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The production company was able to make use of the quarantine exemption provided by the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Regulations 2020. Under this exemptions, crew members were able to travel from their accommodation to a production base during the 14-day quarantine period.

a) The Scottish Government did not intervene in the production of Bell Bottom to halt filming work.

b/c)The information requested about Scottish Government agencies and other public bodies is not held centrally.

As outlined in the Food Waste Reduction Action Plan a public review of progress towards the 33% target will take place during 2021, providing updated estimates of total food waste in Scotland and the commercial & industrial and household proportions. Scotland does not currently collect waste data at the granular level necessary to report annually or by supply chain sector.

The developing actions and infrastructure described in the response to question S5W-32200 on 30 October 2020, together with improvement in measurement methodologies will support an enhanced capacity for food waste and surplus measurement and reporting going forward.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

The £70 million recycling fund, announced in our Programme for Government 2020-21, will be delivered over five years beginning in 2021-22.

Zero Waste Scotland is progressing the development of a route map to reducing waste and achieving our 2025 waste targets. Further details, including a timeline for consultation and publication, will be provided in due course.

The following table provides a projection to the end of 2024. The projection for the year 2025 is currently under review. The projection was based on waste and emissions statistics up to 2017, assumes that key waste and recycling targets are met, and that biodegradable municipal waste being sent to landfill is banned in 2025. The carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are reported using the 100 year global warming potential for methane of 28 as provided in the International Panel on Climate Change 5 th Assessment Report. https://archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Chapter08_FINAL.pdf (p. 731)

Projected methane emissions from biodegradable waste landfilled in Scotland

We remain committed to consulting on the Scottish Government’s proposals for enhancing food waste monitoring and measurement, as set out in the Food Waste Reduction Action Plan, in due course. There is considerable ongoing work to support food businesses to voluntarily report their food waste and surplus in Scotland through Zero Waste Scotland’s activities. This includes supporting businesses to consistently measure and monitor their food waste, analysis to determine the largest waste sources, improving measurement methodologies and development of best practice to support accurate food waste reporting.

Proposals for powers to enable mandatory public annual reporting of food waste and food surplus were consulted on during autumn 2019 as part of draft proposals for legislation for developing Scotland’s Circular Economy, receiving a positive response. The full independent analysis of these consultation responses is available on the Scottish Government website .

The UK electronic waste tracking system, in which Scottish Government and SEPA are partners, will offer near real time data on site-specific food waste arising from businesses. This system will offer granular detail necessary to help facilitate nation-specific annual public reporting, identify Scottish site-specific data, and align with EU food waste reporting requirements. Two prototype systems are currently being finalised before procurement for delivery of the final system takes place in Spring 2021.

Factors such as background sound that may lead to raised voices or cause people to lean-in close to others to be heard are a risk factor in the transmission of coronavirus. This is recognised by a wide body of publicly available scientific evidence in relation to the role of aerosols in the transmission of viruses. The current position of no background sound, including low level music and audio from television, is a measured and cautious approach to reduce risk. It is being kept under review and government has engaged with industry experts to consider how guidance can be developed to allow low level background sound to be managed safely when transmission rates are back to a manageable level.

The entire £70 million recycling fund announced in the 2020-21 Programme for Government is new funding.

The Scottish Government regularly meets with representatives of the aviation industry including representatives from airports, airlines, Unions and other aviation stakeholders.

The Scottish Government has no plans to fund research into the animal welfare impacts of electronic training aids at this time.