More than 6,500 rapes and sexual assaults were reported to have taken place in hospitals in England and Wales between 2019 and 2022. However, Police Scotland does not record such data and, therefore, we do not know the scale of the problem in Scottish hospital wards.

A constituent has written to me and said that she was—rightly—unsettled by that alarming oversight. What action will the Government take to ensure that appropriate and accurate data is collected to identify the scale of the problem?

Pam Gosal raises a very important matter. I do not have the detail in front of me in relation to the data that is, or is not, collected. However, I promise Pam Gosal that I will request, as she has asked me to do, the data that is collected in that regard. I will ask and explore whether we and Police Scotland can do more in relation to recording that data and will write to the member with further detail.

The Presiding Officer:

That concludes First Minister’s questions. There will be a short suspension to allow members to leave the chamber and for people to leave the public gallery.

12:46 Meeting suspended.

12:47 On resuming—