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The Scottish Government is committed to investing in Changing Places Toilets over this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to events and outdoor venues.

Further details will be available soon.

We are working to publish the updated Scottish Good Practice Statement as soon as possible, and anticipate that it will be published by the end of February 2023.

The figures requested are set out in the following table:

The Scottish Government does not hold information relating to the financial value of the dark web in Scotland. Regulation of the Internet is reserved to the UK Government.

The Scottish Government maintains a close working relationship with Police Scotland, The National Crime Agency and other UK Government Departments and Agencies with respect to cyber security, cyber enabled and cyber dependent crime to ensure an effective response to the threat from cyber criminals to Scottish people and businesses.

The monitoring of the Dounreay foreshore area is undertaken by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) which is a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and is agreed and regulated by SEPA.

All radioactive particle finds are removed, analysed and reported on the DSRL website. The finds in February and March 2022 were reported on the DSRL website in March and April 2022. The Dounreay Stakeholder Group was also provided with information regarding the particle finds in a written update from SEPA at one of its subgroup meetings in April 2022.

The NDA and SEPA remain content that the monitoring and retrieval programme in place continues to provide appropriate protection for the public.

The Scottish Government produces a range of Official Statistics that include information on crimes involving firearms, crimes of possessing an offensive weapon and drug seizures, However, we do not hold any information on the number of firearms, weapons or prohibited drugs that were specifically seized within mail and courier delivery services.

The Scottish Government’s Changing Places Toilets investment will be delivered in phases over the course of this parliamentary term. The Scottish Government is progressing the first phase of work, in order to design an investment programme that ensures that the Changing Places Toilets which are built are fit for purpose and are installed in appropriate locations to meet the needs of those that will use them. We will work with stakeholders to develop eligibility criteria for the fund.

Further details will be available soon.

The Scottish Government will invest in Changing Places Toilets over this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to events and outdoor venues.

This investment will be delivered in phases over the course of this parliamentary term. The Scottish Government is progressing the first phase of work to design an investment programme that ensures that the Changing Places Toilets which are built are fit for purpose.

Further details will be available soon.

ESOL qualifications are delivered in a number of settings, including schools, colleges and community settings.

The Scottish Government approach to monitoring the uptake of ESOL qualifications across education providers is not sub-categorised into the individuals’ legal status such as refugees and asylum seekers. There are a variety of approaches to delivering ESOL as learning is shaped around learners’ specific requirements. This flexibility enables providers to tailor their provision to best suit learners’ personal circumstances.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) publish data on numbers of people entering SQA ESOL qualifications at schools, colleges and other approved SQA centres including training providers and voluntary sector organisations. The Scottish Funding Council collect data for colleges on enrolments to ESOL qualifications.

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) data on the number of people entering and passing SQA ESOL qualifications can be found at the following link: Statistics and information - SQA As I have noted, this data is not sub-categorised into individuals’ legal status.

The Scottish Funding Council publish college student data each year and this information can be found at the following link: College Performance Indicators (sfc.ac.uk) . Further detail and information can be made available from The Scottish Funding Council on request.

Due to the breadth of this request, and changes made over the requested time period to the way Scottish Government records financial information, it has not been possible to provide the entirety of the information sought. The amounts listed relate to funding provided directly by the unit responsible for sexual health and blood born viruses (SHBBV) work to third sector organisations. It does not include other funding from other areas of Scottish Government to third sector organisations that carry out SHBBV work.

Between 2018-19 and 2020-21, over £800k of funding was provided to third sector organisations for work related to sexual health and blood borne viruses annually.

Information has been provided for 2021-22 until the date of this request. Further payments are anticipated during the course of this financial year.