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:The partnership group has been established for a considerable time. I cannot recall the date of its establishment, but I suspect that it predates my time as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs.
However, I think that what I heard in your final sentence was that engagement has been happening and that the information that the committee received is perhaps now out of date. Is that roughly where we are? Will the courts be ready?
If, once the new person comes in and is up and running, the staffing remains constant, May 2026 is still an achievable date for there to be no backlog. Yes.
We track that data and have a great relationship with Social Security Scotland and with the Scottish Government, which provide us with up-to-date information all the time that we are constantly able to look at.
Are there any plans to extend it further, beyond that date? As far as I am aware, the consultation on the permanent ban will drive the decision that is made.
I suggest that the committee might want to contact NHS Wales to find out more detail on the progress of that work to date and how it might be applicable to Scotland.
He wrote to the Presiding Officer on 16 April to say that the Scottish Government had known for six months that the figures were out of date, but that it did not tell the committee.
All our investments in mental health in general and in specific programmes such as distress brief intervention have an impact on suicide prevention. To date, we have invested £24 million in distress brief intervention.
Two years in, we have made good progress. To date, we have completed 17 of the actions that were identified in NSET, with a further 44 currently progressing.