Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00062 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

The Scottish Government’s public health approach to violence has prevention at its core and our focus is aimed at preventing and reducing harm for people in Scotland’s communities.

My heartfelt condolences go to Lisa Petrie for the heartbreaking loss of her son, John. I commend Lisa on the work she has been doing to educate young people on the dangers of carrying knives as well as her campaign to roll out bleed kits which helped inform our commitment.

The SG will now engage with partners to inform how bleeding control kits are rolled out to community settings and engage with areas which have already done so.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00263 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00406 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00062 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

The Scottish Government remains committed to taking action against strategic lawsuits against public participation. We are considering proposals for legislation in light of responses to the recent consultation. At this time the forward legislative programme for the Scottish Government has yet to be agreed and it is therefore not possible to provide an introduction date or estimate a coming into force date for any legislation which is yet to be brought forward.

The Scottish Government is currently consulting on proposals to criminalise creating or requesting the creation of purported intimate images of another person without their consent and to criminalise the production, supply and the offering to supply of digital tools and services designed solely or principally to generate intimate images and videos. This consultation can be found at: Improving protections in the justice system for women and girls: consultation - gov.scot.

As is standard practice, we will set out the timetable for the next legislative programme in due course.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00062 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

New government ministers have just been appointed, and will now begin work to deliver on their manifesto commitments.

The information requested is not held centrally. Information on the outcome of court cases is held by Scottish Courts and Tribunals Services (SCTS). Scottish Government (SG) receive a subset of information regularly for use in the Criminal Disposals Dashboard this provides information on the disposal for all charges convicted in court. This shows the number of custodial and non-custodial disposals from each type of court. This dataset also contains the verdict for each charge although this is not currently published. The dataset only relates to disposed cases so information on electronically monitored bail is not held.

Information on the length of time spent on remand is regularly published by SG and is available here: Scottish Prison Population Statistics.

SG is currently developing a research project to link data from SCTS and SPS which may help answer some of these questions. However, an individual can be held on remand for different charges in different cases so determining how the outcome of a court case relates to time spent on remand is not straightforward.