The Scottish Government has awarded 578 contracts to external suppliers during the period of the pandemic. This figure is taken from the Scottish Government's contract register for the dates 15 March 2020 to the present‎ (9 February 2021). Of these awards, 55 are thought to relate to the pandemic.

The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested. The data we receive from Police Scotland for production of the Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics is a simple count of the numbers of crimes and offences, for each local authority, which the police have recorded and cleared up. We do not receive further details on the characteristics and circumstances of individual crimes, therefore we are unable to identify how many crimes of vandalism were in relation to graffiti using spray paint. Time series information on the total number of crimes of vandalism recorded by the police is available from the Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics (a link to the latest publication is found here: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) ).

The Scottish Government follows the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Guidance in the planning of vaccine delivery. This evidence based guidance advises that the single greatest risk of mortality from COVID-19 is increasing age, and that the risk increases exponentially with age. Additionally the committee considers frontline health and social care workers who provide direct care to vulnerable people a high priority for vaccination.

The JCVI priority lists represents 90 of the preventable mortality from COVID-19 and throughout the delivery of the vaccination programme we will be guided by the clinical expertise of the JCVI, the MHRA, and our own senior clinical advisers.

In line with the UK-wide JCVI clinical advice, staff working with children and young people with the most complex healthcare needs, particularly those with severe neuro- disabilities, are included in those who will be prioritised for the vaccine.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-34860 on 11 February 2021. 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 .

We are committed to continuous improvement in the diagnosis, care, treatment and support of people living with respiratory conditions which is why set out in our Programme for Government a Respiratory Action Plan to deliver these key priorities.

The final Respiratory Care Action Plan will be published later this year and following publication, an implementation plan will be developed with input from a National Advisory Board and key delivery partners. As we develop and finalise these plans we will have a clearer understanding of funding required to deliver the commitments and priorities set out in the Respiratory Care Action Plan.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. Scottish Health Service Costs are published annually by Public Health Scotland.

Publication of data for 2019-20, which includes Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services spending, has been further delayed and is expected to be published on 23 February 2021.

The most recent published National Statistics for Recorded Crime in Scotland shows that in the period 2019-20, there were 45,074 recorded cases in the “vandalism etc” category, which includes sub categories malicious mischief, vandalism, culpable and reckless conduct (not with firearms), reckless conduct with firearms, culpable and reckless conduct involving aircraft, a 1 per cent decrease on the previous year, and a continuation of the overall longer trend which has seen a 42 per cent decrease in the number of vandalism crimes recorded since 2010-11. 1,615 people were prosecuted specifically for vandalism in 2018-19. Conviction for spraying graffiti is embedded in this figure.

However, we recognise that the impact of COVID-19 restrictions may have changed the profile of incidents of graffiti in Scotland and are supporting the charity Nil by Mouth to undertake an audit of the levels and types of graffiti that local authorities have been experiencing so that we can build a more up-to-date picture of the issues caused by graffiti in Scotland since the beginning of lockdown. This work began recently and will be carried out over the next few months.

Under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004, it is a criminal offence to sell an aerosol paint container to anyone under the age of 16. We believe that the current legislation protects young people and helps to prevent graffiti, while ensuring those wishing to buy spray paint for legitimate purposes can do so. The Scottish Government therefore has no plans to change the legislation at this time.

The Scottish Government has discussions with NHS Lothian regularly regarding its capital investment plans, including its plans for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion.

a) The following table shows the amount of clinical waste generated by the NHS in Scotland in 2020 and 2021: