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The number of Care homes for older people registered with the Care Inspectorate at 31 May 2020 is as follows:

The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested. Information on the discharge destination of delayed patients was published for the first time as part of Public Health Scotland's April Delayed Discharge census. However, details on specific homes patients were discharges to does is not collected.

The number of care homes for older people registered with the Care Inspectorate which are owned by voluntary sector providers is as follows:

No portfolio budgets are being cut in the Summer Budget Revision and all reprioritisation amounts within portfolios are set out in the detailed tables within the budget revision document. All funds are being redeployed to support the industries and infrastructure necessary to support the Scottish Economy.

All of the £255m reprioritisation amounts relate to areas where services have experienced reduced demand over the lockdown period and so funds have been redeployed to service providers to best support the Scottish Covid-19 response.

For example, £105m that was originally earmarked for domestic efficiency loans will now be used to provide funding for SME housebuilders with liquidity issues as a result of the temporary closure of housebuilding sites.

I am in no doubt that significant budget challenges lie ahead and work is underway to ensure that Scottish Government resources are targeted at stimulating a safe, swift and sustainable recovery for our public services and our economy.

Contractors delivering capital investment and maintenance programmes for Scottish Water operate under contracts that use the recognised New Engineering Contracts published by the Institution of Civil Engineers. These contracts include provisions relating to costs when unforeseen events occur. The shutdown as a result of COVID-19 is such an event.

During the COVID-19 crisis, contractors have made use of the UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where their employees have been unable to work which has mitigated the cost to Scottish Water during the COVID-19 shutdown. Scottish Water is currently working with its supply chain to establish and ensure only properly due monies are paid in line with the aforementioned contracts and taking account of the Job Retention Scheme. It will take some time to complete assessments as the supply chain staff return from furlough but an early view is a cost of £9-15 million in total for the months of April and May. These costs will be subject to a full commercial audit and scrutiny when they are fully presented.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of New Lanark as one of Scotland’s six World Heritage Sites, and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure it can continue to thrive.

My officials attended two online meetings on Friday 29 th May, hosted by Aileen Campbell MSP as the local Clydesdale constituency MSP, to discuss its situation including concerns surrounding the recent potential redundancy announcements, and its financial situation. We have offered the Scottish Government’s full support to work alongside the Trust and other partners to address these issues including consideration of specific short-term funding needs.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES), our lead public body for the historic environment, and Scottish Enterprise are also supporting the New Lanark Trust to conduct a strategic review of its business operations which is designed to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of this important asset.

(a) Care Inspectorate inspectors discuss infection control measures during weekly scrutiny and support calls with care services, and more frequently as required.

(b) Information collected from a Care Inspectorate weekly survey of care services is shared with the NHS NSS Triage Hub to provide an overview of any clinical consumables and PPE shortages across Scotland, to help resources to be appropriately directed.

(c) If there are to be admissions to a care home with a COVID-19 outbreak this must be discussed with local Public Health teams. The Care Inspectorate shares Health Protection Scotland (HPS) guidance updates when this is published, with all care services via national provider updates, Care Inspectorate website and social media.

In addition to the work undertaken by the Care Inspectorate, Scottish Government Care Home Action Group are pulling data from across the system, including Directors of Public Health, to provide the necessary assurances and drive national action.

The Care Inspectorate has changed their operating model in response to COVID-19 by establishing:

• daily notifications for suspected cases and deaths in care services
• a new system of red, amber green notifications for services to indicate if they were experiencing staffing difficulties
• a twice per day Gold command group and once daily Silver command group, deciding what action is required based on the intelligence gathered
• collaboration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)/NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Hub to successfully route staff to services experiencing staffing difficulties
• training of inspectors on the use of 'Near Me' to utilise real time video footage to examine the circumstances within services, to provide further assurance, and to ensure that IPC and PPE are adequate in each service.

In common with other UK regulators and counterparts in Ireland, the Care Inspectorate took the decision early in our response to the pandemic to scale down, recognising that this may put an unnecessary burden on the care sector, may contribute to spreading COVID-19, and put their inspectors at risk.

Additionally part of the continuous review in their response to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Care Inspectorate has put in place a programme of increased unannounced site inspections.

The Care Inspectorate has been very active in monitoring services and has been making regular contact with care homes and their parent companies, often daily. They are also actively working with Health Protection Scotland, local Public Health teams, Health and Social Care Partnerships, local authorities and others in order to monitor, direct and guide services.

The Care Inspectorate changed their operating model in response to Covid-19 by establishing:

• daily notifications for suspected cases and deaths in care services
• a new system of red, amber green notifications for services to indicate if they were experiencing staffing difficulties
• a twice per day Gold command group and once daily Silver command group, deciding what action is required based on the intelligence gathered
• collaboration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)/NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Hub to successfully route staff to services experiencing staffing difficulties
• training of inspectors on the use of 'Near Me' to utilise real time video footage to examine the circumstances within services, to provide further assurance

Under the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No2) Act 2020 the Care Inspectorate has new duties to report on inspections and deaths in care homes. These reports will be laid in Parliament accordingly.

Under the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No2) Act 2020 the Care Inspectorate has new duties to report on inspections and deaths in care homes. These reports will be laid in parliament accordingly.

In March 2019, 110 inspections were carried out at care homes. In April 2019, 99 inspections were carried out at care homes. In March 2020, 71 inspections were carried out at care homes. In April 2020, no inspections were carried out at care homes, but the work noted above was undertaken.

Data on testing is published on a daily basis by both the Scottish and UK Governments. The only like for like comparison available across the four nations is the Pillar 1 NHS/Public Health England (PHE) lab data.

As at 2 June, 1,731,901 tests had been carried out at NHS and PHE labs across the UK, giving a testing rate of 25,927.90 per million.

In Scotland as at 2 June, a total of 175,180 tests had been carried out in NHS labs, giving a testing rate of 32,064.87 per million.

Therefore Scotland has a higher testing rate from NHS lab testing than the overall UK figure.

Additional testing is carried out by commercial partners in Scotland including Regional Testing Centres and Mobile Testing Units. This data is collected by the UK Government and is not broken down into totals for the four nations to enable any valid comparisons.

Capacity continues to increase in Scotland to support the delivery of the Test and Protect programme.

The Scottish Government is greatly concerned at this report. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is unaware of any shielding issues relating to lung cancer patients and are unable to investigate the issue raised in the question with the information provided. The Scottish Government has asked Ms Baillie to contact NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde directly to provide further details. People who have undergone radical radiotherapy for lung cancer or are receiving active chemotherapy treatment for any type of cancer are advised to shield. The vast majority of people in these categories were sent letters of advice in the week commencing 30 March. People who have started treatment since then should have been advised that they will need to shield before they began their treatment.