S6M-14871: David Torrance: 10% Increase in Prevalence of MS in Scotland Found by MS Society— That the Parliament thanks the MS Society for its work in conducting a new study, which has reportedly discovered that the number of people living in Scotland, including in Kirkcaldy, with multiple sclerosis (MS) has increased 7 PB/S6/25/001 by 10%, and that the latest MS prevalence figure for Scotland is now estimated to be more than 17,000, which is higher than the 2019 figure of 15,000; understands that the sharp rise is thought to be due to a combination of factors, including better diagnosis and people with MS living longer, rather than simply an increase in the risk of developing MS, and that the new data shows that there are now estimated to be more than 150,000 people living with MS across the whole of the UK, up from an estimated 130,000; further understands that 73% of people with MS in Scotland are female, meaning that almost three times as many females live with the condition compared...