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The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity and I have not met directly with the Scottish Anglers National Association (SANA).However, representatives of SANA were part of the stakeholder group that advised on the development of the Wild Salmon Strategy published in 2022. Since then, three Scottish angling governing bodies – SANA, the Scottish Feder...
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Date answered:
28 January 2025
The Marine Directorate owns/operates a fleet of three Marine Protection Vessels (MPVs), and two small inshore craft.MPV Minna since 2003 (42 metres in length)MPV Jura since 2006 (84 metres in length)MPV Hirta since 2008 (84 metres in length)Small craft Ailsa and Iona since 2022 (7.8 metres in length)Marine Directorate owns two surveillance aircraft, Reims C...
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Date answered:
20 January 2025
The Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) provides a snapshot of the occupied domestic housing stock in each survey year, including energy efficiency ratings and household composition..In 2022 using data from the SHCS it is estimated that approximately 690,000 individuals were living in rented accommodation with an energy performance certificate (EPC) rati...
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Date answered:
14 January 2025
The costs per year are given in the table below: Hoods Honey Costs per year Year Ex VAT Gross Amount 2023/24 £ 4,349.90 £ 5,219.88 2022/23 £ 3,199.92 £ 3,839.90 2021/22 £ 3,199.92 £ 3,839.90 2020/21 £ 3,600.00 £ 4,320.00 2019/20 £ 2,500.00 £ 3,...
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Date answered:
23 December 2024
Eligibility for, and changes to, the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Scotland has always been based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).In its statement of 8 November 2022 (published in January 2023), the JCVI advised that in 2023 COVID-19 vaccination should move towards a targeted offer during vaccination campaigns...
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Date answered:
13 November 2024
An interim review Building Racial Literacy (education.gov.scot) was undertaken in 2022 and the programme underwent an external review in 2023 by The Collective, which can be viewed here.
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Date answered:
5 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to count any components fabricated outside the UK and shipped to the UK for assembly towards the £16 billion to fund manufacturing and fabrication of turbines and offshore infrastructure in Scotland, as pledged by the energy companies who won offshore contracts through the ScotWind auction in 2022. The ...
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Date answered:
23 August 2024
Final technical report - December 2022 - STPR2 | Transport ScotlandThe Scottish Government laid out their plans for the canal network in the 2013 publication HYPERLINK "" Making the most of Scotland’s canals | Transport Scotland based on the following seven principles:Valuing the heritage of our canalsFulfilling statutory and regulatory obligationsRis...
As set out in our response to our 2022 public consultation, we are considering options for reform of the earnings threshold as part of longer-term plans for improvements to Carer Support Payment.
Nevertheless, the Scottish Government has previously been made aware of people experiencing issues with their pensions and Scottish Ministers wrote to former Ministers for Defence People and Veterans at the Ministry of Defence in 2021 and 2022 highlighting this. I will raise this again at my next meeting with the UK Minister for Veterans Affairs.