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The remit of the Women’s Health Champion , Professor Anna Glasier, is to drive change and share best practice and innovation in the improvement of health services and health outcomes for women.

Professor Glasier is working with partners in the NHS and across the public and third sectors to drive forward the ambitions, aims and actions in the Women’s Health Plan .

Professor Glasier’s particular priorities were set out in the recently published report on progress and include specialist menopause services, menstrual health with a focus on endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome, and heart health.

Professor Glasier recently published her first quarterly blog , highlighting her initial work and priorities for the months ahead.

Any requests should be directed to womenshealthchampion@gov.scot .

Data on the possession of a National Entitlement Card by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles comes from the Scottish Household Survey, which asks questions regarding concessionary bus travel on alternate years.

The Scottish Household Survey 2021 was published in April 2023 but covers the year prior to the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme coming into force in January 2022.

Work is now underway on the one year evaluation of the Young Person’s Free Bus Travel Scheme. The evaluation will include questions looking at barriers to bus travel and to accessing, or using, the scheme. It will collect information from children, young people and parents (both users and non-users of the scheme) about their experiences. The evaluation study will also draw on scheme cardholder data on young people in various data zones, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.

I refer the member to the answer to S6O-02060 on 23 March 2023.

The answer to the oral parliamentary question is available on the Parliaments website, the official report can be viewed at Meeting of the Parliament: 23/03/2023 | Scottish Parliament Website

There are no current or planned future requirements for CCTV in psychiatric hospitals in Scotland to include sound.

Counter-terrorism policy is Reserved. As such, the monitored recommendations within the Manchester Arena Inquiry fall to the UK Government for consideration.

In response to the recommendations outlined in Volume 1 of the Manchester Arena Inquiry the UK Government has published a draft Bill – The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) (previously referred to as Martyn’s law) for pre-legislative scrutiny on 2 nd May, ahead of a full Bill being introduced to UK Parliament in the next UK parliamentary session.

Scottish Government is working closely with the UK Government in the development and progression of this Bill, which aims to enhance public safety at Publicly Accessible Locations and Events across the UK including Scotland.

The UK Government in partnership with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) developed a website “Protect UK” which is available to members of the public and organisations. This website includes guidance on First Aid preparedness for organisations. This was in response to the recommendation to create a central library for guidance and advice that organisations and members of the public could access.

Scottish Government has promoted the use of the guidance and advice available through this platform to all relevant Scottish stakeholders.

The Scottish Government is working with all relevant partners to ensure that relevant recommendations from Volume 2 (Emergency Response) of the Manchester Arena Inquiry are appropriately implemented in Scotland.

The Scottish Government will also be taking account of the findings of Volume 3 and the Independent Review of Prevent in their ongoing work to refresh the Prevent Duty Guidance for Scotland, with the aim of ensuring delivery of Prevent in Scotland remains as effective as possible.

The independent review of the role of incineration published a study, alongside its second and final report, that explored the impact of diverting plastics away from incineration.

The report is available here: Supporting documents - Decarbonisation of residual waste infrastructure: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

This information is set out in our response to the second report from the review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland: Decarbonisation of Residual Waste infrastructure in Scotland, published on 5 May 2023.

Our response is available here: Decarbonisation of residual waste infrastructure: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-18115 on 6 June 2023. 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

In the 2022-23 financial year, it was highlighted that the Farming with Nature programme expected an underspend.

Separately, given the significant levels of inflation we saw throughout the financial year, it was evident that public sector pay budgets were insufficient to cover the pay settlements eventually agreed.

The Scottish Government therefore agreed with NatureScot that the underspend from the Farming with Nature programme could be used to support the agreed pay settlement.

These are therefore 2 separate matters. The key elements of the planned 2022-23 activity on Farming with Nature have been carried forward to 2023-24 and will be funded from the budget allocation for this financial year.

A total of £52,000 of financial support was awarded to seven local authorities through a grant funding agreement with the Improvement Service. This was one-off support to assist with the operational implementation of the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme. The breakdown by local authority is as follows;

• Aberdeenshire Council £6,500
• East Renfrewshire Council £6,000
• Glasgow City Council £10,000
• North Ayrshire Council £6,500
• North Lanarkshire Council £10,000
• South Lanarkshire Council £6,500
• West Dunbartonshire Council £6,500