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Questions and Answers Date answered: 21 October 2025

S6W-40895

NHS boards were contacted on 10 January 2025 inviting feedback by 22 January on activities which could be delivered and supported by single-year funding of £4.5 million allocated on a non-recurring basis in the financial year 2025-26. A further opportunity to provide feedback was provided on 29 January with feedback invited by 4 February.To enable a case for multi-year funding to be considered, on 2 May NHS boards were requested to provide by 16 May an indicative multi-year proposal covering the financial years 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 26 August 2025

S6W-39645

SCOTSS manages the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme (ETSEP) in Scotland, which is a key component in the Scottish Government’s Tobacco and Vaping Framework, and helps ensure that young people’s access to harmful age-restricted products is minimised.In addition in 2025-26, the Scottish Government has made £300k available for transitional costs associated with the ban on SUVs, and to support recycling and responsible disposal of SUV’s seized by local authorities.The 2025-26 budget delivered record funding of over £15.1 billion for Local Government, a real terms increase of 5.5 per cent.

Last updated: 29 September 2025

IGR Scottish Government

Scottish Government’s assessment of the ‘reset’ in the relationship with the UK Government The new UK Government was formed by the Labour Party following its victory in the General Election on 4 July 2024.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 March 2026

S6W-44377

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the most recent figures on the disability employment gap in Scotland. The latest calendar year estimates available from the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey, which we use to measure the disability employment gap, are for January to December 2024.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 25 February 2026

S6W-43817

The Scottish Government is working with Zero Waste Scotland to update their latest capacity analysis and expect to publish the results in 2026.This work will inform the development of Scotland's residual waste plan to 2045.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 27 November 2025

S6W-41998

The Scottish Government does not hold this data.Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes regular statistics relating to waiting times in A&E.The latest publication can be found here: Accident and emergency - Urgent and unscheduled care - Healthcare system - Public Health Scotland S6W-41998

Questions and Answers Date answered: 7 July 2025

S6W-38827

The ministerial code was updated most recently in 2024 providing clarity on the expectation of ministers.The latest version of the ministerial code can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-ministerial-code-2024-edition/.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 17 June 2025

S6W-37839

There is no breakdown by those with teacher assessed grades.The latest publication is available on the SFC’s website: https://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications/report-on-widening-access-2022-23/.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 21 February 2025

S6W-34444

Data on how much each local authority spends on supply teachers is not held or collected by central government.Data on local authority expenditure on teachers is available from the Local Government Financial statistics data collection. The latest figures are available from LFR01 at Scottish local government finance statistics 2023-24.