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This means that in 2021/22, an estimated £67.5 million of overpayments were made in Scotland. In 2020/21, the external auditor reported that fraud and error was estimated to be £65.4 million.
Mental Health Care and Treatment during the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2021 3 Scottish Government, Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland 2018, 2020 4 Office for National Statistics, Disability and Employment: UK, 2021 5 Centre for Mental Health, What Is IPS?
This A summary of the beaver populations and licence returns for 2021 has recently been published summary details that in 2021 the proportion of beavers trapped and translocated was 28% of those removed under licence; compared with 21% in 2020 and in 15% in 2019. Hence the proportion of animals that are removed that are being trapped is increasing.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 September 2023
The breakdown across financial years can be found in the following table: Financial Year Grant Awarded 2020-21 £8,490,676 2021-22 £5,355,747 2022-23 £38,341,879 S6W-20655
The Scottish Government allocated £5 million in the financial year 2020-21 to support the wellbeing of people working in health, social care and social work.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been provided to coastal local authorities for coastal change adaptation in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24, following the announcement in the Programme for Government 2020-21 that £12 million would be invested to help these areas adapt to the threat of sea level rise, bro...
(c) in subsection (3)— (i) the “and” following paragraph (c) is repealed, 15 (ii) after paragraph (c) insert— “(ca) any person mentioned in subsection (1A); and”.
We will also amend the previously published 2020-21 bulletin to (i) urge user caution when interpreting the recorded police warning figures for sexual crimes and (ii) highlight that revised data for 2020-21 will be produced following publication of the 2021-22 statistics.