Chamber and committees

The Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) provides support to new entrants through the young fishers grant funding. Since 2021 the MFS has awarded 37 young fishers over £2.5m grant to enable them to purchase their first fishing vessel (or share in a vessel).

The Scottish Government has robust processes and procedures in place to ensure all corporately managed mobile phones are monitored and continually assessed using industry standard security tooling to ensure compliance with our policies.

All corporately managed Scottish Government mobile phones align with National Cyber Security Centre standards.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. This is a matter for individual NHS Boards.

The Scottish Government is in the process of establishing a stakeholder group on Employment Injury Assistance which will be comprised of organisations and experts with experience of Industrial Injuries Scheme benefits.

Invitations for the Employment Injury Assistance Steering Group will be issued in the coming weeks. The first meeting will take place early this year, subject to members’ availability.

This group will take forward considerations raised in the consultation and provide valuable input for our ongoing work on Employment Injury Assistance in Scotland.

Scottish Government has entered into a contract with Vodafone Ltd for the supply of Mobile Voice and Data Services. This contract was arranged under Scottish Government’s national framework for Mobile Voice and Data services which was awarded to Vodafone Ltd following a robust competitive tendering process. The framework was tendered in accordance with the full requirements of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and evaluated based on the published award criteria of 60% price and 40% quality. Vodafone Ltd was assessed as having submitted the most economically advantageous tender and their tariffs continue to be amongst the lowest available to the public sector. An annual benchmark exercise is undertaken to ensure that Scottish Government tariffs remain cost-effective and provide value for money.

The Scottish Government holds data provided by our mobile voice and data supplier, Vodafone in relation to our mobile contract, this includes call, SMS and data usage statistics and along with any associated charges.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Decisions around the provision of mental health services is a local responsibility, planned by Integrated Joint Boards and delivered through a mixture of NHS, local authority and third sector organisations. The availability of service, including via digital platforms, will vary depending the local population needs and will be guided by clinical decision making.

The number of cancelled operations under ‘non-clinical/capacity reasons’ is the most granular level of detail that’s provided from PHS’s website, breakdown as follows:

The Civil Service Code requires that officials must not disclose official information without authority. No investigations have identified that officials have deliberately leaked information. We have offered guidance and engaged with teams on improving the handling of sensitive information.