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I am pleased that Police Scotland are eventually giving evidence to set out what their latest position is in this matter. I remain concerned at the multiple inconsistencies in Police Scotland’s position on recording rape and other offence types.
For the May 2026 Scottish Parliament elections changes and accompanying guidance will need to be in place by October 2025 at the very latest.” The Committee requests a response to this letter, copying in the copy recipients, by Monday, 30 June 2025.
I have, however, referred to the UK Parliament’s latest annual report of the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), which covers the year from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
A further reporting dispensation was investigated by officials with HM Treasury but this was not granted given the latest ONS decision. Therefore it was necessary to reconsider the governance model of the organisation, and officials have been working with Scottish Canals since September 2019 to help them understand the implications of transition to NDPB.
What has changed is that every six months, there is an announcement of a new record-high level of homelessness and a new record-high level of breaches of legal duties.
What has changed is that every six months, there is an announcement of a new record-high level of homelessness and a new record-high level of breaches of legal duties.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2026
The 90th percentile reflects the upper limit on how long nine out of ten waits have lasted.The latest data covers all waits for an ongoing new outpatient appointment up to 31 January 2026, as set out in the following table.Table 1.