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The MMR vaccine is given as part of the NHS Scotland routine childhood vaccination programme. One dose is usually given to a child when they are 12 to 13 months old, and a second dose is given from age 3 years 4 months.

The Scottish Immunisation & Recall System (SIRS) ensures that children under the age of six years receive the appropriate immunisation according to the childhood immunisation schedule, including MMR vaccination. ‘Immunisation against Infectious Disease' also known as the "Green Book" sets out the clinical guidelines in relation to vaccination programmes including the scheduling of vaccines.

I commend the National Short Life Working Group for its report on Hepatitis C Virus Case Finding and Access to Care which was published in November 2018. Scotland has long been known as a world leader in tackling hepatitis C, and this report is an example of the expertise and collaborative working that have built that reputation.

The report gives evidence-based recommendations on how to find and provide treatment to people infected with the hepatitis C virus, and I know that NHS Boards and Third Sector Organisations have been working to implement those recommendations.

This information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to consider contacting individual health boards to obtain this information.

Data on Audiology service waits is included as part of the 18 weeks referral to treatment waiting time data which is published quarterly by ISD. The 18 weeks referral to treatment performance information is based on an aggregate return from NHS Boards and does not provide specialty level data.

The Access Support Team is an internal Scottish Government department which is made up of performance and improvement staff who work closely with NHS Boards to ensure best practice is instilled across all hospital sites, and to share good practice and innovation across NHSScotland.

The team works closely with the Clinical Priorities Unit who coordinate the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain, and that includes NHS staff as well as Scottish Government officials along with third sector and patient representatives.

Ministers rejected South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan 2 as it was not informed by an adequate and timely transport appraisal, and did not sufficiently take account of the relationship between land use and transport. The Planning Bill as passed introduces a duty for planning authorities to work together to undertake strategic planning. It is now the responsibility of the constituent authorities to decide the next steps and the Scottish Government has offered to support them with this.

The Scottish Government’s response and action plan to help address recommendations in the Mental Welfare Commission’s 2014 report Dignity and Respect is available on the Scottish Government website: 

https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Services/Mental-Health/Dementia/MWCReport

Health and food technology is not a teacher subject category collected by the Scottish Government. Please refer to our teacher census supplementary table 8.9 for FTE (full-time equivalent) of home economic teachers in secondary schools.

https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata

As part of the annual Heathy Living survey the Scottish Government collects information on schools meeting PE targets of at least 120 of Physical Education per week in primary schools and 100 minutes (two periods) of PE in secondary schools. This information can be found, along with the pupil roll of the schools at the time of the Healthy Living survey in table 29 in the Healthy Living Survey supplementary tables, available on the Scottish Government website here:

https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/MealsSD/mealspesd

Alcoholic Liver disease is one of 15 conditions included in the Alcohol Specific Deaths statistics published annually by National Records of Scotland.

Data for number of deaths by underlying cause of death is available in table 2 of the NRS Alcohol-specific Deaths (new National Statistics definition) Data Tables which are available at the following link.

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/alcohol-deaths/2018/alcohol-specific-deaths-18-all-tabs.xlsx

The data for alcoholic liver disease is detailed in the following table.

Alcohol-specific deaths (new National Statistics definition) by underlying cause of death (ICD-10): registered in Scotland, 2007 to 2018