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A funded stroke bed is a bed which has established funding for the provision of stroke nurse and therapist staffing. There are currently 531 stroke beds available in Scotland, including hyperacute, acute and integrated stroke beds. However, stroke services may adjust the number of beds available to meet service demands.

The Scottish Government set out in June 2021 our plan for implementing the recommendations of James Hamilton’s report, alongside the recommendations of the reports by Laura Dunlop QC and the Scottish Parliament Committee on the Handling of Harassment Complaints. Implementation was delivered through the Continuous Improvement Programme, which was reported regularly to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee. The final report on the Continuous Improvement Programme was provided in January 2023, and with the agreement of the Committee the programme was then concluded and activities absorbed into ongoing work.

Internal legal costs are not available 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 because there is no business need to do this.

The legal costs in defending and settling the Judicial Review brought by Mr Salmond in 2018 are published on the Scottish Government website.

The costs of legal services regarding the former First Minister’s judicial review are published at: .

The costs of the settlement in respect of the former First Minister’s legal fees in the Judicial Review are published at: .

As the action brought by Mr Salmond against the Scottish Government is live litigation, we are not able to publish the Scottish Government’s legal costs at this stage. We will publish this information in due course.

Scottish Government Committee witnesses to the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints were not coached.

The Continuous Improvement Programme, which delivered the Scottish Government’s implementation of the recommendations of the Scottish Parliament Committee on the Handling of Harassment Complaints, was concluded with the agreement of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee in January 2023, with activities absorbed into ongoing work and annual reporting thereafter. The Scottish Government provided a written update to Parliament on ongoing actions on 17 May 2024, ahead of the Permanent Secretary giving evidence to the Committee on 21 May 2024.

Legal advice was provided to individuals in relation to the Scottish Parliament Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints. The total costs were £151,811.17 (exclusive of VAT). This information is already published at

The then First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon did not consult a lawyer of any kind ahead of her evidence session at the Scottish Parliament's Committee on the Scottish Government's Handling of Harassment Complaints.

The management of the NHS clinical waste contract is the responsibility for Health Boards. NHS National Services Scotland’s National Procurement and Logistics Service manages the NHS’s relationship with the clinical waste contractor, however there is no target date for when all NHS clinical waste produced in Scotland is processed in Scotland.

This is a matter for NHS National Services Scotland. The information requested is not held centrally.

This is a matter for NHS National Services Scotland. The information requested is not held centrally.

This is a matter for NHS National Services Scotland. The information requested is not held centrally.