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I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

The safety and security of all those who work, reside and visit our establishments is of the utmost importance.

All individuals in prison are provided access to a kettle within their accommodation, except in cases where medical or security considerations necessitate its removal. Such decisions are made following an appropriate risk assessment and in accordance with established procedures.

Since its inception, the Scottish Government has provided approximately £23 million, exclusive of VAT, to the Techscaler programme. Techscaler supports a network of over 1,260 startups across Scotland, offering tailored support, education, mentoring, workspace and peer learning events. Since joining the programme, members have raised more than £195 million in investment, demonstrating the health of Scotland’s tech ecosystem and highlights Scotland’s growing reputation as a leading tech hub.

The Scottish Government’s guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools, published in August 2024, sets out the features of a respectful and responsible use of mobile technology policy, including consideration of digital etiquette (standards of conduct when using mobile phones), digital rights and responsibilities (what individuals can and cannot do), and safe and secure use of mobile technology (precautions that can be taken to ensure digital safety).

The guidance supports schools and local authorities to develop an ethos of citizenship that promotes respectful and responsible use of mobile technology, encouraging positive use to enhance learning now and in the future, while protecting staff, children, and young people from potential misuse and harm.

The guidance is clear that high expectations for respectful and responsible conduct are to remain consistent, regardless of the context, and in line with this, policies on mobile technology use in schools should be rooted within existing positive relationships and behaviour policies. Any breach of expectations in relation to mobile technology should therefore be treated in accordance with a school’s relationships and behaviour policy. The guidance outlines consideration within a mobile phone policy should include agreed consequences for the misuse of mobile phones that are integrated with each school’s existing policies and approaches and clear procedures for removal and return of mobile phones, in the circumstances of inappropriate use, in alignment with the wider relationships and behaviour policy.

We expect schools and local authorities to have appropriate measures in place on devices provided by the school and on school networks.

Finally, schools must help pupils develop an understanding of safe use of digital technologies and privacy.

I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

SPS has a zero-tolerance approach to violence towards staff and has support mechanisms in place to assist prison officers who have been affected by it. Incidents of criminality are reported to Police Scotland and SPS will actively seek prosecution.

While people in prisons do have access to kettles, these will be removed from individuals if it is considered a risk to the safety of themselves or others.

Having delivered 139,203 affordable homes between April 2007 and March 2025, we now remain focused on our new target of delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, with at least 70% of these for social rent and 10% in rural and island areas, including new build, rehabilitation and acquisitions.

Backed by £808 million of investment this year, including £80 million targeted towards acquisitions to support local authorities to tackle the most sustained homelessness and temporary accommodation pressures, we are continuing to work with partners to increase the delivery of more affordable homes. The delivery of affordable homes, through both new build and acquisitions, is integral to our objectives of tackling poverty and inequality, ending homelessness, creating and supporting jobs, meeting energy efficiency and decarbonisation aims and creating connected, cohesive communities. Acquisitions are a useful option to help deliver at increased pace where the properties are of the right type, quality and location to meet local authority strategic housing priorities.

We report on all homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme via our quarterly official statistics. Official statistics for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme are available on the Scottish Government website at Housing statistics - gov.scot.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-03151 on 1 October 2021.

Whilst we hold information on the number of off the shelf properties supported through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, we do not hold information on whether those properties are former right-to-buy properties.

We report on all homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, including off the shelf properties, via our quarterly official statistics. Official statistics for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme are available on the Scottish Government website at Housing statistics - gov.scot.

In the 10 years since ending the Right to Buy policy in 2016, we estimate that up to 15,500 homes will remain in the sector available to renters now and in the future.

APS Group (Scotland) have never had to issue a product recall of any of the items contained in Scotland’s Baby Box. As detailed in response to PQ S6W-40091, out of over 352,000 Baby Boxes issued since August 2017, APS have only received reports of 190 faulty or damaged items. These individual items were from 14 different lines of items provided within Baby Box and not across a complete line, which would have necessitated a product recall.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

Since 2016 the Scottish Funding Council has allocated the following core teaching and capital funding to Forth Valley College:

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has accepted an invitation for a meeting with stilbestrol campaigners and will consider what actions can and should be taken in relation to their concerns following this discussion.

While this is an operational matter for Scottish Water, it has confirmed to the Scottish Government that the 2024 overflow data publication, published in March 2025, will not be updated.

Scottish Water has confirmed that it intends to publish annual overflow event data for the period January to December 2025 in March 2026. This publication will include annual overflow event data for the Event Duration Monitor (EDM) locations which are included within Scottish Water’s Near Real Time Overflow Map.