which has been welcomed by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, is part of a wider package of policy measures under the Fairer Funding heading, which also includes improvements to the grant making process, more timely notifications of grant offers, streamlining reporting requirements and improving grant conditions. S6W...
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Date answered:
17 March 2025
S6W-35355
Any scaffolding and support for children and young people in relation to restraint and seclusion, is best considered and addressed by each area independently to ensure that any support, training, guidance and reporting meets their needs in those particular settings.The Scottish Government is committed to working with key partners, including the Children and Young People’s Commissioner and the Scottish Physical Restraint Action Group, to continue to reduce the use of restrictive practices through embedding transformational practice change and supporting developments in trauma responsive care. S6W...
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11 March 2025
S6W-35253
This will facilitate patient and staff safety, support the continued recovery of services and avoid any extra burden for our workforce.This implementation date of 1 April 2026 remains fully in line with the commitment made as part of the 2023-24 Agenda for Change pay settlement and the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government. S6W-35253
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11 March 2025
S6W-35238
There is also a 24 hour pollution hotline which members of the public can use to inform SEPA of any issues associated with an EfW facility. S6W-35238
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Date answered:
11 March 2025
S6W-35239
The plan has 4 strategic aims: to reduce and reuse, maximise recycling, decarbonise disposal and strengthen the circular economy.A total of £66.6 million has been allocated through the Recycling Improvement fund, to 27 Scottish local authorities for 47 projects to increase the quantity and quality of recycling across Scotland.These are just some of the measures in place in Scotland which are to helping to drive waste up the hierarchy and away from disposal. S6W...
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10 March 2025
S6W-34881
We will work with scrutiny bodies to determine the best way to implement wider recommendations following the Independent Mental Health Scrutiny and Assurance Evidence Review. S6W-34881
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Date answered:
10 March 2025
S6W-34858
The strategy will be implemented across all SPS sites on 1 August 2025 and aims to utilise an enhanced screening process, to support and identify the specific needs of learners, and allow establishments to design Annual Learning Plans (ALP) which deliver a range of qualifications and opportunities appropriate to their specific needs.The strategy and individual ALPs will help to identify ways for establishments to enhance engagement and participation in learning opportunities both in and out with the traditional classroom setting. S6W...
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Date answered:
6 March 2025
S6W-34574
So far, 104 shows have toured to 44 countries with the support of Made in Scotland’s Onward Touring fund, with some shows even touring year on year since 2009. S6W-34574
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Date answered:
4 March 2025
S6W-35062
Ministers can then “call-in” the decision for review by an independent school closure review panel if it appears to Scottish Ministers that the local authority may have failed, in a significant regard, to comply with the requirements imposed on it by the 2010 Act, or to take proper account of a material consideration relevant to its decision.The following table sets out the number of school closure decisions for rural schools only, received by Scottish Ministers for their review from each local authority over the last four years.Local AuthorityNo. of rural school closure decisions under the 2010 Act received by Scottish MinistersYear20212022202320242025Aberdeen City00000Aberdeenshire11120Angus00000Argyll and Bute01040Clackmannanshire00000Dundee00000Dumfries and Galloway00010East Ayrshire00000East Dunbartonshire00000East Lothian00000East Renfrewshire00000Edinburgh City00000Falkirk20001Fife00010Glasgow City00000Highland11210Inverclyde00000Midlothian00000Moray00100North Ayrshire00000North Lanarkshire00000Orkney Islands00000Perth and Kinross00000Renfrewshire00000Scottish Borders00000Shetland Islands00000South Ayrshire00000South Lanarkshire00000Stirling01000West Dunbartonshire00000West Lothian00000Western Isles (Eilean Siar)00000Total44491 S6W...
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Date answered:
4 March 2025
S6W-34975
Exemptions are available in several circumstances including when clearing up illegally or improperly deposited material.The Scottish Landfill Tax (Exemption Certificates) Order 2015 states that exemption certificates are available to the following bodies/persons:waste regulators, in the case of Scotland this is SEPA;waste collection authorities, such as a local government council or local authority; orany other body or person, insofar as the body or person exercises waste removal powers under any other enactment.Community groups can work with any of these eligible bodies to apply for an exemption certificate for collected marine litter provided they:exhaust all avenues to identify and retrieve costs from the responsible person who made the original unauthorised disposal; andare satisfied that there are no practical alternatives to landfill for the material.The details of the application can be provided by the community group, as per the requirements detailed on the Revenue Scotland website, and emailed to Revenue Scotland by a partnered eligible body. S6W...
