Productivity Alert Sample


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Alert results for: Productivity

Information between 28th August 2024 - 7th September 2024

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Calendar
Wednesday 9th October 2024
Cabinet Office
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative - Life peer)

Debate - Main Chamber
Subject: Improving productivity in the public sector
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Parliamentary Debates
Waste Crime: Staffordshire
53 speeches (14,032 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) highlighted the benefits and importance of having a healthy workforce, so that our economy can grow and productivity - Link to Speech

Housing: Modern Methods of Construction
52 speeches (11,646 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) They improve precision and quality, and they improve productivity. - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) England has concluded that modern methods of construction are capable of driving greater efficiency and productivity - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) endeavour.Innovation has revolutionised so many sectors and transformed the way we live, with incredible gains in productivity - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (11,316 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) We all have common areas of concern about the United Kingdom economy as a whole—the poor productivity - Link to Speech

Sheep Farming
41 speeches (13,096 words)
Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) industry that uses leading edge technologies to deliver safe high-quality meat and wool through increased productivity - Link to Speech
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) DEFRA research is also exploring how genetics can help farmers to increase productivity while mitigating - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Inquiry
47 speeches (34,032 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) It is wasteful and inefficient, and it reduces the productivity of the public sector—a concern which - Link to Speech

European Social Charter
15 speeches (1,190 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) bureaucratic, expensive and acts as a chilling factor for businesses, which are struggling to raise their productivity - Link to Speech

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
98 speeches (33,389 words)
Committee of the whole House
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) experts have predicted that the Bill could cost passengers and taxpayers up to £1 billion a year in lost productivity - Link to Speech
2: None argument: living standards are not raised through inflationary pay rises; they are raised by improving productivity - Link to Speech
3: None world-leading Harper Adams University, where our farmers of the future are trained in sustainability and productivity - Link to Speech

Healthcare Provision: East of England
43 speeches (13,792 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) us to live longer, more secure lives, and arguably creating social stability that affects economic productivity - Link to Speech
2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) A key, proper criticism of our Government is that productivity in the health service went down between - Link to Speech
3: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) Friend makes a really important point about productivity in the health system. - Link to Speech
4: Pippa Heylings (LD - South Cambridgeshire) GPs—we have talked about productivity—are treating more patients than ever before, but cannot keep up - Link to Speech

Technology in Public Services
94 speeches (23,848 words)
Monday 2nd September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) The previous Government committed to a £3.4 billion NHS productivity plan. - Link to Speech
2: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) The Government take extremely seriously the role that AI and digital technologies have in productivity - Link to Speech
3: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) Adopting AI across health, education and policing could boost productivity by almost £24 billion a year - Link to Speech
4: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) Gentleman pits productivity-enhancing tools against the interests of workers. - Link to Speech
5: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) review to address low levels of public sector productivity. - Link to Speech

UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement: Entry into Force
1 speech (328 words)
Monday 2nd September 2024 - Written Statements
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) This agreement will boost productivity, jobs and growth, and allow us to help Ukraine deliver on their - Link to Speech

FCDO Services’ Ministerial Targets 2024-25
1 speech (208 words)
Monday 2nd September 2024 - Written Statements
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) tax and dividend;Achievement of the return on capital employed of at least 6.5% (weighted average);A productivity - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
ENB0053 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: with the addition of future telecoms and semiconductorsgeneration and storage solutions, increasing productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - University of Cambridge
ENB0049 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: printing/ biofabrication is leading to rapid and global technological advancements that improve productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - AstraZeneca
ENB0044 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: f.Where could engineering biology improve productivity (GDP/capita) or GVA?

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Agri-Tech Centre
ENB0040 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: Increasing crop productivity through improved traits (e.g. photosynthetic efficiency), resulting in

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy
ENB0038 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: Institute is working on supporting technical skills and apprenticeships, essential for the growth and productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Department of Biology, University of York
ENB0028 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: For example, use of microbial inocula to improve agricultural productivity is emerging as an important

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Agricultural Biotechnology Council (abc)
ENB0025 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: approach, one that safeguards consumer safety and confidence while embracing advancements in science, productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, and University of Oxford
ENB0018 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: Short-term grants are spent acquiring materials and tacit knowledge, with a lag phase of low research productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Alternative Proteins Association
ENB0003 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: the-socio-economic-impact-of-cultivated -meat-in-the-uk/Furthermore, many workers in this field will be from high productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - PHTA Ltd
ENB0002 - Engineering biology

Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee

Found: region, accelerating Levelling- Up through creating ~10,000 jobs, attracting talent and boosting productivity

Monday 2nd September 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Robertson of Port Ellen to the committee, regarding the Strategic Defence Review, dated 6 August 2024

International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: • The opportunities for modernisation and transformation, and greater productivity, including through



Written Answers
Foreign Investment in UK: Yorkshire and the Humber
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Brigg and Immingham)
Thursday 5th September 2024

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to help attract foreign direct investment into green industries in the (a) Humber and (b) UK.

Answered by Tulip Siddiq - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Treasury will continue to develop policy that supports investment in partnership with business. Investment is at the heart of this Government’s growth mission and essential to increasing the number of jobs and improving productivity across the country. The Department for Business and Trade has a dedicated investment function in the UK and overseas, including the Office for Investment.

The Government is taking forward the reforms necessary to ensure foreign investors have the support needed to invest. This includes setting up new institutions such as Great British Energy, which will combine the power of the private sector and government to accelerate the UK’s clean energy transition, and the National Wealth Fund which will mobilise billions more in private investment in the UK’s green and growth sectors.

The Chancellor will set out more detail on the National Wealth Fund ahead of the International Investment Summit in October.

Occupational Health: Unemployment
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Thursday 5th September 2024

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use occupational health to help reduce levels of economic inactivity.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Expert-led impartial advice, including occupational health, can help employers provide appropriate and timely work-based support to manage their employees’ health conditions, and also support business productivity.

Occupational health supports employers to maintain and promote health and wellbeing through assessments of fitness for work and advice about reasonable adjustments, work ability or return to work plans, as well as by signposting to treatment for specific conditions. Employers also have a choice about the type and level of Occupational Health service to provide for their employees.

The Government’s Occupational Health programme includes £1m of funding for Phase 1 and £1.5m for Phase 2 of an Innovation Fund which has focussed on increasing small medium enterprises (SME) access to and capacity in the occupational health sector, due for completion in March 2025. The fund has encouraged the development of new models of occupational health tailored to the self-employed and SMEs with a focus on better use of technology.

Further, the Occupational Health Workforce Expansion Funding Scheme (launched in July 2023), has funded registered doctors and nurses to undertake occupational health training courses and qualifications. To date over 200 doctors and nurses have undertaken training with exams taking place in May 2024.

Public Sector: Productivity
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Wednesday 4th September 2024

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned labour market reforms on public sector productivity.

Answered by Tulip Siddiq - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The government is committed to creating good jobs and improving productivity in every part of the country.

Our planned reforms to the labour market, including the Plan to Make Work Pay and the upcoming Get Britain Working White Paper, will aim to boost incomes, ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, increase productivity and create the right conditions for sustained economic growth.

Local Government: Devolution
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Monday 2nd September 2024

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies.

Answered by Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

This Government is committed to transferring power out of Westminster and into local communities, with landmark legislation to expand devolution across England, devolve further powers to local leaders, those with local knowledge and those with skin in the game, to drive economic growth, and empower local communities.

International evidence shows that, if done correctly, devolution can lead to economic growth and increased productivity. That is why we have committed to introducing an English Devolution Bill, which will give mayors and combined authorities the powers they need to implement local growth plans - setting a clear and bespoke direction for each local economy across the country.



Parliamentary Research
Debate on the future of sheep farming - CDP-2024-0114
Aug. 29 2024

Found: Separately, the government is providing grants to improve farm productivity, innovation, and research



Early Day Motions
Monday 2nd September

10th International Yoga Day

4 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2024)
Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)
That this House, whilst celebrating the 10th International Day of Yoga this year, notes that modern-day Yoga techniques have been developed by vested commercial interests, taking Indian classical Yoga away from its roots and value system and limited to certain selective practices and processes; calls on the Yoga fraternity, in …


Bill Documents
Sep. 04 2024
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Impact Assessment from the Department for Business and Trade
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26
Impact Assessments

Found: areas of impact varied but included science, innovation, research and development, service delivery, productivity



Department Publications - Statistics
Friday 6th September 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Business investment analysis
Document: (PDF)

Found: as research has shown that the UK’s weakness in investment accounts for a large proportion of our productivity



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 5th September 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Source Page: Ground-breaking cancer and Parkinson's research team given 5 year funding boost
Document: Ground-breaking cancer and Parkinson's research team given 5 year funding boost (webpage)

Found: technologies and therapies that could be life-changing to patients, and which drive economic growth and productivity

Thursday 5th September 2024
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: UK signs first international treaty addressing risks of artificial intelligence
Document: UK signs first international treaty addressing risks of artificial intelligence (webpage)

Found: AI is likely to bring significant benefits like boosting productivity and increasing cancer detection

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in Commons
Document: Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in Commons (webpage)

Found: speed up training for drivers and is collaborating with the sector to build resilience and improve productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: Establishing a Shadow Great British Railways
Document: Establishing a Shadow Great British Railways (webpage)

Found: need to speed up training for drivers and collaborate with the sector to build resilience and improve productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Ministers tell business leaders they will be involved "every step of the way" in Make Work Pay plans
Document: Ministers tell business leaders they will be involved "every step of the way" in Make Work Pay plans (webpage)

Found: will work with all partners as we shape our plan to Make Work Pay, so we get the win-win of greater productivity

Sunday 1st September 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Decades of defence and international experience added to review team
Document: Decades of defence and international experience added to review team (webpage)

Found: The opportunities for modernisation and transformation, and greater productivity, including through the

Friday 30th August 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks
Document: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks (webpage)

Found: new programme is an important step towards community-focused healthcare and supporting economic and productivity



Department Publications - Policy paper
Wednesday 4th September 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report
Document: (PDF)

Found: The policy was based on the proposition that national productivity and economic growth were being held

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report
Document: (PDF)

Found: chemical ingredients and manufacturing processes to achieve better thermal performance and rates of productivity



Department Publications - Transparency
Friday 30th August 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: HM Treasury: ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and meetings, January to March 2024
Document: (webpage)

Found: Trott 2024-01-15 Behavioural Insights Team To discuss the work of the Behavioural Insights Team and productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, January to March 2024
Document: (webpage)

Found: discussion on retail sector issues Gareth Davies 2024-01-23 Arup Roundtable discussion on growth, productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Home Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2024
Document: (webpage)

Found: His Majesty Inspectorate Meeting with Andy Cooke to discuss the Inspectorates budget and upcoming productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Department for Education
Source Page: DfE and TPS main estimate memorandum 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)

Found: Outcome Estimat es subheads 1: Skills - Level up productivity and employment by improving the



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Sep. 02 2024
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Albanian claims at the expense of those from other nationalities, under Operation BRIDORA, stalled productivity

Sep. 02 2024
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Albanian claims at the expense of those from other nationalities, under Operation BRIDORA, stalled productivity

Sep. 02 2024
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Source Page: NDA group sustainability report 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: : Resilient economies – enabling and supporting the conditions for local economic output, improved productivity



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Aug. 30 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks
Document: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: new programme is an important step towards community-focused healthcare and supporting economic and productivity



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Aug. 28 2024
Rural Payments Agency
Source Page: Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme: expanded offer for 2024
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: • understand the condition of your soil • effectively plan how to increase the long -term health, productivity



Arms Length Bodies Publications
Sep. 05 2024
NICE
Source Page: Fedratinib for treating disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in myelofibrosis (Review of TA756) [ID5115]
Publication Type: Draft guidance
Document: Committee papers PDF 8.97 MB (webpage)
In consultation

Found: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) have a significant impact on patients ’ overall health and productivity

Sep. 02 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Community diagnostic centres
Document: Community diagnostic centres - Guidance for planning, design and implementation (webpage)
Guidance

Found: are labelled as follows:  improved population health outcomes increased diagnostic capacity improved productivity

Aug. 28 2024
NICE
Source Page: Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for assessing skin lesions referred on the urgent suspected cancer pathway
Publication Type: Diagnostics consultation
Document: Committee papers 1 PDF 3.99 MB (webpage)
In consultation

Found: Data suggest a potential productivity gain of around 20% if autonomous AI is utilised to diagnose benign

Aug. 28 2024
NHS England
Source Page: RightCare cystic fibrosis toolkit
Document: RightCare cystic fibrosis toolkit (webpage)
Guidance

Found: Key areas of intervention include functional mobility and transfers, personal care, productivity (including

May. 17 2024
NICE
Source Page: Iptacopan for treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Publication Type: Final draft guidance
Document: Public committee slides (PDF 1.33 MB) (webpage)
Published

Found: and service is well established •Unmet need: •Fatigue (from anaemia/extravascular haemolysis) – less productivity

Aug. 22 2023
NICE
Source Page: Iptacopan for treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Publication Type: Invitation to participate
Document: NICE's response to comments on the draft scope and provisional stakeholder list (PDF 348 KB) (webpage)
Published

Found: An effective oral treatment may also have benefits on workplace productivity that are not captured due




Productivity mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Thursday 5th September 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Ecocide & fish farm briefing packs provided to Ministers: EIR release
Document: FOI 202400401569 - Information released - Attachment (PDF)

Found: accelerate action on improvements to environmental protection, community benefit, health and welfare and productivity

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Draft Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) 2024-29 - consultation analysis
Document: Draft Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) 2024-29: Consultation analysis (PDF)

Found: Further concerns were voiced over an anticipated decrease in business and economic productivity as

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Chief Economist Directorate
Source Page: Benny Higgins and the Scottish Government’s Chief Economist correspondence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400416094 - Information released - Annex 1 - 4 (PDF)

Found: Education -led recovery is an important policy tool to bring about better alignment of skills and productivity

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Internal correspondence regarding the Scottish Government from the First Minister: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202400412231 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Productivity, while still not growing at the rate we’d like, has grown at an annual average rate of

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Learning Directorate
Source Page: Cutting university places, tackling violence in schools and securing teacher numbers funding: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400416039 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: Learners referenc ed their increased productivity and ability to focus on the content better in the

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Population Health Directorate
Source Page: Drug and alcohol services in Scotland: FOI release
Document: Drug and alcohol services in Scotland: FOI release (webpage)

Found: Scottish Government regarding how much alcohol harm has cost the Scottish economy in terms of lost productivity

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
Source Page: Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland
Document: Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland (PDF)

Found: Innovators, scientists, and entrepreneurs deliver the solutions that can transform productivity and

Wednesday 4th September 2024

Source Page: Programme for Government - First Minister's speech - 4 September 2024
Document: Programme for Government - First Minister's speech - 4 September 2024 (webpage)

Found: Since 2007, GDP per person in Scotland has grown by 11%, compared to the UK’s 6%.Productivity has grown

Wednesday 4th September 2024

Source Page: Education Scotland - Organisation's contracts register: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202400420619 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Extension (months)Category Commodity Level 1 Commodity Level 2 CPV code EDUC-0000077 - MS Glow Online Productivity

Wednesday 4th September 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Scottish International Development Fund: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400407734 - Information Released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Climate smart agriculture techniques will improve productivity and food security.

Wednesday 4th September 2024
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Former Minister for Independence meetings with the Scottish Currency Group: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400416152 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: ECONOMY Scotland outperforms the UK economy on GDP per person, productivity, earnings growth, foreign

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Former First Minister's speech on the constitution and independence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400413342 - Information released - Annex A and B (PDF)

Found: Productivity, the main driver of living standards, has been flatlining since the financial crisis.

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Economic Development Directorate
Source Page: Developing Scotland's Economy: Increasing The Role Of Inclusive And Democratic Business Models
Document: Developing Scotland's Economy: Increasing The Role Of Inclusive And Democratic Business Models (PDF)

Found: IDBMs contribute to economic prosperity, in terms of GVA, productivity, employment and innovation.

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Economic Development Directorate
Source Page: Introductory briefing packs provided to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for the Economy: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202400413325 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: promote growth in the sector, att ract and retain high value skilled roles, drive greater economic productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Corporate Transformation and Workplace Directorate
Source Page: Provision of the Facilities Management Services framework/contract: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400414364 - Information released - Attachment 2 (PDF)

Found: The Pledge is a voluntary business code supporting a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Health Workforce Directorate
Source Page: Information regarding Supplementary Staffing Task & Finish Group: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400412474 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: also important to consider other initiatives currently being delivered with the aim of improving productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
People Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Government organisational chart and workforce information: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400420599 - Information Released - Attachment (Excel)

Found: ENGAGEMENTDIRECTORATE FOR BUSINESS AND BETTER REGULATIONDG ECON1Head of Agriculture Transformation in Productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Media appearances, education and lifelong learning in an independent Scotland, Independence and Gaelic Minister posts: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400414637 - Information Released - Annex B, C and D (PDF)

Found: comparable European independent countries to Scotland have higher national income per head, higher productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Source Page: Fiscal pre-budget update: Cabinet Secretary for Finance - 3 September 2024
Document: Fiscal pre-budget update: Cabinet Secretary for Finance - 3 September 2024 (webpage)

Found: Scotland’s economy has grown faster than the UK as a whole, after accounting for population growth, and productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate
Source Page: NHS Strategic Capital Investment meeting minutes 2023/2024: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400404656 - Information Released - CIG minutes (PDF)

Found: Value for money – it was noted that the MRP is seen as value for money because of the Clinical models productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Operating costs for Scotland House, London: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400399093 - Information Released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: This has added advantages of increasing domestic productivity and encouraging future technology companies

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Source Page: Council tax freeze and high taxation analysis: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400412245 - Information released - Attachment (PDF)

Found: Government on the source of this funding’s use, including the requirement for English councils to provide productivity

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Source Page: Correspondence between Transport Scotland and Department for Transport regarding extension to the Borders Rail: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400412009 - Information Released -Annex F (PDF)

Found: •Does the scheme improve GDP or productivity through job creation, new businesses or improved tourism

Monday 2nd September 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Climate change, sea water temperature and regional variations in mortality of farmed salmon: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400403358 - Information Released - Document 14 - 18 (PDF)

Found: about the way in which climate change (particularly warming seas) is impacting on fish health and productivity

Monday 2nd September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Successful Just Transition Fund applications: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400417620 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Macaulay, with the aim of improvi ng the productivity of Scottish agriculture.

Monday 2nd September 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: 1 to 8 May 2024
Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: 1 to 8 May 2024 (Excel)

Found: Economy & Just Transition2024-05-02 00:00:00MeetingMags Simpson, Interim Scotland Director, CBIScottish Productivity

Monday 2nd September 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: European Protected Species (EPS) license applications submitted to Marine Scotland and Nature Scot: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400420277 - Information Released - Documents 1-4 (PDF)

Found: around a farm - even if direct predation does not occur - and have significant negative impacts on farm productivity

Monday 2nd September 2024
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Source Page: National Treatment Centre data: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400405174 - Information released - Attachment (PDF)

Found: Waiting times and productivity • Waiting Times resource funding for 24- 25 totals c.£210 million

Monday 2nd September 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Tartan Week/Scotland Week celebrations in the USA: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400409106 - Information released - Annex A - C (PDF)

Found: benefit from digital acceleration, aiming to support improvement on key issues such as digital skills, productivity

Friday 30th August 2024
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Delivery Plan and Workforce Action Plan: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Document: Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan Business Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: These include lost or unstable employment, reduced productivity, debt and money worries, poor physical

Friday 30th August 2024
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Delivery Plan and Workforce Action Plan: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Document: Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Delivery Plan and Workforce Action Plan: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (webpage)

Found: These include lost or unstable employment, reduced productivity, debt and money worries, poor physical

Friday 30th August 2024
Economic Development Directorate
Source Page: All correspondence with former Chairman of Wood’s Group UK Ltd: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400406272 - Information Released - Documents 1-5 (PDF)

Found: • The importance of improving productivity and the need to properly incorporate the contribution that

Friday 30th August 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Documentation on the Kirkcudbrightshire Dee, Fisheries Management Plan by Marine Scotland: EIR release
Document: FOI 202400407146 - Information Released - DOC 5 (PDF)

Found: Crayfish in lakes and streams: individual and population responses to predation, productivity and substratum

Friday 30th August 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands trip to Chilean salmon producer Lago Sofia: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400405570 - Information Released - Documents 1-10 (PDF)

Found: virus precipitated a crisis in the salmon farming sector in Chile through its devastating effects on productivity

Friday 30th August 2024
Economic Development Directorate
Source Page: Ferguson Marine Hull 801 Acceptance Group minutes: 28 May 2024
Document: 801 Acceptance working Group Action Log - May 2024 (Excel)

Found: withdrawn this from the systemOfficial ResponseRobert Trythall Tiree ResidentWritten Submission regarding productivity

Friday 30th August 2024
Chief Economist Directorate
Source Page: BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 114
Document: BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 114- tables - time series (Excel)

Found: employees0.16512971020.43212085170.19196838910.21470844820.22087003120.14576181210.11391903240.18048474780.33452827650.1598557493322Question: How do you expect these innovations to affect your business’s productivity

Friday 30th August 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Meetings with North East Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (NECCUS), Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) and Equinor: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400407153 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: • NMIS is working to transform manufacturing skills, productivity and innovation right across Scotland

Friday 30th August 2024
People Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Government work from home policy: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400409823 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: “We recognise that hybrid working can increase work satisfaction and productivity and help us to

Friday 30th August 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: National Farmers Union of Scotland and the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400409101 - Information released - Annex A - D (PDF)

Found: This condition is designed to help balance productivity and profitability with the opportunity to address

Friday 30th August 2024
Digital Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Artificial Intelligence (AI) register, National Strategy for Economic Transformation and the Hate Hurts video: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400408520 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: 50 IF no budget has been allocated to programme 3 in FY 23/24 THEN it is unlikely actions regarding productivity

Friday 30th August 2024
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate
Source Page: NHS Ayrshire & Arran, NHS Lothian and NHS Highland finances for 2023-24, 2024-25: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400410735 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 10 (PDF)

Found: Within the draft plan you confirm that you have engaged Meridian Productivity to work through the options

Thursday 29th August 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: Policy Memorandum to the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400397317 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 4 (PDF)

Found: on land area are largely untargeted and therefore have the potential to undermine efficiency and productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Heat in Buildings Impact Assessments: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400400461 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: The adult population are the most productive in society and reduced productivity from this cohort can

Thursday 29th August 2024
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Source Page: UAE Government and Investment Authority correspondence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401030 - Information released - Documents 1 - 15 (PDF)

Found: promote activities which increase incomes, reduce greenhouse gas em issions, and bolster resilience, productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate
Source Page: Public health supplement, Edinburgh Castle's Redcoat Cafe and Monklands hospital: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400400998 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 5 (PDF)

Found: Ewan MacDonald -Russell , Head of Policy & External Affairs, SRC - leads on food, environmental, and productivity

Thursday 29th August 2024
Economic Development Directorate
Source Page: Briefing packs provided to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Economy on her appointment: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401558 - Information released - Annex A - M (PDF)

Found: ▪ Industrial transition towards net zero should enhance productivity, capture new export and investment

Wednesday 28th August 2024
Population Health Directorate
Source Page: Care and Wellbeing Portfolio Board minutes: June 2024
Document: Care and Wellbeing Portfolio Board minutes: June 2024 (webpage)

Found: are ongoing across various government sectors, with public bodies already focusing on efficiency and productivity



Scottish Written Answers
S6W-29109
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane (Scottish Green Party - Highlands and Islands)
Monday 2nd September 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its agriculture reform programme will meet the recommendation set out in the 2021 report, Just Transition Commission: A national mission for a fairer, greener Scotland, (a) for "a new model of farm advice, with advisory services upscaled and upskilled to help farmers and land managers identify suitable climate action for their land holdings", (b) "to redirect money towards activity that better protects and maintains our land, and supports more sustainable food production" and (c) "to rebuild the connection between consumers and local produce, through integrated food policy, to reward farmers who implement more sustainable methods".

Answered by Gougeon, Mairi - Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

The Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP) will deliver the Vision for Agriculture which makes clear that Scotland will have a robust and coherent framework to underpin our future agricultural support regime from 2025 onwards, that delivers climate mitigation and adaptation, nature restoration and high quality food production. The Agricultural Reform Route Map provides further clarity on how we intend to deliver the ambitions set out in the Vision.

Enhanced direct payments will launch first, as a mechanism to incentivise farmers and crofters take meaningful action for climate and nature. The Enhanced tier is key to deliver the policy outcomes of the Vision and to meet the public commitment that 50% of direct payments will be ‘conditioned’ by 2025. New conditions will be introduced, with revised Greening and Cross Compliance rules, and the introduction of measures such as the Whole Farm Plan. Whole Farm Plans (WFPs) were a recommendation of the Farmer-led Groups. The foundations of the Whole Farm Plan will go live in 2025. The Foundations are 'productivity baselines': soil testing, animal health and welfare declaration, carbon audits, biodiversity audits, and the support for effective business planning. We are committed to delivering a Just Transition and the WFP will be developed with this at the forefront. That is why we will continue to work with the industry to deliver a 'just' sequencing of this requirement, ensuring that those able to contribute the most will drive this change, whilst support is put in place for those who need it.

Preparing for Sustainable Farming(PSF) is already helping businesses prepare for these changes with support for conducting carbon audits and soil sampling, support for animal health and welfare activities and access to herd data for Suckler beef producers through MyHerdStats. This support includes £500 for a Carbon Audit, financial support for soil analysis and up to £1,250 for animal health and welfare. More information about this support can be found on the Rural Payments but, in addition to that, we will be working closely with the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) on communicating with customers impacted by these changes.

It is also vital to consider the food system as a whole, not only in terms of nutritional benefits but in regard to sustainability too. Partnership was key to delivering the Good Food Nation Act, which places duties on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and health boards to produce plans of their food-related policies and set out what they will do to make them a reality. The Good Food Nation Plan will provide the direction for these and was subject to a recent consultation. The National Plan is due to be published next year, with local authority and health board iterations to follow the year after.



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Programme for Government 2024-25 (Eradicating Child Poverty)
73 speeches (122,438 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) Welfare is not a burden on society—it is a crucial investment in the health, happiness and productivity - Link to Speech
2: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) estimated that child poverty cost the Scottish economy more than £3 billion in 2023 as a result of lower productivity - Link to Speech

Programme for Government
103 speeches (93,591 words)
Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) If investment in public sector pay is working, why has there been no improvement in productivity or service - Link to Speech

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26
161 speeches (73,685 words)
Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) Professor Gareth Williams told us that the fund’s removal meant that addressing weak long-term productivity - Link to Speech

Pre-budget Fiscal Update
43 speeches (35,584 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) We can see from the figures on productivity and growth that the Scottish economy is doing rather better - Link to Speech
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) must deliver more efficiently, not least through digitisation while growing the economy, improving productivity - Link to Speech

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26
163 speeches (97,792 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None If there was no massive increase in productivity in the health service, the consequence would be that - Link to Speech
2: None Productivity would be about doing more with the same or not much more. - Link to Speech
3: None is concerned, a pretty thorough investigation of the potential should take place, which might make productivity - Link to Speech

Scottish Fiscal Commission (Publications)
158 speeches (82,473 words)
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None Quite a lot of work has been done to look at public sector productivity and how it has been lagging behind - Link to Speech
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) I saw a few months back that, since the pandemic, productivity in the NHS has fallen by 25 per cent, - Link to Speech
3: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) You said that productivity growth“will remain subdued and will not return”to the pre-global financial - Link to Speech
4: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Obviously that has a huge implication for increasing productivity and, in the long run, economic growth - Link to Speech