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I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

There are currently 768 Scottish prison cells designed to be occupied by 2 people. Of these cells, 497 are currently occupied by 2 people, equating to 994 people in total.

Table 1 provides a breakdown by prison on the number of double cells occupied by 2 people.

Table 1:

I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

At 9.00 hours on 22 October 2018 there were 7,789 people in SPS Care.

There are 2 legal statuses which apply to those in prison: Convicted or Untried. Those who are deemed as Convicted Awaiting Sentence (CAS) are counted within the untried population. A breakdown of the CAS population is provided in Table 4.

a) Table 1 provides a breakdown of the SPS population by prison and legal status.

Table 1:

I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

The design capacity of the prison estate is 7918. The following below shows this broken down by prison.

The Scottish Government had no role in this decision and was not notified at the time of the vehicle's disposal. Ministers would not routinely be consulted on such matters which are the operational responsibility of the Chief Constable.

Number of persons convicted for Causing death by dangerous driving,
careless driving and careless driving when under influence of
drink/drugs, broken down by main penalty can be found here -
https://gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/
DatasetsCrimProc/DDCD1617

Number of people convicted for Causing death by careless driving¹,
by result, 2007-08 to 2016-17.

Number of persons convicted for Causing death by dangerous driving,
careless driving and careless driving when under influence of
drink/drugs, broken down by main penalty can be found here -
https://gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets
/DatasetsCrimProc/DDCD1617

Number of people convicted for Causing death by dangerous driving¹,
by result, 2007-08 to 2016-17.

Number of persons convicted for Causing death by dangerous driving,
careless driving and careless driving when under influence of
drink/drugs, broken down by main penalty can be found here -
https://gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/
DatasetsCrimProc/DDCD1617

Number of people convicted for Causing death by careless driving
when under influence of drink/drugs¹, by result, 2007-08 to 2016-17.

Electricity network policy and regulation are reserved matters, and the responsibility of the UK Government and Ofgem respectively. However, the Scottish Government works closely with each of these to ensure that Scottish policies, priorities and circumstances, such as our Energy Strategy and Climate Change plan are fully reflected in the relevant decision making processes.

We know how important it is to ensure that the electricity distribution infrastructure in Scotland is able to support the anticipated growth in electric vehicles, as well as the wider decarbonisation of the whole energy system in Scotland. The Scottish Government is working closely with Scotland’s distribution network owners, given their vital role in helping to fulfil the Scottish Government's ambition – set out in the 2017-18 Programme for Government – to phase out the need for petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032.

This will include collaborating on modelling work to help identify where distribution network upgrades may be required, which may affect determination a number of applications for which we are responsible under section 37 of the Electricity Act, and to inform the nature of the investment and regulatory decisions which the network companies will need to ask of Ofgem as part of the price control process.

Our Networks Vision Statement, which we committed to produce within our Energy Strategy and which aim to publish before the end of this year, will set out more detail on how we expect Scotland’s electricity and gas networks to develop and to support the transition to a low carbon economy over the coming decades.

Homeopathic Outpatient appointments are not covered by Waiting Time Standards and Boards are not therefore required to provide this information to Information Services Division (ISD) for publication. The information requested is not therefore held centrally. The question asks about the number of outpatient referrals to Homeopathy. Three Boards have provided ISD with data on the number of new outpatient attendance for homeopathy and integrative care. These numbers are not necessarily the same as the number of referrals as a person referred may not attend the appointment.

Figures in the following table shows the number of New Outpatient attendances, by Board, for the last five financial years:

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-18492 on 24 September 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .