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Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26 The next item on our agenda is an evidence session as part of our pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26, focusing on the financial position of integration joint boards.
There are issues with comparing data from the pandemic with pre-pandemic outcomes. Some of the qualifications that students have achieved are testament to how colleges have worked throughout the pandemic.
The prison population is at 94 per cent of pre-pandemic levels and, as we know, there is no requirement for prisoners on remand to attend work parties, for example.
You are right to identify the particular challenges that are faced by rural communities. I will give an example. Pre-Covid, when I was in the south of Scotland for one of the South of Scotland Enterprise meetings, I met some employers and apprentices.
Can the cabinet secretary provide an update on compliance with compulsory face coverings on public transport and on how public transport capacity now compares with that of pre-Covid levels, particularly in my region, South Scotland?