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By the end of 2023, we intend to confirm the future scope of SIETF applications, taking into account the needs of Scotland's industrial base and the remaining allocated funding at that time. The decision will be informed by liaison with the UK Government regarding responses to the IETF consultation and consideration of options to extend the fund.

To date 32 different people have been prescribed diamorphine in this service since it started in 2019. Currently 25 people attend the service with 23 on active injecting plans.

The Chief Scientist Office published an evaluation of the facility in conjunction with Glasgow Caledonian University, Kings College London, University of Strathclyde and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. The evaluation concluded that heroin-assisted treatment was successfully implemented for those with complex needs who had previously been unable to meaningfully engage in other community drug treatment services. It also found that tailoring HAT to individual patients’ needs is essential to their ongoing engagement and that COVID-19 had a major impact on the original service delivery model, but other barriers to implementation were identified at individual, service and environmental levels.

The evaluation -

https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/HIPS1919report.pdf - also concluded that HAT is not a short-term solution for a patient group with complex needs and polydrug use, therefore policy makers, commissioners and practitioners need to consider this when planning and operating similar services.

In January 2023 we published the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan for consultation, after a delay to ensure wide stakeholder engagement and to allow for the finalisation of the technical evidence base.

The consultation closed on 9 May 2023 and received a very high level of responses. We published an independent consultation analysis report in September 2023. It is critical that we respond to the views expressed in the consultation and continue to engage with stakeholders as we work towards the final publication by Summer 2024, including the Just Transition Commission.

We recognise the important role the third sector can play in supporting people to access support they are entitled to and are committed to working in partnership to develop our devolved approach to employability.

Both Scottish and Local Government have been clear that No One Left Behind will deliver a mixed economy of provision at a local level, meaning organisations including those in the third sector can continue to have a role in providing support based on local demand.

At a local level, Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs) bring together a range of partners including the third sector to build local capacity and take a collective leadership approach to decision making within their local areas to meet service user and labour market needs.

Data collected is recorded as a collective for 16–24-year-olds and not broken down by funding stream. Therefore, we are not able to provide a breakdown of training opportunities that are funded through Young Person’s Guarantee. Our Devolved Employment Services: statistical summaries, which included data on‎ 16–24-year-olds, are published quarterly and are available on our gov.scot website.

Design and delivery of employability services that meet the needs of users and local labour markets is the responsibility of the local employability partnership. To support this, and ensure national coherence, we co-designed employability service standards with partners and users. Local Employability Partnerships (LEP) are required to uphold the expectations set out in the service standards, including ensuring their services are accessible and take account of the experience of users.

Third sector partners have a key role to play in the design and delivery of services at LEP level and adherence to the service standards whilst actively engaged in delivery supports them in ensuring services are accessible for disabled people.

Third Sector organisations based in Scotland were invited to apply to the Workplace Equality Fund 2022-2024 which is a source of financial support for Scottish businesses and organisations striving to address longstanding barriers in the labour market that particular priority groups, including disabled people, face. Workplace Equality Fund investment is just over £590k across 10 projects this year, four of which focus specifically on disability, totalling over £3m to 71 projects since 2018.

We recognise the important role the third sector can play in supporting people to access support they are entitled to and are committed to working in partnership to develop our devolved approach to employability.

In the last five years, SFRS have had a total of 26 High Reach Appliances in their fleet.

From 4 September this year, as part of the SFRS operational strategy and after careful consideration and scrutiny of Incident Recording System (IRS) data, this number will drop to 16. This is part of a number of operational changes the SFRS have undertaken last month.

The operation of high reach appliances and their commission is a matter for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

There are currently no plans to close any fire stations in the next year. SFRS are currently considering the responses to a public consultation on the future of Leadhills Fire station in South Lanarkshire however, no decisions have been made at present.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. The SFRS fleet, its maintenance and usage are matters for SFRS.