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Further to the answer to S5W-29020 on 21 May 2020, S5W-29558 on 9 June 2020 and S5W-30494 on 9 July 2020 Tim Hair, Turnaround Director of Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited has been asked to provide an updated report on cost and programme, which will include completion dates, for vessels 801 and 802 to reflect the impact of COVID 19.

As an open and transparent government we will keep Parliament updated and proactively release the report thereafter.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The Ferguson Marine senior management team:-

• Programme Director
• Head of Planning
• Head of Business Improvement
• Chief Financial Officer
• Head of Procurement
• Head of Engineering
• Human Resources Director

All appointments were made at market rate in line with the skillset required. Commercial sensitivities prevent the disclosure of salaries scales.

KPMG are not being paid to report on the completion of vessels 801 and 802 at Ferguson Marine.

Testing is available for everyone in Scotland who has symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

The Scottish Government have been working with Oil and Gas UK to understand their concerns and support their safe operation. In addition, Public Health Scotland have been working closely with Oil and Gas UK to provide expert public health advice in relation to offshore installations, and they have produced specific guidance on preventing and managing cases of COVID-19 on offshore installations.

At the current time, Public Health Scotland do not recommend that the Scottish Government supports testing of asymptotic workers prior to travel offshore. There are limitations of testing in the context of a disease with a 14 day incubation period, because it would not remove the risk of people incubating the disease becoming symptomatic while offshore.

On 17 May, new arrangements to significantly strengthen oversight of Scotland’s care homes were published ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-care-home-oversight/ ), with clinical and care professionals at NHS boards and local authorities having a lead role in the oversight for care homes in their area. This highlighted the important role that Health and Social Care Partnerships within Local Authorities play in this response. This is alongside the introduction of new powers that ensure swift intervention if care home residents are being put at risk due to service failings. This work provides support to every single care home across the country and takes a responsive, as well as preventative approach. It builds on work already in place, including the formal direction for NHS Directors of Public Health to take enhanced and urgent clinical leadership for care homes.

The R number is calculated for Scotland as a whole, and it is not possible to calculate this number for specific settings such as care homes. The SPI-M best estimate for the R number in Scotland is released in their consensus statements, which are available here when published:

https://www.gov.uk/search/all?organisations%5B%5D=
scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies&order=updated-
newest&parent=scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies .

In the consensus statement published on 24 July, SPI-M indicated that the R number for Scotland was between 0.6 and 1.0 on 8 July:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system
/uploads/attachment_data/file/903071/S0597_SAGE46_200708_SPI-M-O_Consensus_Statement_sent_to_SAGE_reissued.pdf .

The Scottish Government has written to all GPs in Scotland to advise them that they are not required to issue people who are exempt from the requirement to wear face coverings in shops, public transport and spaces where physical distancing is impossible with proof of their exemption. Proof of exemption does not need to be provided when in these settings.

The Scottish Government already has a long-standing and comprehensive programme of support for the heat and energy efficiency of buildings.

Since 2009, the Scottish Government has provided over £1bn in funding for a comprehensive programme to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and to tackle fuel poverty.

Our energy efficiency programmes provide a range of interest free loan schemes, including the offer of renewable measures. These provide a package of financial support, free and impartial energy efficiency advice and information and quality assurance to ensure high standards of installation. They cover all tenures and sectors - domestic owner occupiers, social housing, private rented and non-domestic buildings including the public sector.

The UK Government's recently announced Green Homes Grant is not new funding and therefore there will be no consequential funding for Scotland.

On 23 June, the Health Secretary announced that we are broadening testing of health care workers and now, all staff connected to a nosocomial outbreak will be tested regardless of if they have symptoms.

In addition, from 08 July, we will also test, on a weekly basis, staff working in specialist cancer units, in long term care of the elderly and in long stay mental health wards who are patient facing.

As announced by the Cabinet Secretary on 18th May, from 25th May all care home staff, including non-nursing staff, have been offered weekly testing regardless of whether the care home in which they work has a COVID-19 case.