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To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that freeports might have on the (a) National Transport Strategy Delivery Plan to 2022 and (b) Strategic Transport Projects Review 2.
As required by the process set out in the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, SEPA and local authorities are currently reviewing and updating the Flood Risk Management Strategies and Plans for the 2022-28 cycle and these will be published for consultation later this year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 January 2019
High level indicative investment programmes for vessels and harbours were set out in the Ferries Plan 2013-2022 – these were and remain subject to affordability and changing priorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2018
As I announced in January 2017, the current bareboat charter arrangement ensures that suitable freighters to service the routes to the Northern Isles have been secured beyond the end of the current Public Service Contract and until at least 2022. This ensures continuity of service for communities and businesses on the Northern Isles.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2017
A final report is also required, due between June 2021 and June 2022. The final report will include an assessment of progress made towards implementing actions, including natural flood management, and a summary of any reasons for non-implementation.
We agree three to five-year financial plans with boards and look at their financial planning assumptions.The brokerage and the banking arrangements that the cabinet secretary referred to are designed to allow boards some flexibility, in recognition that they might have double-running costs.
How about keeping schools open during school holidays for activities? We know that health inequalities are exacerbated in school holidays and that food bank usage spikes.
Parents and carers draw on and contribute to informal mechanisms of family and community support (for example visiting friends for a meal when money is short), and can turn to emergency support from local services (this now goes far beyond food banks, for example our local services often provide help with clothes, school uniforms, baby equipment etc.