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The unprecedented scale of flooding that took place over the winter required substantive and immediate action to support those communities affected. In January 2016 the First Minister announced that the Scottish Government would provide funding to local authorities to allow them to pay out grants of £1,500 to people whose properties were flooded at any point from July 2015 to 31 March 2016.

The number of grants paid out by local authorities as of 15 August 2016 to households and also to businesses, community groups or charitable organisations (listed as ‘other’) is given in the following table:

The information requested for the years 2000-01 to 2015-16 is available in the annual Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Reports. The annual PCA report, published by National Services Scotland Information Services Division, can be found on their website at www.isdscotland.org/.

The PCA report was first published for the year 2000-01.The information requested for the year 1999-2000 is not readily available.

The Scottish Government is committed to protecting youngsters against Meningitis B (Men B) and this is why Scotland is one of the first countries in the world to have introduced a national Men B vaccination programme.

On vaccination policy, the Scottish Government is advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). As with all vaccination programmes, the JCVI keeps its advice under continual review, and recently reconsidered the evidence for vaccinating older children with Men B. Following discussion of the matter, the JCVI did not recommend a catch up programme for older children. The full detail of the JCVI advice is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation

Should the advice of the JCVI change in the future the Scottish Government will of course consider it carefully.

The Scottish Government is working with a variety of stakeholders, including parents’ groups, to agree which items will be included in the boxes. The Scottish baby boxes will be based on the model first developed in Finland, and will provide a range of baby clothing, equipment and simple, consistent information for new parents. The box will also double as a cot for new born babies, should parents wish to use it in this way.

The information requested is not held centrally.

Information Services Division of National Services Scotland produce practice population size reports every quarter. These can be accessed at the following web site:http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/General-Practice/Workforce-and-Practice-Populations/Practices-and-Their-Populations/

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

The net book value of properties and land disposed of by NHS Boards since 2004-05 is detailed in the following table:

 Prior to 2004-05, disposals of NHS land and property were disclosed in NHS Trust accounts.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

At the point when car parking charges were abolished from December 2008, NHS Scotland hospitals (with the exception of three private finance initiative (PFI) run car parks) were estimated to collect £3.6 million of income each year from car parking charges. From 2009 onwards, NHS Boards have not received any income from car parking charges and it is estimated that this policy has saved patients and staff over £27 million.

Prior to 2008, the Scottish Government did not collect details on how much income was raised through car parking charges.

The costs associated with hosting events is a matter for Edinburgh City Council, however, I can confirm that the Scottish Government is providing Edinburgh City Council with total funding in 2016-17 amounting to £786.3 million, which includes £11 million additional funding that Edinburgh receives through the new funding floor mechanism and £3.9 million in recognition of its position as capital city.