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The Scottish Government does not hold this data.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes regular statistics relating to waiting times in A&E.

The latest publication can be found here: Accident and emergency - Urgent and unscheduled care - Healthcare system - Public Health Scotland

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-41873 on 27 November 2025. 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 Community Needs Assessments (CNAs) for Arran (including the Ardrossan-Brodick route) and Campbeltown are part of a wider programme of assessments for Clyde and Kintyre routes plus Islay, Jura and Gigha, and are scheduled to be carried out during 2026.

CNAs are underway for routes within the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service. These include assessments for Coll, Colonsay, Iona, Kerrera, Lismore, Mull, Tiree, and the Sounds of Barra and Harris services. These assessments are expected to be completed by summer 2026. CNAs for the Outer Hebrides (mainland routes), Small Isles, Skye and Raasay are scheduled to commence later this year.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-41869 on 27 November 2025. 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 Scottish Government does not hold this information.

The Scottish Government continues to invest in and support NHS 24 as a vital part of Scotland’s health and care system. Over the past two financial years, NHS 24 has received more than £26.9 million in additional funding to increase its capacity and improve patient access.

More than 100 new call handlers have been recruited, bringing staffing close to full levels to reduce handling times and manage demand.

Additionally, NHS 24 launched its digital transformation programme on 21 October 2025 to modernise services, improve patient experience, streamline clinical pathways, and ensure faster access to appropriate care.

NHS 24 operate under clear, evidence-based clinical protocols that are designed to safeguard patient safety and ensure timely access to care. These include a structured triage system, clinical decision support tools, and escalation pathways for urgent or complex cases, which apply equally to repeat callers.

The Scottish Government monitors compliance with these protocols and expects NHS 24 to adhere to them rigorously. Detailed information on specific guidance may be obtained from NHS 24.

Road safety is of paramount importance to the Scottish Government. Transport Scotland assesses the safety performance of the trunk road network on an annual basis. The trunk road safety annual assessment process is a robust, evidence-based approach which ensures that the funding available can be prioritised to those locations that offer the possibility of delivering the greatest casualty accident savings across the country to support the effective delivery of the Scottish Government’s 2030 casualty reduction targets.

Through this process, Transport Scotland has undertaken, and continues to undertake where identified, road safety schemes related to the A9/A923/A822 Dunkeld junction. In November 2021, works were carried out to introduce solar road studs, refresh road markings, and upgrade local signage. In 2023, solar road studs and enhanced road markings were introduced on the section of the A9 between Bankfoot and Dalguise as part of the £5M A9 short-term measures announced by the then Transport Minister in December 2022.

Following engagement with the local community, Transport Scotland is currently reviewing signage associated with the A9/A923 Dunkeld junction and adjacent junctions. Any improvement works identified will be implemented during the 2026/27 financial year.

In 2024, following requests from the local community, a study was undertaken to assess the potential for a roundabout at the Dunkeld junction. A wide range of options were evaluated in terms of safety, operational performance, construction impacts on existing traffic, land requirements, environmental considerations, geotechnics, public utilities, construction programme, road geometry, public acceptability, and cost. The assessment concluded that roundabout options were costly, would likely be replaced by the A9 dualling in a few years, were disruptive to construct, and ultimately did not accommodate the traffic volumes at the junction.

As a result, and following discussions with the local community, Transport Scotland agreed to investigate traffic signalisation as an alternative. Our Operating Company BEAR Scotland has been instructed to examine the feasibility of introducing traffic signals and reducing the speed limit. This investigative work is scheduled for completion by the end of the 2025/26 financial year.

The A9/A923/A82 Dunkeld junction was identified in Transport Scotland’s 2026/27 Annual Road Safety Review report as a site requiring further investigation, which will take place during the 2026/27 financial year.

It is the statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage and maintain their school estate, therefore, this would be a matter for Argyll and Bute Council. However, the condition ratings for all schools in Scotland are available within the School Estate Statistics 2025: Supporting documents - School estate statistics 2025 - gov.scot.

The Scottish Government continues to support Argyll and Bute Council in relation to its school estate. For example, through the £2bn Learning Estate Investment Programme, we will provide it with significant funding towards the school campus project on Mull.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that children and young people in Scotland are safe and supported in their online lives. We recognise the significant risks posed by harmful online content and the importance of robust regulation to protect children from exploitation, abuse, and exposure to inappropriate material.

We also recognise that real progress can only be achieved through partnership working, bringing together the knowledge, skills and expertise required to prevent and reduce the effects of online harm, informed by lived experience.

To help prevent violence, including online, and reduce its harm, the Scottish Government supports the work of multiple cross sector partnerships with justice, education, health and across communities. This includes the work of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, Medics Against Violence and Youthlink Scotland, who have collaborated to create a Quit Fighting for Likes campaign to support front line practitioners working with young people, to encourage conversations about their online experiences, including discussions on the impact of filming and sharing harmful violent content online.

In 2024, the Scottish Government established the National Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Strategic Group - gov.scot, which comprises of operational partners, including Police Scotland, and other expert stakeholders from the statutory, third-sector, academic and service delivery organisations, to review current actions and agree where additional focus is needed to better protect children from abuse and exploitation, including online-enabled harm. This group’s overarching priority is prevention and will work together to identify priorities and actions to more effectively prevent, disrupt and provide support to victims of child sexual abuse and their families, including those facing online harms.

In January 2025, I announced the establishment of an Online Safety Taskforce to strengthen our approach to keeping children safe online, providing oversight and direction to work being undertaken across Scottish Government, and identifying what more can be done to protect children and young people. A responsibility that I and the Minister for Victims and Community Safety as Ministerial leads take very seriously.

The Taskforce is currently considering how engagement on the government’s overarching approach to online harm can be enhanced further to support a more joined up dialogue with stakeholders including the third sector and those with lived experience.