Question reference: S6W-00111
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the number of vaccination doses (a) allocated to NHS Scotland, (b) delivered to NHS Scotland and (c) received by people in Scotland, and what the reasons are for the differences between these figures.
Answer
The Scottish Government greatly values the need for adhering to commercial sensitivity on this area of public policy.
All information on supply volumes – except data that is currently published – is commercially sensitive. There was agreement between Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy( BEIS) and the Scottish Government on specific pieces of information that could be published.
See Daily Data under Vaccinations:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-data-for-scotland/
Total doses allocated and doses delivered are published once weekly. Received = administered data which is published daily.
The definitions of allocated and delivered are included under the published figures and should be included. A key reason for the difference between allocated and delivered volumes is that a proportion of stock is held centrally until it is required at Health Board level.