Being able to use the native app to prove your age is on the roadmap for delivery after we are able to offer transactional and location based alerts and notification services.

There is no defined data for this yet as the focus is being about to offer transactional and location based alerts, however once these are delivered proof of age will be the priority.

Currently work is underway with organisations who would like to use this service.

Transport Scotland has published the findings from the National Speed Management Review (NSMR) public consultation, which ran from November 2024 to March 2025 and received over 19,500 responses.

Following close consideration of consultation responses Ministers have decided not to take forward changes in relation to national speed limits on single carriageway. Further work will be undertaken to continue to analyse the impact on road casualties and journey times of a speed limit change on different standards of single carriageways.

In relation to Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) speed limits, work will be undertaken to progress steps to increase speed limits on single and dual carriageways for this vehicle type. This change aims to reduce the speed differential between HGVs and other vehicles, helping to reduce driver frustration and improve journey time reliability.

The consultation findings and additional information are available at: Road Safety | National Speed Management Review | Transport Scotland

Bringing the 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ to Edinburgh is a tremendous opportunity for our country. We are delighted that Scotland is co-hosting the biggest free spectator event alongside our partners in England and Wales and are committed to ensuring it will demonstrate that Scotland is the perfect stage for major events. The Grand Depart will consist of the first 3 Stages of the 2027 Tour, starting in Edinburgh then visiting Wales and England.

The Scottish Government will invest up to £9.25 million, which includes a contingency provision. This funding will help Scotland realise the full potential of the social and economic benefits the Tour de France will bring to our country, as well as ensure that the event is delivered safely, securely and successfully.

Our investment sits alongside funding contributions from the UK and Welsh Governments and includes investment into a UK-wide social impact programme. We are also extending this investment into a Scotland-specific social impact programme, which will seek to improve health by increasing cycling participation, supporting the Scottish Government’s wider active travel commitments, driving community cohesion and supporting economic growth. Scottish Cycling will play a pivotal role in this programme as our national governing body for cycling and are already seeking to recruit to their team to help with delivery. We look forward to sharing more details on this programme in due course.

As a natural progression from hosting the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, the Tour de France will be part of an incredible pipeline of major events in Scotland – sitting between the Commonwealth Games in 2026 and the UEFA European Football Championships in 2028. Hosting the Grand Départ for the 2027 Tour de France will enhance Scotland’s already stellar reputation as an international events destination, and will allow us to further showcase our country on the world stage, with the event being broadcast in 190 countries, with around 150 million viewers in Europe alone.

Through the relevant budget review processes, the Scottish Government will continue to scrutinise budget lines and engage with the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee as appropriate.

The Scottish Government does not hold information for what the “average ambulance response time is in Inverclyde”.

However, the median response time in Greater Glasgow and Clyde to Purple coded incidents was 07:48 minutes (08:06 nationally) and Red coded incidents was 09:49 minutes (09:57 nationally).

Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes statistics on the number of waits for patients on waiting lists for planned care in the Stage of Treatment (SoT) Waiting Times publication. Patients may appear more than once if they are waiting for multiple appointments or admissions, so the statistics shown do not reflect the actual number of individuals involved. Further information about SoT Waiting Times can be found on the PHS website.

Table 1 presents the number of ongoing waits at 31 October 2025. The figures reflect waits for residents within the Inverclyde council area awaiting a new outpatient appointment or an inpatient/day case admission in dentistry-related specialties at any hospital in Scotland.

More detailed information on the treatment or procedure(s) that is planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde or the health board of treatment responsible for the patient’s wait.

Table 1: Number of ongoing waits for a new outpatient appointment or inpatient or day case admission at 31 October 2025, Inverclyde council area

Currently there is no requirement or ability for NHS Boards to record and submit data on corridor care to Public Health Scotland for publication, not least as there is not an agreed definition for ‘corridor care’.

The Scottish Government expects all healthcare to be safe, effective and person-centred. On the occasions where non-standard care areas have to be used, it is the NHS Boards who are responsible for ensuring that effective and documented risk assessments, that detail the mitigating measures, are in place to support staff who are required to deliver care to patients in these areas.

The use of non-standard areas of care is scrutinised by Healthcare Improvement Scotland as part of their inspection process. HIS has encouraged NHS Boards to implement strategies to enhance patient flow and eliminate the routine use of non-standard care areas for patient care.

NHS Boards are responsible for investigating incidents of harm. If an incident occurs, we expect NHS Boards to fulfil their statutory duty to be open with patients about what happened and to learn lessons to prevent it happening again.

This year the Scottish Government published our Operational Improvement Plan and we continue to work with local system leaders to support their health and social care improvement reforms to improve access to treatment and shift the balance of care from acute hospital services to the community, and to ensure people receive the right care in the right place.

The Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested.