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The Scottish Government continually monitors the cyber threat landscape and works closely with public sector bodies to help prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks that may affect digital public services in Scotland.

The public sector delivers a wide range of digital services, and it is essential that these are secure and resilient. The Scottish Government works collaboratively with the UK Government and public bodies, including The Digital Office for Scottish Local Government, Police Scotland and the National Cyber Security Centre to share advice, guidance, threat intelligence and good practice to strengthen cyber resilience across the public sector.

To support this, the Scottish Government set out a revised Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland, providing guidance on how the public sector should:

• Assess their cyber resilience maturity,
• Align with minimum security standards,
• Benchmark performance, and
• Prioritise investment based on risk.

The Scottish Government has in place the Notifiable Scottish Public Sector Cyber Incidents Procedure. This is a voluntary process which encourages all public sector bodies to report cyber incidents to the Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre (the SC3). The process also encourages reporting of cyber incidents to the Scottish Government, National Cyber Security Centre and Police Scotland, where appropriate, to ensure quick response and recovery.

The third sector continues to play a key role for families in providing access to perinatal mental health support across Scotland. In 2019, the Scottish Government established the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Fund, administered by Inspiring Scotland.

Between October 2024 and March 2026, we are investing £1.5 million through this fund to support third-sector organisations delivering vital (non-clinical) mental health support during pregnancy and the early years.

Following a robust assessment of applications, Inspiring Scotland distributed this funding to 16 organisations, geographically spread across Scotland, including the Scottish Borders.

Inspiring Scotland’s most recent reporting shows that the Fund continues to have a resoundingly positive impact. The Scottish Government continues to work closely with Inspiring Scotland to monitor the impact of the Fund, and to ensure that service design and future funding decisions are informed by local need.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the 2026-27 Scottish budget, we have committed to continue to fund these vital supports in the coming financial year.

The Scottish Government’s 2026-27 draft budget includes £15.229 million in relation to Highlands and Islands Airports Limited’s (HIAL) capital requirements. In December 2025 the HIAL Board approved a business case for the introduction of scanners at Benbecula, Islay, Inverness, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Sumburgh airports which will enable passengers to carry larger liquids through the airports. HIAL’s intention is to install this equipment during 2026-27, starting with Inverness.

The MV Glen Sannox remains in dry dock to allow completion of the scheduled warranty works. The warranty work underway includes installation of additional steelwork to protect the vessel from vibration issues. The vessel is expected to return to service on 23 February 2026.

The Scottish Government will continue to work with CalMac to minimise disruption to services where possible and keep communities informed.

No discussion on that subject has been had with the Tax Advisory Group (TAG). The minutes for TAG meetings are published at Tax Advisory Group - gov.scot.

On Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) matters in the budget, Ministers regularly discuss and engage with a range of stakeholders, including the NDR Consultative Group.

Scottish Government officials last met with the business on 17 November 2025 and, alongside the account management team at Scottish Enterprise, they remain in regular contact with Alexander Dennis. The First Minister and I last met with Alexander Dennis and NFI group on 13 November 2025 and the First Minister met with Alexander Dennis’ parent company, NFI Group, on 24 November 2025.

The Scottish Government provides extensive guidance and training to officials assisting Scottish Ministers in answering parliamentary questions and in responding to Freedom of Information requests.

The draft Budget 2026-27 includes additional investment of £7.65 million to improve access to neurodevelopmental support for children and young people.

We know that long waits for support are unacceptable and we are committed to improving timely access to support for children and young people with autism and ADHD, as well as other neurodevelopmental support needs.

We are currently giving careful consideration to how the additional funding can be put to best use and will provide further details in due course.

The Scottish Government recognises the important role that third sector organisations play in supporting perinatal mental health outcomes, including working alongside NHS Boards to complement statutory services.

While engagement on perinatal mental health takes place regularly between Scottish Government officials and NHS Boards, decisions on how Boards work with and fund third sector partners are a matter for individual boards, based on local needs and priorities.

In 2019, the Scottish Government established the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Fund, administered by Inspiring Scotland.

Between October 2024 and March 2026, we are investing £1.5 million through this fund to support third-sector organisations delivering vital (non-clinical) mental health support during pregnancy and the early years. This funding has been distributed to 16 organisations, geographically spread across Scotland, including the Scottish Borders. Inspiring Scotland’s most recent reporting shows that the Fund continues to have a resoundingly positive impact.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the 2026-27 Scottish budget, we have committed to continue to fund these vital supports in the coming financial year.