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The Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 set out that people in receipt of a direct payment, Option 1 of Self-directed Support, may employ family members where this is deemed appropriate in certain prescribed circumstances. However, if the family member is acting as Power of Attorney or Guardian and managing a direct payment, it is prohibited under the Section 9 of the Direct Payment regulations for family members to be employed as personal assistants.

Local authorities should consider requests to employ family members on a case by case basis, taking into account the family member’s health, their capacity to provide the required care, and other welfare and wellbeing factors.

The Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group met on
‎ 5 August 2021 and is due to meet again on 9 September. Papers and minutes are published following meetings, providing time for appropriate permissions to be sought.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02190 on
‎ 31 August 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

The Gateway Review was focused on activities that lie on the critical path for delivery of DRS, such as establishment of the scheme’s infrastructure and implementation of the regulatory function. This determined which organisations would be interviewed during the short timeframe of the review. The Scottish Government has also met with other sectors, including hospitality and small producers, to understand the impact of the pandemic on them and to ensure that their views are taken into account.

Guidance on the provision of wheelchairs on short-term loan was published five months ago, on 23 March 2021 ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-provision-wheelchairs-short-term-loan/ ).

Officials are meeting with the Red Cross in September to discuss options for an evaluation, and how the Red Cross can support the Scottish Government and health and social care partnerships. Before any evaluation commences health and social care partnerships, along with their store services, require sufficient time to put measures in place to ensure the guidance is fully implemented, a part of this work will be to develop processes to monitor and evaluate service provision.

The Scottish Government has also launched a review of the wider guidance on the provision of equipment and adaptations, which was originally published in 2008 ( https://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/publications/CC2009_05.pdf ). The review is now moving to the consultation phase, with online events planned for 25 August and
‎ 1 September 2021 and an online consultation due to launch in September.

To accompany the guidance a range of self-assessment tools are also being developed which, following publication of the revised guidance, officials will consider how these could be used to support an evaluation.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02400 on 31 August 2021 . All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02400 on 31 August 2021 . All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02400 on 31 August 2021 . All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

The Mobilisation Recovery Group (MRG) was an advisory group established by the previous Cabinet Secretary under Re-mobilise, Recover, Re-design: the Framework for NHS Scotland.

Membership, the dates on which meetings took place, and minutes of those meetings can be found on the MRG website, available at Mobilisation Recovery Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

Minutes include a list of attendees at each meeting. The number of attendees varied depending on the meeting.

In 2021, the MRG met on 22 January, 15 February, 5 March, 26 March, and 16 April. All meetings scheduled to take place after Friday 16 April have been cancelled. Meetings were scheduled to take place on 5 June, 25 June, 16 July, 6 August, 27 August, 24 September, 15 October, 5 November, and 3 December.

The minute of the meeting held on 16 April will be published on the website shortly.

Information on the number of children of women who were given diethylstilbestrol (DES) in Scotland and who have gone on to develop cancer is not known. In the period when this hormone was prescribed to women no central information system for drugs prescribed to individuals existed.