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The information requested regarding former prisoners who were held in custody as transgender men and have de-transitioned since being released from prison is not collected or held centrally.

The information requested regarding former prisoners who were held in custody as transgender women and have de-transitioned since being released from prison is not collected or held centrally.

The Scottish Government supports new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme. Planting is recorded against financial years; the hectarage of new woodland creation approved for planting in the 2024-25 financial year, and each subsequent year, is shown in the following table.

The Scottish Government supports new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme. Planting is recorded in line with financial years. Scottish Forestry has already approved 5,715 hectares of applications to plant new woodland in the 2024-25 financial year, with an additional 6,313 hectares submitted for assessment. A further 3,225 hectares of applications have been received to create new woodland in 2025-26, 2,494 hectares in 2026-27, 2,327 hectares in 2027-28, and 1,244 hectares in 2028-29.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6O-03094 on 21 February 2024. Answers to Oral parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at Meeting of the Parliament: 21/02/2024 | Scottish Parliament Website .

We do not have statistics on how many charge points have been specifically installed on the trunk road network in each of the last three years.

According to a 2023 report commissioned by Transport Scotland there were 182 rapid/ultra-rapid charge points (>50kW) located within 100 metres of the trunk road and motorway network.

According to UK Department for Transport statistics the number of rapid/ultra-rapid chargers in Scotland in each of the last three years was as follows: January 2022 – 707; January 2023 – 947; January 2024 – 1,172. Not all of these are located close to trunk roads.

Scottish Government recognise the health benefits of maintaining adequate vitamin D levels across our population. Current advice is for everyone to consider taking a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D to maintain bone and muscle health, particularly during the winter months. We recommend that population groups at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency take a daily 10 microgram supplement all year round.

Since 2017, all pregnant women in Scotland have been offered Healthy Start Vitamins which contain vitamin D, throughout their pregnancy. Free vitamin D supplements are also available to children under 3 and breastfeeding women.

Food Standards Scotland are currently running a social media Vitamin D campaign toolkit | Food Standards Scotland to raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D, and to encourage people to take vitamin D supplements. This builds on a number of previous FSS vitamin D campaigns during the winter.

Information on vitamin D is available for the general public on Vitamin D | NHS inform , including in different languages, easy read and audio formats. Our Parent Club website also contains information on the importance of Vitamin D. Vitamin D in care homes | Care Inspectorate Hub for adult care homes has also been published to support care home staff in discussing vitamin D supplements with residents and/ or their representatives.

The East Kilbride project is delivering an electrified railway to provide more reliable and emission free services, and also a number of significant station improvements.

ScotRail keeps services under continual review to ensure the service levels reflect the changing passenger requirements, which is an operational matter for ScotRail. The member may wish to contact ScotRail directly.

It is an offence under Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to release any type of pig, including wild boar. It is also an offence to allow them to escape from captivity.

The primary responsibility for controlling feral pig populations in the wild lies with land managers who should work in partnership with local communities.

Further information on feral pigs can be found on the NatureScot website at Managing feral pigs in Scotland | NatureScot .

The Scottish Government’s challenging budget position impacts on the budget available for the delivery of the Empowering Communities Programme which supports Coalfield Regeneration Trust’s (CRT’s) grant. Officials advised CRT that we would be unable to deliver funding at the same level as previous years and worked with the Trust to help prioritise their 2023-24 work programme on protecting those elements which have the greatest impact and outcomes for coalfields communities.