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NatureScot have been informed by the Deer Code in every section 7 (control agreement) intervention it has taken since the publication of the Code in 2011, as required under the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996.

NatureScot has also had due regard to the Code in undertaking its actions under section 6A (deer management plans) since 2011 and considers it in much of their advisory work with Deer Management Groups, landowners and occupiers as it necessarily informs their approach.

The approach set out in the Code is also used as part of their deer authorisation functions regarding out of season and night shooting.

No, individual feedback is not available to businesses. However, businesses can email the FFIS team if they have concerns.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

There were many reasons why applications were not considered eligible for grant supporting. These were:

• One or more items applied for not fundable (multiple unrelated items applied for as a single entry/incomplete description/no supporting animals for item/no lengths, areas etc.)
• Application email provided was not valid
• Business declared their business didn't deliver any of the Scottish Governments Vision for Agriculture
• Failed the Active Farmer/Crofter BPS test
• No other Support Scheme Claims
• No Single Application Form Submitted
• Not Registered & Approved for Funding
• Didn't Comply With Whole Farm Plan requirements for BPS
• Payment Holds Applied To Business
• Agricultural Area Less than 3 hectares
• Previous Capital Grant Scheme Claim Refused
• Declared New Entrant but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared Young Farmer but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared Organic Land but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared they were a medium sized business to obtain higher grant than entitled to
• Declared they were a large business to obtain higher grant than entitled to
• Declared they were a small business but farmed area greater than 30 hectares
• Declared that more than 50% of their agricultural business was on a tenancy but wasn't
• Declared they were island based but weren’t
• Did not declare previous SACGS/CAGS Payment
• Recoverability Safeguard Not Passed (level of outstanding debt to SG)
• Applied for more than their maximum grant eligibility

The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO) supports open competitive grant and fellowship schemes for applied health research in Scotland across a wide remit. This remit is inclusive of consideration of applications for funding for research on eye health. Applications submitted to these schemes are assessed through independent expert peer-review with funding recommendations made by independent expert committees.

Funding awarded through these schemes in the years from 2019 - 2025 for research relating to eye health has included:

Competitive grant and fellowship schemes

(a) Data on the number of adult social care packages which have been initiated is not held centrally.

Numbers of new personal care clients were previously collected and published annually until 2022-23. Data was based on one quarter of data (January to March), each year and was available at local authority (LA) level, although not all LAs were able to provide the information:

Social care: eligibility criteria and waiting times Scotland 2022-2023 - gov.scot.

Due to difficulties faced by LAs in providing the data requested, including issues with consistency and comprehensiveness, this data collection has been paused while SG work with Public Health Scotland to explore ways to obtain more robust data.

(b) Data on adult social care packages which have been cancelled is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

I refer the member to the answer to S6W-41743 on 18 November 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

The Scottish Government Cancer Strategy for Scotland (2023 – 2033) is underpinned by multi-year phases of planned actions.

The initial three-year Cancer Action for Scotland Plan 2023-2026 has supported the strategy by determining actions to help us achieve our ambition to improve survival and provide excellent, equitably accessible care. These span our 11 ambitions laid out in the strategy and describe investments across a range of activity.

These include increased funding to support SACT and Acute Oncology Services, additional cancer waiting times funding to reduce waiting times and increased funding to expand the Scottish Cancer Registry to improve data.

Scottish Government is considering any new funding required ahead of the next Cancer Action Plan due to be published in 2026. This will recognise the context of the record investment of £21 billion into health and social care made through our 2025-26 Budget.