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Amendments were previously made to the UK POPs regulation, including Annex I, by the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 regulations”) to ensure that it functioned in the UK on IP completion day.
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Date answered:
23 April 2024
The Scottish Government has distributed a total of £63.595 million to third sector partners to deliver the Fuel Insecurity Fund up until March 2024. The following table gives an overview of the budget and distribution since inception: Year Budgeted Distributed 2020-21 £7m £3.595m 2021-22 £10m £10m 2022-23 ...
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Date answered:
20 November 2023
It is not possible to say how many hectares of land managed by Forestry and Land Scotland rhododendron has been eradicated in each year since 2020. For FY 2023-24, £1.0 million has been budgeted for INNS and rhododendron follow-up control over a minimum of 440 hectares.
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Date answered:
25 October 2023
Due to the cyber attack experienced by SEPA in 2020, data for 2019 and 2020 is unavailable: Year Scottish and Non-Scottish waste recycled in Scotland (tonnes) 2021 4,616,955 2018 5,834,132 2017 5,872,511 2016 5,831,699 2015 5,500,437 S6W-22165
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Date answered:
29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the drug and alcohol public health surveillance system for Scotland will go live, as referred to at action point 14a in the updated Rights, Respect and Recovery Action Plan 2019-2021, which was published in December 2020. The launch of our National Mission on Drugs in January 2021 has meant that some of the commitments set out in the Rights, Respect, Recovery Strategy and the action plan for it, refreshed in December 2020, are being delivered in a different way.
The Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund has received various applications from local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs) since its inception in 2020. To date the Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund has received 65 applications since 2020 for capital funding, of which 55 applications have been awarded funding. 10 applications have been rejected, invited to resubmit following feedback or have been referred to alternative funding sources.
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Date answered:
17 March 2023
Breakdown of funding awarded for RUC since 2020-21: Financial Year Programme Funding Awarded 2020-21 Redesign of Urgent Care £12,912,000 2021-22 Redesign of Urgent Care £35,219,000 2022-23 Redesign of Urgent Care (as part of the Urgent and Unscheduled Care Collaborative Programme) £50,855,000 TOTAL £98...
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Date answered:
22 February 2023
The Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of knives confiscated in schools, though information is available on the number of recorded crimes of having in a school an article with a blade or point. This is provided in the following table. At least part of the reduction in cases during 2020-21 (and subse...
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Date answered:
21 December 2022
Local authorities and schools are required to ensure that all food and drink served in schools meets the nutritional standards set out in The Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020. Further information about nutritional standards is available in our Healthy Eating in Schools guidance which is available on the Scottish Government's website through the following web link: Healthy eating in schools: guidance 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).
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Date answered:
2 December 2022
Repairs and servicing are provided through a network of over 300 shops, retailers, community organisations and sole traders. The scheme has run since August 2020 and delivered a total of 64,945 repairs to date.