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Each of the three specialist centres in Scotland are accredited by the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy and to maintain accreditation are required to demonstrate they have the appropriate clinical teams in place. The Scottish Government does not hold information on how many staff are employed in each of the three centres in Scotland or what the average waiting time is for each centre.

We are unable to identify the total number of people who have been diagnosed with endometriosis in the population from routine healthcare data, and therefore cannot provide figures for the required breakdowns (NHS board, age cohort and “deep endometriosis”).

There are 3 specialist endometriosis centres in operation in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow all of which serve patients outside the NHS board area in which they are based.

The Scottish Government through the Energy Savings Trust (EST) deliver the Domestic Charge Point Fund to assist with costs associated with installation of a home charger, this provides enhanced support to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV’s) Electric Vehicle Home charge Scheme (EVHS).

As part of EVHS, OZEV currently offers applicants £350 towards the cost of a home charge point and EST will provide up to £250 further funding on top of this, with an additional £100 available for those in the most remote parts of Scotland where the cost of installing charge points has historically been higher.

The installation of domestic charge points is carried out by accredited installers approved by OZEV and EST, currently there are 491 installers able to install charepoints across Scotland a map of these installers can be found on the EST website https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/domestic-charge-point-funding/ . The map displays the installers main office, the location of these offices doesn’t not affect their ability to install a charge point as some companies will employ engineers working remotely.

To date Scottish Government has provided grant funding to install over 8,849 domestic charge points across Scotland which further supports Electric Vehicle (EV) uptake.

In addition to governance arrangements for the entire EST programme, which includes a detailed annual work plan setting out agreed outcomes and deliverables, accountable governance owners within TS and EST, quarterly Board meetings alongside progress, risk and financial management controls, officials monitor the provision of domestic charge points at monthly intervals with EST, and evaluate the performance of the scheme annually.

Green Jobs Fund comprises two tranches of money – £50m which has been baselined into our Enterprise Agencies capital funding; and £50m under the direct control of Scottish Ministers. As of 25 June 2021, no specific projects have been funded for 2021-22. Scottish Enterprise are currently in the process of a green jobs call to business. The first application window, offering grants between £50k and £500k, closes on Thursday 1 July. Awards will be made in early September 2021. Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise are directing their support towards businesses already within their knowledge base and expect to make related awards by the end of September 2021. The policy for the second tranche of funding is currently under development and we expect to make related awards in October 2021.

The number of Senior Civil Servants working in core Scottish Government and its Agencies who have requested approval under the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) rules in the last 5 years is provided in the following table:

The board has met on nine occasions between March 2020 - May 2021. The next meeting of the board will take place on the 5 th of August 2021 followed by two further meetings before the end of the year.

The Scottish Government publishes summaries of the latest key economic statistics and analysis on the Scottish Economy in its Monthly Economic Brief, available at:

https://www.gov.scot/collections/monthly-economic-briefs/

The Scottish Government’s last outlook for the economy was published in the December 2020 edition, before the furlough scheme was extended to September. However, the latest analysis from the Bank of England is for unemployment to peak at 5.5% in 2021 as the furlough scheme ends, broadly in range with the latest forecasts from other independent forecasters.

The next set of forecasts for the Scottish economy will be published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission on Thursday 26 August.

The Scottish Government does not process business appointment applications from former Ministers. These are considered by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) which publishes details of its advice in relation to appointments it is aware have been taken up, or announced, on its website: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

From 21 June 2021, the Scottish Government brought forward the second COVID-19 vaccination dose to eight weeks.

This week sees the launch of the online self-registration portal, see Registering for a coronavirus vaccine | The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (nhsinform.scot) . Anyone aged 18 and over who has not received a first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination appointment or has missed their first dose for any reason is being invited to self-register for an appointment.

The programme is under continuous review to optimise the vaccination delivery roll-out in partnership with the nation’s health boards, ensuring its more people-centred. Other recent innovations include the launching of Vaccine appointment checker | The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (nhsinform.scot) and drop-in centres.

Anyone aged 18 and over who has not received a first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination appointment or has missed their first dose for any reason is being invited to self-register for an appointment.