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As this is an operational matter for Scottish Water I have asked them to respond. Their reply is as follows:

"The cost of providing an overflow monitor varies between £7,000 and £11,000 for the majority of locations. However, some sites with complex access arrangements or traffic management etc can result in significantly higher costs, up to some £20,000."

The National Acquisition Programme was announced in June 2023 to support the purchase of existing homes for use as affordable housing. Initially, £60 million was allocated for 2023-2024 to be delivered through local authority Resource Planning Assumptions. The spend and homes delivered for 2023-2024 is outlined in Table 1 the figures for social rent are a subset of the total.

Transport Scotland has published the findings from the National Speed Management Review (NSMR) public consultation, which ran from November 2024 to March 2025 and received over 19,500 responses.

Following close consideration of consultation responses Ministers have decided not to take forward changes in relation to national speed limits on single carriageway. Further work will be undertaken to continue to analyse the impact on road casualties and journey times of a speed limit change on different standards of single carriageways.

In relation to Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) speed limits, work will be undertaken to progress steps to increase speed limits on single and dual carriageways for this vehicle type. This change aims to reduce the speed differential between HGVs and other vehicles, helping to reduce driver frustration and improve journey time reliability.

The consultation findings and additional information are available at:

Our Tobacco and Vaping Framework launched in November 2023 recognises the need for action to prevent young people using vapes and becoming addicted to nicotine. Up-to-date information on vapes is available from , and third sector partners. It also forms one strand of the Curriculum for Excellence Health and Wellbeing Guidance in our schools.

The Framework also recognised price as a tool to reduce appeal of tobacco products and inappropriate use of vaping products by children and young people. Single use vapes (SUV) have been linked to a rapid increase in the number of young people vaping, particularly due to their low price. The SUV ban came into force from 1 June 2025 in line with the rest of the UK.

Taking forward actions from our Framework, we have worked closely with the UK and Devolved Governments on the development of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. The UK-wide Tobacco and Vapes Bill will introduce new restrictions on the advertising, sponsorship, free distribution and nominal pricing of vaping products across the 4 nations.

New powers in the Bill will include regulation of displays of vaping products, product features, packaging, ingredients and flavourings in relation to vaping products across the UK.

Alongside this activity, we continue to work closely with the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) to support enforcement of existing legislation, including checks on sales of tobacco and vapes to under 18s, and advice to business.

The Scottish Government has overall responsibility for health and social care policy in Scotland; however, the statutory responsibility for delivering or commissioning services sits with local authorities, NHS boards and integrated health and social care partnerships. Operational decisions, including whether there is a need to increase the IBD specialist nursing workforce, are therefore matters for those public bodies.

The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 places duties on Health Boards to ensure that at all times suitably qualified and competent individuals are working in such numbers as are appropriate for the health, wellbeing and safety of patients, the provision of high-quality care and the wellbeing of staff.

If any IBD patient has concerns about their care, these should be taken forward with their local NHS board.

As responsibility for Police Officer training and professional development is a matter for the Chief Constable, the Scottish Government does not hold this information.

Oversight of this is provided by the Scottish Police Authority and is monitored by its People Committee.

It is for the Chief Constable, under the scrutiny of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), to determine Police Scotland's operational approach to policing in Scotland, this includes the allocation of resources to Police Officer and Staff training programmes. Details of costs can be found in the SPA board paper from 4 December 2025 at;

Police officer and staff professional development is a matter for the Chief Constable, who is operationally independent of the Scottish Government.

Oversight is provided by the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland training and development is monitored by its People Committee.

Scottish Ministers and officials meet with Glasgow City Council counterparts on a regular basis to discuss the pressures on housing and homelessness services in the city. I have met councillors from Glasgow City Council on three occasions to discuss progress in response to the housing emergency, including, most recently, with Cllr Kelly, Cllr Casey and the Leader of the Council on 9 December. Glasgow City Council officers also provided the Housing to 2040 Board with an update at the 12 November meeting and the Minister for Equalities and I attended a roundtable hosted by the Scottish Refugee Council on 20 November to discuss refugee homelessness.

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice attended a Scottish Refugee Council roundtable on 7 April this year to discuss refugee homelessness in Glasgow alongside Glasgow City Council leaders and officials. The UK Government Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum was invited but did not attend and has not responded to our calls for engagement on these issues.

Scottish Ministers have been clear that there will not be a rolling back on the rights of any homeless household in Scotland. Instead we continue to call on the UK Government to provide adequate funding to local authorities to ensure they are able to provide support to meet the housing needs of newly recognised refugees. We have also made more resource and support available, including via our Housing Emergency Action Plan in September.

This Scottish Government does not hold this information. The member may wish to contact the Health Board directly who may be able to help.