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Individual Health Boards determine any requirement for mobile testing units. This information is not collected or held centrally by the Scottish Government and would require to be obtained from each Health Board.

It is for individual Health Boards to determine how best to deliver services to meet the needs of their local population, ensuring that quality care and patient safety remains the priority. One advantage of such testing units is that they allow Boards to deploy additional capacity quickly and effectively.

For example, under the Waiting Times Improvement Plan, NHS Highland have received funding to contract for a Vanguard theatre to support them to tackle long waiting patients. The unit became fully operational from mid-March 2019 and will enable multiple teams to provide treatment to patients in key specialties such as ENT, General Surgery and Urology.

The following table gives the outcome for closed cases where the household was assessed as having no local connection to the assessing local authority for each of the last three years.

When a Health Board provides healthcare services, whether they be from permanent or modular portable buildings, the primary responsibility for ensuring the safety of staff, patients and visitors lies with the Board. The Board must ensure that services and equipment are tested in accordance with the appropriate legislation prior to use and as part of their normal maintenance routines. Boards also have access to guidance produced by Health Facilities Scotland and others to help them in discharging their responsibilities.

The Scottish Government will consult this year on the principles of a locally determined tourist tax, prior to introducing legislation that would allow local authorities to introduce such a tax if they consider it appropriate for local circumstances. We recognise the need to ensure a local authority choosing to use this discretionary power will not undermine the provision of accommodation for homeless people and will seek views on this in our consultation.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees on 8 October 2018. On 15 October 2018 the Scottish Government, along with the UK and Welsh governments, wrote to the Committee on Climate Change to request advice on emission reduction targets in light of that report. This advice is expected on 2 May 2019.

The IPCC report concludes that to prevent warming of more than 1.5 degrees, globally CO2 needs to fall by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill proposes targets that will deliver both these aims for Scotland.

The Scottish Government is committed to implementing the most ambitious targets that are credible and responsible, and if the Committee on Climate Change advise that we can raise the ambition of any of our long-term targets then we will amend the Climate Change Bill accordingly.

The Scottish Government works closely with Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) to deliver Scotland's ambitious waste related targets and ZWS is a Wealth to Waste Commitment partner.

The Scottish business community has a key role to play in preventing waste and promoting a more circular economy. The Waste to Wealth campaign is an excellent opportunity for Scottish businesses to build on existing work and identify new and innovative techniques to help tackle waste.

The SPCB is committed to minimising waste and we are a Zero Waste Scotland Resource Efficiency Ambassador. We are familiar with the Business In The Community’s (BITC) Waste to Wealth campaign and have engaged in early discussions with them which we propose to continue. We will also be attending the Waste to Wealth event being held in Edinburgh on 15 May.

The Scottish Government welcomes the reference in the Health Improvement Scotland report increasing participation in the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme. This is a key objective for the Scottish Government and we are continuing to carry out a range of work to encourage women to attend their screening appointments. This includes a series of national marketing campaigns – the most recent of which particularly targeted younger women, where we know uptake is lower. My officials will explore the opportunities to engage with Young Scot to consider how we can build on this work.

We are also investing up to £5m of funding from the Cancer Strategy 'Beating Cancer: Ambition and Action' 2016 in our screening programmes, including cervical screening, to reduce inequalities and encourage participation, especially amongst those least likely to participate.

The Scottish Government is committed to addressing all types of childhood adversity, and this is anchored in our long-standing, national approach of Getting it right for every child.

Under the Getting it right for every child approach, services working with children and young people should consider and assess wellbeing needs based on eight indicators of wellbeing: Safe, Healthy, Active, Nurtured, Achieving, Respected, Responsible and Included (known as SHANARRI).When considering the wellbeing of the child or young person, this will include looking at the risks and effects of adversity on them and any necessary action.

The updated GIRFEC policy statement, and child protection guidance, together with the suite of supporting materials and guidance, will promote improved practice related to record keeping. This will focus on developing and recording a better, more holistic understanding of the evolving circumstances in a child's life. Good record keeping practice will not only identify and record any Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) but will help with early identification of risk factors to aid with prevention and support. Planning within the GIRFEC approach will provide the framework for necessary action from services to address any wellbeing needs arising as a consequence of ACEs and support and promote that child's wellbeing. We anticipate that the updated GIRFEC policy will be published in late 2019.