90%
True
New figures show that violent crime is up by 4,000 incidents last year. Crimes of dishonesty were up by 7,000.
The official Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26 bulletin shows non-sexual crimes of violence rose from 71,170 to 75,601 (an increase of about 4,400, ~4,000) and crimes of dishonesty rose from 110,913 to 118,040 (an increase of about 7,100, ~7,000). Both round to the figures cited.
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95%
True
Sexual crime is the highest it's been since 1971.
The Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26 statistics record 16,430 sexual crimes, a 10% rise on the previous year and explicitly stated to be the highest level since 1971.
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80%
True
Over 1,400 inmates have been let out since the early release scheme began because our prisons are bursting at the seams.
I dati ufficiali dello Scottish Prison Service confermano il totale: dall'avvio delle scarcerazioni anticipate straordinarie in Scozia sono stati rilasciati 477 detenuti con l'Emergency Early Release del 2024 (26 giugno–25 luglio 2024, 4 tranche), 312 con le tranche iniziali del Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (18 febbraio–20 marzo 2025, data report SPS) e 614 con l'Emergency Early Release 2025-26 (7 tranche, 11 novembre 2025–30 aprile 2026): in totale 1.403 scarcerati al momento della dichiarazione (25 giugno 2026), coerente con «oltre 1.400». Il conteggio non include gli ulteriori rilasci ordinari anticipati al 40% della pena a regime dal marzo 2025, che rendono il totale semmai più alto.
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70%
True
Return to custody... in the first tranche of the prisoner release scheme 13% and in the second tranche 5%.
SPS data on the early release programmes indicate a return-to-custody rate of about 13% for the first (2024) emergency early release programme (61 of 477 releases) and about 5% for the subsequent STP40 release-point cohort, matching the percentages quoted.
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92%
True
On the most recent figures available, 93.5% of young people were in a positive destination, an increase from 93.1% in the previous year, which is the joint highest since records ever began.
The Scottish Government's school leaver follow-up destinations release (June 2026) reports 93.5% of 2024-25 leavers in a positive follow-up destination, up from 93.1% for 2023-24, described as the joint-highest level since consistent records began (equalling 2021-22).
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60%
Imprecise
Scotland has one of the highest rates of young people not in work, education, or training, as many as one in six.
Official Scottish measures are well below one in six (16.7%). The Annual Participation Measure shows only about 3.9% of 16-19 year-olds not participating in education, employment or training, and the wider 16-24 NEET rate for Scotland is around 11-13%. 'One in six' overstates the figure, and Scotland is not among the highest for the 16-19 group.
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90%
True
The SNP government cutting 20% in real terms from college budgets in the last five years.
Audit Scotland's colleges briefing found college funding fell by about 20% in real terms between 2021-22 and 2025-26 (a fall of nearly £20m / 3% in cash terms), confirming the figure cited.
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85%
True
The data for 2025-2026 shows that apprenticeship starts fell below 25,000, the lowest number for over a decade, excluding the period of the pandemic.
Confermato dalle statistiche ufficiali di Skills Development Scotland (Financial Year 2025/26, pubblicate il 26/05/2026): 24.849 avvii di Modern Apprenticeship nel 2025/26, -2,6% (-658) sull'anno precedente, quindi sotto quota 25.000. La serie storica nel report è sempre sopra 25.000 (2021/22: 25.401; 2022/23: 25.447; 2023/24: 25.365; 2024/25: 25.507; 2019/20: ~27.875); l'unico anno inferiore è il 2020/21 (~18.655), segnato dai lockdown Covid, che il claim esclude esplicitamente. La stampa (agenzia PA) descrive il dato come minimo da 12 anni.
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70%
True
The budget for core college funding increased by 10% to 764 million pounds.
Il bilancio scozzese 2026-27 conferma un aumento del finanziamento ai college di 70 milioni di sterline, 'equivalent to a 10% increase on last year's budget' (fonte primaria gov.scot). L'aumento del 10% e' quindi confermato; un incremento di 70 mln su una base di circa 694 mln porta al totale di circa 764 mln citato. Nota: le allocazioni SFC riportano 721,1 mln di sola parte 'resource' (linea piu' ristretta), coerente con l'inquadramento del governo.
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90%
True
We are providing 198 million pounds a year to support 25 and a half thousand new modern apprenticeships, 5,000 new foundation apprenticeships, and over 1,200 new graduate apprenticeships... over 39,000 modern apprentices already in training.
The Scottish Government's apprenticeship funding announcement (Scottish Apprenticeship Week, March 2026) states around £198m is supporting about 25,500 new Modern Apprenticeships, 5,000 new Foundation Apprenticeships, over 1,200 new Graduate Apprenticeships, and more than 39,000 Modern Apprentices already in training.
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70%
True
If all 24 applications were approved, they will use up to 1 and 1/2 times our peak energy use for the whole of Scotland.
Analysis of the hyperscale data centre applications in the Scottish planning system found around 24 major proposals which, if all approved at requested capacity (~6,000 MW), would exceed 1.5 times Scotland's current total peak electricity demand. This matches the claim, though it is a projection based on applied-for capacity rather than confirmed build-out.
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