70 Publications

The draft Orders and Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the M9 Winchburgh Junction scheme.

Action plan setting out detail on how we will make Scotland’s rail passenger services net greenhouse gas free by 2035.

The National Transport Strategy sets out an ambitious vision for Scotland’s transport system for the next 20 years.

This report highlights analysis of the 1,221 responses received during the consultation on the draft National Transport Strategy, which was launched on 31 July 2019.

The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 seeks to increase economic prosperity for island communities. Section 13 of the Act requires the Scottish Ministers to undertake an Island Communities Impact Assessment where a plan or strategy is likely to have significantly different effects on an island community than other communities.

Section 1 of the Equalities Act 2010 places a responsibility on public bodies to actively consider how they can reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socioeconomic disadvantage. The duty focuses on socio-economic inequality issues such as low income, low wealth, and area deprivation.

Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 sets out a ‘public sector equality duty’ focused around eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between people with specific ‘protected characteristics’ (i.e. demographic attributes), as defined in the Act.

In Scotland, the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 requires public bodies to assess, consult and monitor the likely significant impacts of their plans, programmes or strategies on the environment.

Section 1 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 requires the Scottish Ministers to consider whether policies have impacts on children and young people and to assess what further action is required to ensure compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).