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We thank the petitioner, to whom we will write, explaining our reasonings.New Petitions New Petitions That brings us to agenda item 3, which is consideration of new petitions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2025
Public Health Scotland (PHS) will provide updates on HIV statistics as part of the HIV in Scotland annual surveillance report. The latest report was published in September 2024 and the next release will be in Autumn 2025.The HIV Transmission Elimination Delivery Plan was launched in March 2024.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 October 2023
The Chief Constable has responsibility for the recruitment, deployment and HR issues of all police officers and staff under their control. Around 1480 new police officers have taken the Oath of Office in the past 18 months with the latest intake of 200 recruits commencing training on 18 September.
S5W-26993 Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils in (a) P1 to P3 and (b) P4 to P7 have been taught in class sizes of (i) fewer than 18, (ii) 19 to 25, (iii) 26 to 30 and (iv) more than 30 pupils in each of the last 10 years.
However, it is concerning that that trend is reversing. The latest statistics show that median waits have risen by almost 24 per cent since April and are now back at more than three months.
Will the minister provide an update on how many dentists currently operate in Scotland and how that figure compares with the figures for England and Wales under Labour Governments? The latest data that is available shows that, at 31 March 2024, 3,436 dentists were operating in Scotland’s NHS.