I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-02233 on 28 September 2016 which is available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-02233 on 28 September 2016 which is available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The Scottish Government has regular engagement with the Commissioner and his officials. The Commissioner submitted a detailed response to the consultation on the proposal for a Children and Young People Bill, introduced to Parliament in February 2013. Regarding the sharing of children's confidential information, the Commissioner met with officials responsible for Part 4 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 during its development and discussed his views on the provisions in Part 4, and in particular the information sharing duties within sections 26 and 27 of the Act. The Deputy First Minister has recently spoken with the Commissioner about the information sharing duties in the Act as part of his engagement following the Supreme Court judgment on the Named Person judicial review. The Scottish Government remains open to advice from the Commissioner's Office around children's understanding of confidentiality. Currently I am not aware of any official discussions around this matter.

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Scottish Government is taking a number of actions to increase abuse recovery services nationally for children and their families.

We have commissioned NHS Education Scotland to lead the development of a comprehensive Skills and Knowledge Framework and National Training Plan for those working with those of all ages who are affected by trauma and abuse in Scotland.

In 2016 we are investing over £3.4million through our Children’s Services Fund to deliver specialist services for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse

The Equally Safe strategy, published in March 2016, aims to prevent and eradicate all forms of violence against women and girls including children experiencing domestic abuse.

Through the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention Fund the Scottish Government funds a number of third sector organisations who deliver prevention services, and provide support for children and young people who have suffered from different forms of abuse

We have invested £19.8 million over the last seven years to increase the number of psychologists working in specialist CAMHS and to improve mental health services across the whole of Scotland, we’re investing an additional £150 million for mental health over five years.

In addition, Scotland is one of the few countries in the world that has dedicated funding for support services for adult survivors of child abuse. Since 2007, the Scottish Government has invested £9million to third and voluntary sector organisations which offer a wide range of local services across Scotland that support survivors of child abuse, with a further £1.5million invested in survivor support services for people who experienced abuse whilst in care. The Scottish Government’s Survivor Scotland Innovation and Development fund in 2015-16 provides a further £1million to support services for all survivors.

There were eight Ministerial visits to (a) Orkney and five Ministerial visits to (b) Shetland from 2007-08.

We know that people with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions report for support in high volume, in Scotland one in four GP contacts are related to MSK conditions; MSK is the 2nd biggest health issue for patients in receipt of incapacity benefit; MSK AHP services deal with 400,000+ referrals per annum; and orthopaedic services receive over 200,000 referrals per annum of whom approximately 55,000 have a planned surgical procedure.

We are working closely with Arthritis Research UK around the prevalence and impact of MSK conditions and also, in recognition of the significant impact of MSK conditions, we have a national programme of work that is looking specifically at quality improvements in a number of areas, self referral to enhanced self care and rehabilitation services (now available across all NHS Boards in Scotland); improving access to the right professional and the right advice first time through nationally agreed end to end integrated pathways (involving physiotherapists, podiatrists and surgeons); working towards a target of 90% of MSK patients being seen within 4 weeks (currently being met for 52% of patients); and improving early intervention to avoid chronicity; reduce the need for specialist orthopaedic referrals where conservative treatment is more likely to benefit the patient than surgical intervention; and facilitating people to continue normal activities and stay in or return to work where appropriate.

Awareness raising continues to take place both locally and nationally. NHS Inform is being used as a single point of contact for patient information with the MSK App now having been downloaded over 56,000 times and the NHS Inform MSK pages having reached 1 million views in June 2016.

This government have committed to include guidance on the use of restraint (for all children, including children with complex additional support needs), in the context of de-escalation as part of early intervention approaches in our refreshed guidance ‘Included, Engaged and Involved Part two: A Positive Approach to Preventing and Managing School Exclusions’.

This refreshed guidance will be published 2016-17.

In addition, ‘Holding Safely’ (updated 2013) Scottish Government guidance on the use of restraint in residential settings (which is applicable in schools and other establishments) is available.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally.

We anticipate that the Scottish Consumer Taskforce will commence its work early in 2017. Further detail will be included in the consumer and competition principles and policy statement, due to be published in November 2016.