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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12255 by Keith Brown on 29 November 2022, how many people were found guilty of offences under section 40(1) of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 in 2021-22.
Although the country has become my home, its colonial past continues to shape my life and the experiences of the many black and brown people who live here. Racism remains a reality in Scotland.
With the investment of an additional £50 million in 2021-22 to support dealing with the backlog, as well as funding this year of a further £53.2 million, we are doing all that we can, through funding and other means, led by my colleague Keith Brown, to reduce the backlog and get back to where we were.
She is accompanied by Scottish Government officials: Jill Stephen Poller is a legal aid policy officer in the access to justice unit, and Martin Brown is a solicitor in the constitutional and civil law division.