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The Scottish Government are in contact with Ferguson Marine on a regular basis. The Ferguson Marine Board of Directors visited the yard on 3 June to discuss the Turnaround Directors update to the Scottish Parliament. The Board subsequently signed off the revised schedule in early June and this information was then shared with the Scottish Government.

MV Glen Sannox was launched in November 2017. For Hull 802, much of the outfitting will be carried out before launch, making the work more efficient. As a result 802 will weigh over 1,000 tonnes more than Glen Sannox, meaning the tide conditions will be critical. Detailed engineering analysis is required to balance the tide, launch arrangement and weight to find the most effective combination.

Full details of Scottish Government budget allocations, including those to Local Government can found in the Scottish Government annually published Scottish Budget at Publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

Ferguson Marine have strong links with the local college and have a thriving apprentice community. The yard currently have five apprentices who will complete their training this summer, and a further twenty four who will shortly be moving up into their second year.

The 2021 apprentice recruitment process is also underway, aimed at recruiting fifteen new apprentices for September 2021. The yard are also considering a Foundation Apprentice programme, and potentially taking apprentices into non-technical disciplines such as Finance and Human Resources.

The Scottish Government stepped in to take ownership, to ensure a viable future for the yard, its workforce and completion of the much needed vessels. The Scottish Government continues to work closely with the yard to explore all possible options to ensure a viable future for the business.

The Turing Scheme is currently signposted on the Scottish Government mygov.scot public services website, as well as on the website for the Scottish Funding Council.

Any action to promote the Turing Scheme will be for local authorities themselves to decide and report on.

It is the Scottish Government’s position that the UK Government’s Turing Scheme is not fit for purpose. It is a replacement scheme, which cannot match the breadth and scope of Erasmus+. With funding only guaranteed for one year, no provision for inward mobility to the UK, and no support being offered for adult education and youth work, Turing will see support for our most disadvantaged learners cut, and opportunities for our students, staff and young people reduced.

We will continue to engage with the UK Government to ensure Turing better reflect the needs of Scotland.

A breakdown of these awards by local authority area is not currently gathered although this information is collected at application entry level and is as follows:

We remain committed to reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004. We will announce our legislative programme to Parliament in September as part of the Programme for Government.

The Scottish Government hold regular meetings with Community Pharmacy Scotland, the recognised representative body of community pharmacy contractors in Scotland as set out in the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and over the last 12 months, Scottish Government officials and Community Pharmacy Scotland representatives have met on a bi-weekly cycle to discuss a range of issues related to the community pharmacy network in Scotland.

In the last 12 months, Scottish Government officials have met with the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists on two occasions and the Pharmacists Defence Association on two occasions.

528 applications have been approved and when the next payment is made in July, £534,359 will have been paid from the Scottish Government mesh fund. This includes fees paid to GPs for providing proof of complications.