Establishing a Scottish Nitrogen Balance Sheet: consultation analysis
An analysis report summarising and describing the responses to the public consultation on establishing a Scottish Nitrogen Balance Sheet
3. Consultation responses
The consultation opened on 1 December 2020 and closed on 14 January 2020. The consultation document online via the Scottish Government's consultation hub.
A total of 27 responses were received, of which 19 (70%) were from or on behalf of groups or organisations and 8 (30%) from individuals. The format of responses varied, with some respondents commenting in detail on all questions while others mainly answered the quantitative questions (e.g. .. to what level they agreed with the approaches to the SNBS proposed by the Scottish Government). Most of the responses (24) were submitted through the Scottish Government's Citizen Space consultation web hub, with the remaining three received by e-mail.
All respondents gave consent for their responses to be published (70% with names, and 30% without names).
Responses were allocated to seven categories by the analysis team:
| Category | Number of respondents | Proportion of total respondents # |
|---|---|---|
| Organisational respondents | ||
| NGO | 8 | 30% |
| Professional body | 7 | 26% |
| Business | 2 | 7% |
| Local authority | 1 | 4% |
| Public body | 1 | 4% |
| Total organisational respondents | 19 | 70% |
| Individual respondents | ||
| Academic expert | 6 | 22% |
| Other individual | 2 | 7% |
| Total individual respondents | 8 | 30% |
| All respondents | 27 | 100% |
# Values may not add up as expected due to rounding.
A full list of organisational respondents who gave consent for their name to be published can be found in Annex 1. The content of the individual responses (redacted as appropriate) can be viewed online via the Scottish Government's consultation hub
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