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Date answered:
30 May 2025
S6W-37734
However, a maximum wait time of 6 weeks is recommended in critical cases.Data up to 2022-23 on Social Care eligibility and waiting times is publicly available at Local Authority level via the following weblink:Social care: eligibility criteria and waiting times Scotland 2022-2023 - gov.scotData showing the time waited between referral first contact and completion of a community care assessment service in the final quarter of each financial year can be found in the ‘waiting times new clients’ tab of the Excel workbook which accompanies the publication.Under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 local authorities and Health and Social Care Partnerships have a duty to assess the social care support needs of people and decide, in light of that assessment, to arrange suitable services, if required.While the Scottish Government has overall responsibility for health and social care support policy in Scotland, it is for local Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) to ensure that social care support services are in place to provide their population with the appropriate support in the right place and at the right time.We understand the pressures faced and have invested a record £21.7 billion in health and social care in 2025-26, which includes almost £2.2 billion for social care and integration. S6W...
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Date answered:
27 May 2025
S6W-37569
The MCA also has responsibility for pollution emanating from vessels under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (“MarPol”). S6W-37569
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Date answered:
27 May 2025
S6W-37312
Staff cannot know or make assumptions in all cases about a person’s biological sex, so the current approach avoids any risk that someone who could be pregnant does not answer the pregnancy question. S6W-37312
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Date answered:
27 May 2025
S6W-37452
We are also working with the National Rural Mental Health Forum and SAMH’s The Changing Room: Extra Time programme to reduce stigma and discrimination, including in disadvantaged areas.Working nationally to raise awareness and reduce mental health stigma through our Mind to Mind, Parent Club Young Scot and Aye Feel campaigns and resources for adults and young people.Working in partnership with Public Health Scotland and See Me to support employers to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination in the workplace and to promote mentally healthy workplaces. S6W...
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Date answered:
27 May 2025
S6W-37651
Our £1 million Autism Support Fund for Adults funds organisations that support people with ADHD, especially where this co-occurs with autism. S6W-37651
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Date answered:
27 May 2025
S6W-37708
Within this context, information is provided split into two five year periods.In the period 2015-16 to 2019-20, five people have been paid compensation under the statutory and ex gratia compensation schemes with the amount paid totalling £1,196,259.In the period 2020-21 to 2024-25, two people have been paid compensation under the statutory and ex gratia compensation schemes with the amount paid totalling £1,995,468. S6W...
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Date answered:
22 May 2025
S6W-37462
Well-established processes are in place to consider the most appropriate methods of communication based on the specific circumstances. S6W-37462
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Date answered:
22 May 2025
S6W-37358
This exemption recognises the need for Ministers to have space within which to seek advice and views from officials before reaching a settled public position.In line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded. S6W-37358
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Date answered:
19 May 2025
S6W-37430
The information requested is set out in the following table:OfficeSeating capacityAnnual running cost (2024-25)4 Atlantic Quay (Glasgow) 1670£51,465.415 Atlantic Quay (Glasgow)764£1,507,095.13Bothwell House (Hamilton) 212£13,708.11Cadzow Court (Hamilton)32£38,310.42Compass House (Dundee)22£19,121.78Denholm House (Livingston)124£95,660.21Alexander Fleming House (Elgin)23£50,462.25Hadrian House (Falkirk)36£38,435.06Tankerness Lane (Kirkwall)26£51,360.40Longman House (Inverness)148£127,877.81Marine Scotland (Eyemouth)2£13,984.23Marine Scotland (Peterhead)20£42,493.61St Andrews House (Edinburgh)1775£1,601,075.151 – Office closed July 20242 – Office closed May 2025The figures in the Annual running cost (2024-25) column take account of the following:Facilities Management Hard Services fixed contract costsFacilities Management Soft Services fixed contract costsUtilities S6W...
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Date answered:
16 May 2025
S6W-37394
The Scottish Government have agreed to fund a dedicated professional secure care lead at Social Work Scotland for the next 12 months. S6W-37394
