Chamber and committees

Total expenditure on government procurement cards and travel and subsistence charge cards for the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is published on the Scottish Government web site:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Information/expenditure/GPC.

The government car service does not hold a breakdown of the number of journeys completed by its car pool and private hire.

The following table details the combined total number of journeys completed by both the government car service car pool and private hire firms, with the associated costs for the last three years.

The Scottish Government operates a central contract for the purchase of newspapers and weekly magazines. The annual spending under this contract for the periods specified was as follows:

The following health boards are still to confirm their dates for annual reviews: NHS Shetland, NHS 24 and Education for Scotland. The dates of the annual reviews for the remaining health boards are copied in the following table. All reviews have a public session which includes provision for question and answer sessions:

The question relating to the spend on drugs used in the treatment of obesity-related conditions cannot be answered from data held centrally.

The current edition of the British National Formulary states that ‘obesity is associated with many health problems including cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, gallstones and osteoarthritis’. However, this is not the sole cause of these other conditions. Therefore the percentage of the NHS Drugs spend in the community on obesity-related conditions cannot be accurately measured. What can be measured is the spend and percentage of the primary care drugs bill which has been spent on medicines used in the treatment of obesity.

The spend on drugs used in the treatment of obesity as a proportion of the total drug spend in Scotland is shown in the following table for each of the last five financial years. Spend is represented by the paid gross ingredient cost (GIC).

Source: ISD Scotland Prescribing Information System (PIS).

Note:

1.Relates to items dispensed in the community.

All ministerial engagements are proactively published on the Scottish Government Website.

The information requested is given in the following table. These are the numbers of deaths, registered in Scotland in the latest five years for which final figures are currently available, for which the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code for Obesity (E66) was recorded for either the underlying cause of death or for one of the factors which contributed to the death, due to obesity or an equivalent term having been mentioned on the death certificate.

Deaths in Scotland for which Obesity (ICD-10 code E66) was mentioned on the death certificate: 2007-11

This information is not available in the format requested. Estimates for age groups (a) 2-4 year olds, (b) 5-15 year olds and (c) adults aged 16+ are provided in the following tables from the Scottish Health Survey.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among males in Scotland, 2008-11

Source: Scottish Health Survey

1. Overweight adults with BMI greater than 25 and less than 30. Overweight children with BMI between the 85^th and 95^th percentile of the reference population.

2. Obese adults with BMI greater than 30. Obese children with BMI greater than the 95^th percentile of the reference population.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among females in Scotland, 2008-11

Source: Scottish Health Survey

1. Overweight adults with BMI greater than 25 and less than 30. Overweight children with BMI between the 85^th and 95^th percentile of the reference population.

2. Obese adults with BMI greater than 30. Obese children with BMI greater than the 95^th percentile of the reference population.

There are no renewable targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Effective Patient Booking for NHS Scotland was issued by the Scottish Government in August 2012. This guidance promotes and identifies how NHS Boards should apply the principles of effective patient focussed booking practice consistently to offer appointment choice for patients throughout Scotland.

In addition, further guidance has also been provided to boards in the attached link:

www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2012_33.pdf. which sets out some of the other key principles of patient choice including such areas as suitable alternative providers and reasonable offers of appointments.