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Funding for National Records of Scotland since 2012 and for its predecessor bodies, including National Archives of Scotland, is set out in budget documents available at:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Finance/18127/Documents.

As I announced in Parliament on 13 September 2016, the Scottish Government has set up the 2016 National Basic Payment Support Scheme.

Under this scheme, eligible farmers and crofters will be able to receive a loan of
80 per cent of their expected eligible CAP Basic Payment and Greening 2016 up to a maximum of €150,000.

More information is available at:

https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/all-schemes/national-loan-schemes/loans-for-2016-17-payments/

The Scottish Government do not hold this information. Analysis and briefings for overseas travel by the First Minister are prepared by civil servants during normal working hours.

The following table sets out the length of each trunk road managed and maintained by the Scottish Ministers in (i) Scotland and (ii) Dumfries and Galloway.

Suicides in Hospitals

Records do not provide precise enough information on the location where the suicidal act occurred to identify those event that happened in hospital. Whilst data can identify people who are in hospital at the time that they died from suicide, it is anticipated that a large number of these will be due to suicidal acts occurring outside of hospital, after which the individual is taken to hospital.

Suicides in Prisons

Information relating to Prisoner Deaths is published on the SPS Website under Freedom of Information.

Any death in prison custody may lead to a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 however the decision to hold an FAI is a matter for the Lord Advocate/Procurator Fiscal. No cause of death is recorded where a death has not yet been determined following FAI.

For information the term 'Event of Undetermined Intent' is an outcome where the exact intent of the individual concerned cannot be ascertained.

The table below shows the number of suicides in prison determined by Fatal Accident Inquiry, recorded in calendar years 2007 to 2016.

On 29 June 2016, the First Minister travelled to Brussels and was supported by Scottish Government civil servants. On 9 August 2016, the First Minister travelled to Berlin and was supported by Scottish Government civil servants.

National Records of Scotland holds over 80 linear km of archive material comprising millions of individual items in a wide variety of formats. 7562 of these items are currently marked as “unfit for production” and a further 1494 are marked as “record at risk”. Annual figures are not kept. As the national archives holdings are measured in linear kilometres, it is not possible to express these items as a percentage of the total collection.

There are no current plans to increase the HGV speed limit as we believe that there is currently insufficient evidence in this area to justify a change.

In conjunction with the A9 average speed camera system we have increased HGV speed limits on single-carriageway sections of the A9 between Perth and Inverness in order to address issues specific to that route.

With road safety considerations paramount, we will continue to consider any emerging evidence regarding speed limits for HGVs including findings from our on-going monitoring of the A9 and the increased HGV speed limit in England and Wales.

The Minister for Transport and the Islands is currently reviewing Transport Scotland’s comments on the A7 Action Plan and will report back to the A7 Action group as soon as possible.