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I am talking about decisions such as the decision by Norway to end fossil fuel exploration now and set a date for ending extraction, or the decision by New York to commit to a huge programme of divesting public money from the fossil fuel industry.
The UK spending review that will take place later this month will give us only a provisional and partial picture ahead of the fuller information that will appear in the delayed UK Government budget, for which we still do not have a date. I want to be clear that the UK Government’s spending review is not the same as its budget, so we will have to set our bu...
I will get information to Patrick Harvie this afternoon—I do not have it in front of me—on the sequence of the walk-in centres that we have committed to having in place over this month, with the order and dates for their opening. The one at St Andrews is open, as I have already indicated.
Given the Scottish Government’s very slow progress to date on decarbonising heat and Citizens Advice Scotland’s recent call for greater investment and action on tackling heat emissions, what new action will the Scottish Government take to tackle emissions from heat, to help Scotland to reach net zero emissions?
Basic payments for 2018 started on 19 March, and more than 14,300 payments, worth £289.8 million, have been made to date. We are on track to deliver pillar 1 and pillar 2 payments in line with the schedule that was published in December last year.
Ministers accepted that advice, and that a replanning exercise would take place to establish a new delivery date. That reflects the importance that the Government places on achieving a safe, effective and smooth transition that delivers continuity of service for rail users and staff.
We are also extending and increasing successful initiatives that bring former nurses and midwives back into practice. To date, almost 450 former registrants have taken up the opportunity to retrain, which exceeds our initial target.