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The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Distribution of the Integrated Care Fund is a matter for local Health and Social Care Partnerships based on their strategic plan and the needs of the local communities that they serve.

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 requires each Integration Joint board (Health and Social Care Partnership) to publish an annual performance report setting out an assessment of performance in planning and carrying out the integration functions for which they are responsible. Health and Social Care Partnerships will report on the use of the Integrated Care Fund through their annual performance reports.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) requires governments to take action to remove barriers to independent living and enable disabled people to enjoy real freedom, dignity and equality. It is the framework that the Scottish Government uses to improve the lives of disabled people and deliver change.

In 2015 we published a draft action plan for consultation setting out how we will implement the UNCRPD (2016 to 2020) which commits us to taking practical actions across all areas of Government to make changes for disabled people. We are strengthening and developing the plan on the basis of the consultation responses and will publish the final Disability Action Plan in December 2016.

As part of the draft plan the Scottish Government committed to consulting on the Scottish Law Commission’s review of Adults with Incapacity (AWI) legislation with particular reference to issues around deprivation of liberty and thereafter to carry out a scoping exercise in relation to a wider review of AWI legislation. That consultation has concluded and the Scottish Government is now actively engaging with service users and stakeholders to determine the focus for areas of reform.

During the passage of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015, the UNCRPD was referenced for example through measures taken to strengthen the provisions in the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 which promote supported decision making such as advance statements and advocacy. The new Mental Health Strategy will be subject to an Equality Impact Assessment.

Transport Scotland is developing a new ITS Strategy for the next ten years which will set out how we continue to efficiently use and develop technology solutions to enhance road capacity and operations on the Scottish Trunk Road Network. The strategy will support the objectives of the National Transport Strategy and the Strategic Road Safety Plan and will build on the active traffic management systems already in use, for example, as part of the Forth Replacement Crossing project.

Scottish Government campaigns are designed to improve and save lives, and make a measurable contribution to our priorities. Campaign spend from 2004-05 onwards is published on the Scottish Government website at: http://www.gov.scot/About/People/Directorates/Communications/advertising-marketing/spend.

For details of campaign spend prior to 2004-05 I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-03693 on 4 September 2007. 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

Scottish Government manage and monitor the quality and capacity of trains that ScotRail is required to deliver through the franchise agreement at regular meetings.

Rail services serving Musselburgh and Wallyford station are operated with Class 380 trains which were introduced in 2010 and delivered many passenger benefits such as Wi-Fi, accessible toilets, wheelchair spaces, cycle spaces and power sockets. The on-train facilities are monitored to assess the condition under the Service Quality Incentive Regime, and where standards fail to meet the prescribed level of service, penalties are levied against the franchisee.

With regard to capacity, an investment of £475 million in train improvements is being made resulting in more trains, more seats and more services across Scotland. By early 2018 the new longer, greener, quicker Class 385 trains will serve communities in East Lothian. On peak services when the new six car Class 385 replace Class 380 trains, more than 40% extra seats will be provided. From now until then, ScotRail are committed to ensuring they lay on as much capacity as possible from their current rolling stock to meet passenger demand.

The vast majority of Scotland’s health statistics are collected and published in accordance with the UK National Statistics Code of Practice. National Services Scotland (through Information Services Division) is the main producer of Scottish health statistics.

The UK statistics authority works in partnership with amongst others, the Scottish Government’s Chief Statistician and the Head of Profession at National Services Scotland, to ensure compliance against this code. The code emphasises key aspects of quality and the Scottish Government welcomes the assurance that this provides to all users of Scottish health statistics.

The statisticians and data experts involved in the collection, analysis and publication of health statistics work closely with users of their statistics. User feedback is welcomed and is important to the continuous improvement agenda that is key to the work of those producing Scotland’s health statistics.

Information on administrative services staff from 1999 can be found on the workforce statistics web site at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Historic-Data/WFG01_HB_REG.xls

It is for independently contracted practices to decide how best to communicate with their patients. There are no current plans to introduce a national text appointments service. Decisions at practice or NHS board level allow solutions to integrate with existing processes and systems, and to be responsive to local circumstances.

The Scottish Government outlined plans on 11 March 2016 to provide £2 million additional funding to improve or upgrade IT infrastructure in GP practices as part of a £20 million package for GPs to ease pressures on the workforce over the next year. This is in addition to the primary care digital services delivery fund, announced in June 2015, which is providing £6 million over three years to improve access to GP digital and online services, enhance GP systems, and encourage innovation and research in GP digital services.

Obtaining informed consent, which is primarily a matter for clinicians working in NHS Scotland and their patients, can only be achieved through partnership and joint decision making. The General Medical Council (GMC) has produced comprehensive guidance, Good Medical Practice and Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together. This sets out the principles on which good clinical decisions should be based. It also provides a framework for good practice that covers the various situations that doctors may face in the course of their work. The guidance can be found at: http://www.gmcuk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/consent_guidance_how_guidance_applies_to_you.asp

The Scottish Government expects all NHS boards and their clinicians to adhere to the GMC guidance and to have clinical governance arrangements in place to ensure that the principles and framework contained in the guidance are applied by all doctors when seeking informed consent to treatment from patients.