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If an application was received on, or prior to, the scheme closing date (31 August 2018) a small amount of additional time, 10 working days, is allowed to give the applicant the opportunity to submit the final pieces of supporting documentation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2018
The Farm Advisory Service (FAS), funded with help from the Scottish Government, raises awareness of diseases that could impact Scotland’s crops and FAS recently published up to date advice on clubroot management. In addition, The Scottish Government funds research on the early detection and management of the pathogen responsible for clubroot in oilseed rap...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2018
To that end, we are working with stakeholders to run targeted focus groups in September to seek detailed feedback on the work completed to date. We will then invite representatives from each of the groups who participate in these sessions to join the core group.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 August 2018
There are no plans to update this booklet, however more up to date information can be found in the Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD) “Bereavement Support” booklet.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 August 2018
Whilst I very much welcome the U-turn from the UK Government that they are reversing their policy of not providing financial support for housing for under 21s; they have not yet provided a date or any details. Therefore the Scottish Government will continue to provide this support via the Scottish Welfare Fund for as long as is required.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) plans to adopt the latest National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines regarding Lyme disease and, if so, by what date. Where there is no SIGN guideline on a particular topic, SIGN would expect healthcare professionals in Scotland to look fo...
The framework has been used by a wide range of Scottish public sector organisations and all call-off contracts to date have been with suppliers who operate and deliver hosting services in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the total funding for the Beef Efficiency Scheme will be spent on (a) administration and (b) payments to participating farmers. To date approximately £4.1 million has been directly paid to farmers through the Beef Efficiency Scheme with a further £1.2 million being spent on the cost of the advisory services and th...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2018
Further to the meeting of the Joint Programme Board on 20 February a detailed re-planning exercise is now underway to ensure robust delivery plans are in place for all of the key elements of the programme and to establish a new delivery date. Resourcing will also feature as part of the re-planning exercise.