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Children and Young People
Jeremy Purvis (Liberal Democrat) | Question S3W-40266
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Fit4Fun programme, which has been tackling childhood obesity in the Borders, is having its funding reduced.
Shona Robison (Scottish National Party)
The Scottish Government does not fund the Fit4Fun programme directly, it is funded through monies allocated to NHS Borders for delivery of their Child Healthy Weight Intervention in support of the HEAT 3 target. Each health board in Scotland are allocated funding and the decision lies with them as to what programmes are put in place in their area, and the level of funding that the programmes receive.
The Heat 3 targets for each health board can be seen in the following table:
| NHS Board | Target March 2011 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 420 |
| Borders | 194 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 253 |
| Fife | 414 |
| Forth Valley | 580 |
| Grampian | 607 |
| Greater Glasgow | 850 |
| Highland | 484 |
| Lanarkshire | 1012 |
| Lothian | 879 |
| Orkney | 40 |
| Shetland | 74 |
| Tayside | 440 |
| Western Isles | 70 |
| Total | 6,317 |
All boards are expected to meet these targets, however it is up to them how they do that.