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The following figures show the number and percentage of complaints processed at stage 2 of the Scottish Government’s Complaints Handling Procedure that were not responded to within 20 working days for each of the specified years. These figures include all complaints processed at stage 2, whether or not they were initially processed at stage 1.

The number of victims of homicide recorded in each year since 1999 was published in Homicide in Scotland 2024-25 on 28 October 2025 and is provided in the following table.

Homicide victims, Scotland, 1999-00 to 2024-25.

Phase 3 of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB3) is delivered as a capital grant scheme and does not apply a single standalone social value percentage weighting.

The operation and maintenance of the A815 is the responsibility of Argyll and Bute Council and therefore the Scottish Government doesn’t hold the information requested.

The public consultation referred to in the debate on 8 January 2026 will be published in the coming weeks. It will be open for responses up to, including and after the pre-election period with the exact closing date yet to be set. It will be for the administration in place after the May 2026 election to consider any next steps arising from the consultation as part of the administration's assessment of priorities.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-43104 on 26 January 2026. 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.

The 2026-27 budget has not yet been passed by Parliament and is at draft stage. Provisionally, some of the budget will cover the £18.180 million required for the ongoing cost of consumables for people who received diabetes technologies through our national roll-out programme in years 2024-25 and 2025-26.

There is a spending commitment of £4.5 million to NHS Boards to deliver specialist support for those living with Long COVID, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and other similar conditions. We have also committed a further £100,000 to continue to support the Rare Disease Action Plan.

The “other arts and activity” budget line in the 2026-2027 draft budget is now confirmed as £16.044m. The Museums Future Programme, Non National Libraries and the Royal and Ceremonial lines have been moved to their own Level 4s. The "other arts and activity" funding will support a range of projects, with around £10 million going to Creative Scotland to support our world class festivals through the Expo Festivals Fund and our Culture Collective. Other funding has been indicatively allocated to a range of priorities including creative communities and our national collection bodies.

While we expect ScotRail to provide an environment which allows for a comfortable journey, this is a matter for ScotRail. ScotRail continues to consider solutions, which can be applied to improve the situation. ScotRail advises that due to its investment so far, the heating system improvements allowed ScotRail to achieve an ambient temperature on board of 156 class trains in half the time, as compared to Winter 2024-25.

In the longer term, the Scottish Government’s investment in its rolling stock replacement programme will bring more modern trains onto the network, which will benefit passengers travelling on West Highland Line.

The following figures show the total number of complaints received during each of the specified years. When calculating these figures, each complaint has been counted only once, regardless of whether it was processed at stage 1 only, stage 2 only, or at both stage 1 and stage 2.