The Scottish Government has a long and proud history of supporting the development of marine energy technologies and we remain strongly committed to the wave and tidal energy sectors.

In a year when the marine energy sector has made outstanding progress, it is extremely disappointing that no budget has been ring-fenced for marine energy projects by the UK Government in the next Contracts for Difference allocation round.

The Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy and his officials are having discussions with the UK Government to consider what additional support can be provided to the industry. He is also convening a round table of representatives from the marine energy sector in December to understand their priorities.

This is an operational matter for Police Scotland and I have asked the Chief Constable to write to the member with the information requested.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

The Policing 2026 project being led by the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland is looking to identify the future demands of Scottish policing, as well as the shape and size of the workforce needed to meet the challenges of the next 10 years.

They are committed to ensuring that the right people - with the right skills and experience are in the right place to deliver a flexible, modern and sustainable police service.

The results of the independent review being undertaken by Audit Scotland into the cancellation of the Police Scotland i6 project will be a matter for the Scottish Police Authority.

It is important that the Scottish Police Authority carefully considers how best to deliver cost effective, efficient and fit for purpose systems for Police Scotland to ensure that our police officers have access to modern technology to support the important work that they do.

The number of people prosecuted and convicted in Scotland under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 is shown in the following table

The overall absence rate for all civilian staff, as reported to the SPA Board in August 2016, was 4.8%, which is a 0.1% reduction in comparison with quarter one last year.

The welfare of police staff and police officers is taken very seriously by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority and they provide a range of support to help manage their health and wellbeing in the workplace.

The wellbeing of police officers and staff is a matter for Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority. Police Scotland are currently embarking on the delivery of its largest ever training programme for police officers and police staff which will be focused on how they can better assist members of the public, as well as colleagues and partners who may be suffering from mental ill health.

The Scottish Government launched its Public Wireless Programme in August 2015 with a remit to engage and collaborate with Scottish public bodies to develop best practice guidance on deploying wireless connectivity as well as making investment available for new infrastructure in the form of grants.

During 2015-16, just under £1 million in grants were committed. This enabled local authorities across Scotland to modernise and extend existing Wi-Fi provision in public places like libraries but also to introduce services in other publicly accessible buildings such as sports facilities and community centres. Applicants were asked to demonstrate how proposals would underpin digital participation initiatives. All 32 local authorities were invited to bid.

The following table summarises the successful applications.

A full breakdown of Scottish Government Equality Budget funding for violence against women is available online at:

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Equality/violence-women/VAWFund2012-15 (for years 2012-15)

https://beta.gov.scot/publications/vaw-funding-15-16/ (for years 2015-16)

https://beta.gov.scot/publications/equality-funding-2016-17-violence-women-and-girls-fund/ (for years 2016-17)

This information is not held centrally although the Scottish Government recognises that work is required to improve the evidence base on cybercrime and we are working with Police Scotland on how best to clearly define, record and report on cyber-related and cyber-enabled crime.