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The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested. Police Scotland regularly publish performance data, including for the non-emergency 101 service, on their website at Call Handling Reports 2023 - Police Scotland . Furthermore, Police Scotland’s performance, including the non-emergency 101 service, is monitored by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Policing Performance Committee on a quarterly basis. The performance report for Quarter 1 2023/24 was published on 7 September 2023 and the next meeting will be held on 6 December 2023 and can be viewed via the SPA web site at Policing Performance Committee Meetings | Scottish Police Authority (spa.police.uk) .

As stated in the reply to SW6-20231, the Scottish Government does not hold the information requested as responsibility for managing Police Scotland’s call handling system, including the collection of data for non-emergency 101 calls, rests with the Chief Constable of Scotland.

This information is also already in the public domain. Police Scotland regularly publish performance data, including for the non-emergency 101 service, on their website with the most recent information available at Call Handling Reports 2023 - Police Scotland . It should be noted that information for August 2023 has not yet been published, however we can provide information for the number of calls received during September to December 2022 as outlined below:

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. Decisions on the allocation of resources and the deployment of officers and staff are the responsibility of the Chief Constable of Scotland.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of contract inflation claims made by house builders and contractors. This contractual information is held between grant recipient and house builders and/or contractors.

Transport Scotland is undertaking a National Speed Management Review to support a range of policies that help our Government’s national outcomes and indicators. These include related policy drivers such as better road safety and health outcomes, promotion of active travel, climate change mitigation, place making and economic growth.

The review covers comprehensive analysis of all types of speed management policies and initiatives in Scotland as well as a review of what has been introduced in other countries throughout the world.

The process will also include a stakeholder and public consultation later this year to consider their views of whether any changes to speed limit policies, including HGV speed limits and speed management measures should be introduced as part of our speed management plan.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway does offer adult ADHD diagnostic assessments, but I do appreciate however that there is a growing demand from people seeking referrals from their GP.

We are committed to improving access to ADHD diagnosis in Scotland and are engaged in ongoing work with the National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT) to develop a single diagnostic adult neurodevelopmental pathway for ADHD and autism and to action the recommendations in their report, commissioned by the Scottish Government, and published earlier this year. The report can be found HERE .

We have provided funding for NAIT to work with Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) to assist them to develop local action plans.

To date, Cunninghame Housing Association has received a total of £5,066,374.16 for the project at Windermere Park Annan.

It is not appropriate for Scottish Government to be involved in contractual decisions or discussions between grant applicants and firms constructing the homes. Any inflationary claims from construction firms should be submitted to their client whose role it is to assess such claims. It is for the client to decide if they want to support a claim.

No penalties have been paid by Cunninghame Housing Association in relation to the delayed handover of the 60 social rented properties at Windermere Park Annan.

Vehicle standards remain a reserved matter for the UK Government.

Electric vehicles (EV) have come under scrutiny in regards to the lack of noise emission at lower speeds. Although when driving above 20 mph the road noise from tyres and wind mean that EV noise to pedestrians is virtually identical to petrol/diesel vehicles, but they are far quieter in operation at low speeds than traditional vehicles.

The UK Transport Research Laboratory published a research paper regarding whether adding in additional noise at low speeds for EV’s would be a positive move. Within the research paper it was noted that the audibility of EVs presents a very small risk to pedestrians specifically those who are vision-impaired. More specifically when in urban environments where tyre/ road noise is potentially masked by general background noise.

However ‘added sound’ to improve the audibility of EVs needs to be given careful consideration. There is many factors to take into consideration such as environment, speed and background noise which can all mask the audibility of the vehicle. This makes moves to impose minimum noise limits on vehicles challenging.