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The information requested regarding fines issued under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 is not held centrally.

The following table has been published by Public Health Scotland on 28 October 2025 and shows the number of inpatient and day case admissions to hospital where a diagnosis of dog bites or strikes was recorded, from 2021-22 to 2024-25, in Scotland.

The information is provided by financial year.

It is not possible to provide such information because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them are not routinely recorded as there is no business need to do this. Civil servants across a range of different business areas contributed to this publication as part of their normal duties supporting the Scottish Government.

As per Historic Environments Scotland’s (HES) established annual approach, a number of sites across the HES estate are currently closed for the winter season, or will close in November, in line with sector best practice. Further information on closures can be found at .

As indicated in my earlier reply day-to-day operational matters of Historic Environment Scotland, including information relating to any repair and maintenance works of any specific site, are best answered directly by Historic Environment Scotland.

The Scottish Government has consistently proactively published information on costs for independence papers, once all costs have been incurred.

Costs associated with the publication of the A Fresh Start with Independence paper will be available in due course.

This information is not held by the Scottish Government

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which is a reserved responsibility of the UK Government owns the main line railway infrastructure in the UK and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewal of this infrastructure.

This includes the ongoing maintenance, renewal, and any upgrades, of the railway track system.

The information sought by the Member is not available in the format requested.

Since 2014 the Scottish Government has invested over £500m in 43 Charitable Bonds. To date, the scheme has supported the delivery of more than 4,000 new affordable homes through direct loans to social landlords. This has generated £157 million in charitable donations to fund additional local authority priority projects for social rent.

Loans have been issued to Registered Social Landlords operating across a number of local authority areas. For a list of all charitable bonds and donations made (up to 2023), I would refer the member to:

The Scottish Government has previously released the following information regarding court fees, counsel's fees and judicial expenses paid in relation to court action in which the Scottish Information Commissioner, as regulator for Freedom of Information law, was the opposing party:

Similar information to that in the above table has previously been published by the Scottish Government on our website and is accessible through the following links:

Decision Notices of the Scottish Information Commissioner are published on the Commissioner's website:

For the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, ‘the Scottish Ministers’ Scottish public authority includes the Scottish Government and its executive agencies. The Commissioner's website shows the following Decision Notices issued to 'the Scottish Ministers' and executive agencies in each year since 2021:

As set out in answer S6W-41307 on 13 October 2025, improving access to primary care is a key priority for this Government. We recognise the vital role that GPs, community nurses, pharmacists, dentists and other members of the primary care team play as the foundation of healthcare in our communities.

We are committed to strengthening the whole primary care system, building on our ongoing commitment through the Service Renewal Framework to shift more care into community settings and make services more accessible for patients.

As part of this, we will develop options for new and innovative ways to improve access to primary care, including local walk-in models which will provide more flexibility for patients. It is our intention to develop proposals for a model would see these services open Monday-Sunday. We will develop these proposals first as a pilot model which will complement current core general practice and provide a range of same-day assessment and small-scale diagnostics. To do this we will work in collaboration with NHS Boards and primary care delivery partners to ensure they strengthen, rather than duplicate, existing primary care services.

The Scottish Government will set out further details as these plans develop.

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