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In addition to traditional measures of financial performance, the Bank will measure societal value through a range of indicators, aligned to the National Performance Framework, covering the economic, social and environmental impact of its activity.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-23167 on 29 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W -23163 on 29 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at .

It will be for the Bank to prepare and publish its own Ethical Code or Statement, setting out how it will meet the objectives set for it by Scottish Ministers in this regard. The Scottish Government expects this to occur as soon as it is practicable following the Bank’s creation. The strategic framework for the Bank is under development and we intend for this to be published in draft later this year, although some formal elements, in particular the shareholder framework for the Bank, can only be finalised when the Bank is created.

Following updated advice from the UK Committee on Climate Change on 2 May, the Scottish Government acted immediately by lodging amendments to our Climate Change Bill to set a net-zero emissions target for 2045 and increase the targets for 2030 and 2040. The Scottish Government is now reviewing a range of policies, across our whole range of responsibilities, to ensure that we do all we can to support the public sector, businesses, communities and individuals to meet our shared climate responsibilities. We have taken the difficult decision that reducing Air Departure Tax is no longer compatible with more ambitious climate targets.

The Scottish Government believes in fair taxation policy for all individuals and businesses. Responsibility over corporation tax is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish Government therefore has no power to legislate in this area but we urge the UK Government to include consideration of environmental impacts, as part of its tax policy-making.

UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax forms are returned on a company-by-company basis, with one tax return for all their business in the UK. There is therefore no historic data on APD receipts or passengers paying APD in Scotland.

The Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) produces an illustrative forecast of Scotland's share of UK APD revenues.This uses Civil Aviation Authority departing passenger survey data and UK GDP growth and inflation forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility to estimate the number of passengers exempt from the tax and to calculate the tax paid by the remaining chargeable passengers.

The most recent illustrative forecast was set out in the SFC’s December 2018 Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts (Table 3.43 - p149) : .

Note that the 2017-16 Figure for APD is not classed as outturn data, it is an estimate of the Scottish share of tax receipts.

Updated forecasts are due to be published on 30 May 2019.

There is a global climate emergency and we are acting accordingly. We acted immediately on the Committee for Climate Change advice with amendments to the Bill to set a net-zero target for 2045 and increase the targets for 2030 (to 70%) and 2040 (90%). We will update the Climate Change Plan within 6 months of the Bill receiving Royal Assent. This Scottish Government, will be placing climate change at the heart of everything we do and I can confirm that it will be at the core of our next Programme for Government. Policy reviews will feed into the process of development of the Programme for Government and the update to the Climate Change Plan.

The introduction of Air Departure Tax (ADT) in Scotland has been deferred until the issues raised in relation to the Highlands and Islands exemption have been resolved. In the interim the current UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) rates and bands continue to apply in Scotland, and HMRC will continue to administer and collect APD across the UK. There will be no impact on the Scottish Budget and no Block Grant Adjustment for APD while the introduction of ADT in Scotland is deferred.

Only once the devolution of the tax is complete, and ADT is collected in Scotland by Revenue Scotland, will APD be 'switched off' and the Block Grant will be reduced every year to reflect the transfer of this power to the Scottish Government. This 'Block Grant Adjustment' (BGA) will be based on the forecast UK Government receipts in Scotland in the year prior to devolution of that tax and an indexation mechanism using growth in UK Government APD revenue growth per head.

The introduction of Air Departure Tax in Scotland has been deferred until the issues raised in relation to the Highlands and Islands exemption have been resolved. In the interim the current UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) rates and bands continue to apply in Scotland, and HMRC will continue to administer and collect APD across the UK.

The Scottish Fiscal Commission produced an illustrative forecast of Scotland's share of UK APD revenues in December 2018. The forecast for the fiscal year 2019-20 was £312 million, and for 2020-21 was £322 million.

Updated forecasts are due to be published on 30 May 2019.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring a fair and effective justice system that is accessible to all. We recognise that people with learning disabilities may require additional support to enable them to secure that access, and that it is vital to involve them and their representative organisations in work to develop policies relating to this support.

This is demonstrated by our approach to the development of a new statutory Appropriate Adult (AA) service, which will provide support to vulnerable victims, witnesses, suspects and accused, and is scheduled to go live later this year. We have engaged with a number of organisations, including the SOLD Network, People First Scotland and the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability to help us develop the statutory service.

We held workshops where people with lived experience of learning disabilities and mental health issues could learn more about the proposals, provide feedback and make suggestions about the model. Our public consultation on the statutory AA service also sought ideas on how best to obtain the views of those accessing the service and we received a range of responses which are being considered in relation to the quality assessment of the service.

The engagement outlined above provides a strong foundation for any future consultation on measures to ensure that people with learning disabilities have fair and equal access to justice.