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We do not calculate a separate R value for care homes.

Scottish Government is informed of the findings of independent academic researchers such as those of the SPI M sub group who are developing methods for estimating transmission in care homes. This is not focused on using R but instead on developing care home appropriate measures of covid infections within care homes. These care home appropriate methods when completed will provide an understanding of transmission in care homes in Scotland. The Scottish Government is carefully considering a range of Covid statistics on care homes. This includes data produced daily by Scottish Government on the number of number of care homes notifying cases of COVID-19, and the number of suspected cases of COVID-19 in care homes.

Scottish Government officials have also been working with representatives of the Care Inspectorate, Scottish Social Services Council, Scottish Care and care home providers to produce a number of resources which will support care homes to identify factors that may impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of residents as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest details on the resources being made available can be found at:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-clinical-and-practice-guidance
-for-adult-care-homes/ .

Young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities and mental health problems are able to access the three regional adolescent Inpatient Units (IPU).This group was considered when the regional network of adolescent IPUs was expanded to 48 beds for Scotland.

Scottish Government officials are currently working to identify, a project lead and Lead Clinician to establish a Steering Group and develop the specification and standards for a National Leading Disability CAMHS Clinical Network. Subject to progress and the recommendations of the Steering Group, an application to the NHS National Specialist Services Committee for National MCN designation will follow.

If a young person requires admission to a learning disability CAMHS inpatient unit, NHS National Services Scotland commission cross border admissions to a suitable facility within NHS England. If an admission is not made, the NHS board providing care would provide alternative care. This could include providing an intensive community care option, or by admission to a non-specialist unit with additional input from specialist clinicians, such as to a regional adolescent IPU with input from clinicians with Learning Disability CAMHS expertise.

We are now in phase two of the route map out of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Health Boards are remobilising services in line with the ‘Remobilise, Recover and Re-design Framework’ that we published on 31 May. We have outlined this should start with the expansion of non-cancer urgent inpatient and outpatient services and we expect this to include the gradual re-introduction of some chronic disease management from 6 July that could include pain services.

How different specialties categorise and prioritise the urgency of cases will be informed by guidance from professional bodies and local circumstances such as the availability of relevant facilities and other specialists to assist with complex procedures.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30075 on 8 July 2020. 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 '.

A recognised structure for supporting recovery is already in place and supported by local authorities through Regional and Local Resilience Partnerships. The Lothian region comes under the Lothian and Borders Local Resilience Partnership, the partnership supported by their Scottish Government Resilience Partnership Co-ordinator has established a Recovery group encompassing all local authorities.

Following publication of draft Orders on 5 December 2019 Transport Scotland received a significant amount of representations, including objections, to the proposed scheme. Transport Scotland is currently reviewing and considering all of the representations received alongside progressing the work associated with the review, which has a specific focus on whether it is feasible and desirable to further improve the proposed exemplar active travel facilities and public transport provision whilst not creating additional impacts for local landowners, residents and businesses. The conclusions of the review will be shared in due course.

The Scottish Government remains committed to undertaking improvements at Sheriffhall and will continue to engage with Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal partners as part of the review process.

These types of schemes are managed by local authorities and it will be the decision of each local authority whether to extend or refund.

We have recently established a sub-group to our COVID-19 Advisory Group that specialises on education and children’s issues. The group will provide advice to support and inform the development of operational guidance for providers of learning, childcare and children’s service. As part of a range of work addressing health and safety issues, the sub-group will look at the evidence for face coverings and other protective barrier mechanisms such as visors, both in school and on school transport.

Guidance on this will be published in full in advance of schools reopening.