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The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested. Whist we have previously published figures on racist incidents or racially aggravated hate crime up to 2017-18, this does not include information on the social group the perpetrator was perceived to be showing malice or ill-will towards.

We made clear during the Showing Solidarity with Anti-Racism debate in parliament on 10 June 2020 that data on police recorded hate crime in Scotland needs to show a greater level of disaggregation. This is being taken forward in two ways. The first is a study by Scottish Government statisticians into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime in 2018-19, based on a review of crime records. The findings will present information on the social groups that perpetrators were perceived to have shown prejudice towards, including an estimate of how many cases were anti-English in nature. This project had been postponed due to COVID-19 as data could not be collected when working from home, however it has now resumed and analysts will announce a publication date in the near future.

As a second action, we are also setting up a cross justice system working group to improve the collection and reporting of evidence on race, whose remit will include identifying how more detailed hate crime statistics can be produced on an ongoing basis. Justice partners and stakeholder groups have been invited to join, with further announcements on the group to follow in due course.

This data can be found in Table 5.2 at the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/pupil-census-supplementary-statistics/

Note that data is only available for pupils attending publicly funded schools.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on local road maintenance expenditure.

Maintenance of the local road network is the responsibility of local authorities. The vast majority of funding to local authorities from the Scottish Government is provided via a block grant and we do not stipulate how local authorities should utilise their individual allocations. It is therefore the responsibility of each local authority to manage their own budget and to allocate the financial resources available to them on the basis of local needs and priorities, having first fulfilled their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities.

The Scottish Government has taken exceptional measures in every area of government as we deal with the challenges of COVID- 19 - and that is particularly clear in our support for local services. To date, £379 million of additional funding has been committed to local authorities by the Scottish Government and to avoid any potential cash flow problems we agreed with COSLA to front-load our weekly grant payments to local authorities by £455 million during May, June and July.

The Programme for Government 2020/21 commits to developing and improving the current Scottish Model for Chronic Pain, and to publish a new Framework for Chronic Pain Service Delivery in 2021.

This will involve developing and agreeing pain management pathways that provide more sustainable support for people living with chronic pain by delivering better health outcomes and improving their quality of life.

It is intended that this work will also lead to less variation in the quality and availability of services for people with chronic pain, and support the sharing of best practice.

The following table details the total number of journeys conducted by the Government Car Service since 2007.

Existing information held by Scottish Enterprise grants to life sciences companies is provided in the following table:

Scottish Enterprise’s ‘pipeline’ includes companies at all stages in the large grant application process prior to a company formally accepting an offer. This includes those who have made an initial enquiry, those with projects under appraisal and those considering an offer.

Not all companies in the ‘pipeline’ will proceed to full application and, for a variety of reasons, not all will receive an offer. It is therefore not possible to accurately predict how many companies in the ‘pipeline’ will receive support funding from Scottish Enterprise.

In addition, grant funding is only one element of the support Scottish Enterprise provides to companies. The expertise and advice provided by Scottish Enterprise staff is often a key support mechanism for companies across Scotland.

The following table details the total cost of the Government Car Service since 2007.

The full breakdown by year since 2008-09 is as follows. Data prior to 2008 is not available as this was previously held by the network of local enterprise companies.

Existing information held by Scottish Enterprise on R&D grants (including large R&D, SMART and small R&D awards) is provided in the following table: