Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-17818 on 6 August 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The Scottish Government have published two papers - 'Scotland's Place in Europe' and 'Scotland's Place in Europe: People, Jobs and Investment' - which identify the importance of food and drink to the economy and the impact Brexit may have on the sector, including the whisky industry.

We highlighted the impact of Brexit on whisky specifically in 'Brexit: what's at stake for business', carrying the concerns of Springbank Distillery on jobs, trade and tourism and provided some commentary on what this could mean for Scotland’s economy. We are also aware of other sector-specific analyses of the potential impacts.

At this stage, given the lack of detail on future customs, excise and related arrangements, it is not possible to assess the likely increase in administration costs for whisky exports. This remains a concern for the Scottish Government and the industry.

For Scottish Government corporate mobile phones, Scottish Government employees, Special Advisors and Ministers are advised to abide by the Scottish Government IT Code of Conduct and Mobile employee agreement. This includes advice that use of any non-corporate apps must not compromise the security and performance of the corporate apps, Scottish Government network and data and that employees should take steps to prevent any malware or viruses being installed on the device, including only installing apps from official app stores and review any permissions these may require.

Advice pertaining to conduct of official business is found in the Civil Service Code and Scottish Ministerial Code: 2018 Edition.

There is no requirement under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act for public authorities to record the source of data for an FOI request.

Scottish Government encrypted corporate apps access data from the Scottish Government’s IT network. Data held on the Scottish Government corporate IT network - and all our business communications, including any held on mobile devices - are subject to FOI.

In 2017 there were 150 primary, 1,805 secondary, 93 special school and 43 centrally employed physical education teachers.

Statistics on the number of teachers employed in schools, in the last five years, with physical education as their main subject are available on the Scottish Government website:

https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata

New teachers may enter publicly funded school employment in a variety of ways, including first appointment after training, moving from teaching outside Scotland and moving from teaching in the independent sector. The Scottish Government does not hold data on all of these routes.

The Scottish Government sets national direction of policy on mental health and provides funding to agencies, including NHS boards and local authorities, to support implementation of policy.

The management of local actions in implementing national policy, and decisions on local spending priorities are the responsibility of relevant local agencies. It is therefore the responsibility of NHS boards, local authorities and Integration Authorities to work with their partners and regularly review spending decisions to ensure they deliver fit for purpose services which respond to the needs of their local population, including for postnatal depression. Funding for mental health services, including postnatal depression services, will continue to be drawn from the overall funds allocated to NHS Scotland and Local Authorities by the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government directly funds the national Perinatal Mental Health Managed Clinical Network at £173,188 per year to improve the provision and standard of high quality clinically effective perinatal mental health services throughout Scotland.

The number of mobile phones on issue as at 27 June 2018 is set out in the table below:

The Scottish Government has no information on how many staff use personal mobile phones for official business. Scottish Government has no corporate advice on the use of personal mobile phones for official business.

The coverage of any Freedom of Information request concerning officially issued mobile phones will depend on the scope of the information requested and whether any exemptions or exceptions apply.