Parliamentary Questions
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**Please note that Parliamentary Questions listed
below, link directly to the individual parliamentary question and
answer available on the Scottish Parliament website.
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| 2011 |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04509
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards treat intravenous drug users who have hepatitis C. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04507
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the implementation of
the Hepatitis C National Action Plan by NHS boards. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04506
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason funding for hepatitis
C treatments is now set at 1,200 patients, in light of the target
number of treatments in 2010-11 being 1,500 patients. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04505
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have yet to implement
managed clinical networks for hepatitis C. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04504
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there is a
link between the incidence of hepatitis C and deprivation. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04503
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are estimated to have
hepatitis C and how many (a) have been diagnosed, (b) are receiving
treatment and (c) are waiting for treatment to commence, broken down
by NHS board. |
| 20th
December |
S4W-04502
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are estimated to have
hepatitis C and how many (a) have been diagnosed, (b) are receiving
treatment and (c) are waiting for treatment to commence, broken down
by NHS board. |
| 14th
December |
S4W-4343
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of prisoners currently
serving a sentence for drug-related offences has previously been to
prison for drug-related offences. |
| 14th
December |
S4W-4342
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of prisoners currently
serving a sentence for drug-related offences has a previous drug-related
conviction. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03793
To ask the Scottish Executive how resources allocated to (a) drug
and (b) alcohol addiction services are (i) monitored and (ii) evaluated
with regard to the progress of individuals moving (A) into recovery
and (B) back to work. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03798
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to update the
national guidelines for healthcare professionals to reflect the recovery
agenda. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03797
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on treating
(a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction in each year since 2007. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03796
To ask the Scottish Executive how the assessment of progress toward
recovery-focussed outcomes for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction
is recorded and how it uses this information to improve services. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03795
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) progress and (b) achievements
the Alcohol and Drug Partnerships have had in delivering the key process
elements of recovery, including (i) personalised care packages and
(ii) promoting peer support and mutual aid. |
| 15th
November |
S4W-03794
To ask the Scottish Executive which (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction
service has delivered the best results in terms of long-term abstinence. |
| 14th
November |
S4W-03831
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) arrested
for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of driving under the influence
of (i) drink and (ii) drugs in each year since 1999, broken down by
police force area and showing percentage changes in each year. |
| 11th
November |
S4W-03799
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the
inclusion of (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment as a core service
for general practice patients. |
| 28th
October |
S4W-03210
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners in each
prison (a) was assessed as having a drug addiction and (b) received
support for this in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2010-11. |
| 28th
October |
S4W-03203
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have undertaken an
Integrated Case Management Substance Misuse Assessment in each year
since 2007. |
| 28th
October |
S4W-03202
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been offered
an Integrated Case Management Substance Misuse Assessment and what
percentage of entries into prisons this represents, in each year since
2007. |
| 28th
October |
S4W-03201
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of prisoners (a) entering
and (b) leaving custody has undergone addiction prevalence testing
in each year since 2007. |
| 28th
October |
S4W-03200
To ask the Scottish Executive how many addiction prevalence tests
carried out on prisoners on (a) arrival and (b) release have been
positive for illicit drug use in each year since 2007. |
| 19th
October |
S4W-03206
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been
in each prison in each year since 2007. |
| 13th
October |
S4W-03193
To ask the Scottish Executive whether random drug testing is carried
out on people on methadone programmes |
| 13th
October |
S4W-03178
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors are licensed to prescribe
heroin for the treatment of drug addiction. |
| 27th
September |
S4W-02425
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing
a specific health improvement (HEAT) target to reduce drug-related
deaths. |
| 26th
September |
S4W-02475
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to invest more in support
services for the drug and alcohol recovery community. |
| 26th
September |
S4W-02474
To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports the drug and alcohol
recovery community. |
| 26th
September |
S4W-02473
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the projects that
it funds which work directly with individuals recovering from addictions
at risk of relapsing. |
| 26th
September |
S4W-02472
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is spent on (a) prevention,
(b) treatment and support services and (c) relapse prevention/recovery
support, as a proportion of its total expenditure on drug and alcohol
services. |
| 13th
September |
S4W-02347
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of random drug tests
carried out on prisoners in the Grampian police force area has been
found to be positive, in each of the last 12 months. |
| 7th
September |
S4W-02223
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people suffered an injury as
a result of (a) alcohol and (b) other substance abuse in the NHS Grampian
area in each of the last three years. |
| 5th
September |
S4W-02251
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will routinely test for Phenazepam
as part of its monitoring of deaths where drug or drug and alcohol
abuse is suspected. |
| 5th
September |
S4W-02248
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug-related deaths there were
in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11, broken down
by parliamentary constituency. |
| 5th
September |
S4W-02225
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doses of methadone were dispensed
in the NHS Grampian area in each of the last two years. |
| 5th
September |
S4W-02148
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been living with
a parent with a known drug dependency in each of the last five years.
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| 19th
August |
S4W-02163
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the difference
between the figures provided in the Drug and Alcohol Delivery Bulletin
of March (£70.6 million) and July 2011 (£65.6 million) in respect
of allocations for supporting recovery-focussed frontline drug services
and tackling the wider health and social issues associated with alcohol
misuse. |
| 11th
August |
S4W-01659
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are in need of care
and protection as a result of substance misuse in the family, also
broken down by local authority. |
| 11th
August |
S4W-01658
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be able to provide figures
on the number of children who need care and protection as a result
of substance misuse in the family. |
| 20th
July |
S4W-01307
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ban visitors who are
caught smuggling drugs into prison from future visits. |
| 19th
July |
S4W-01124
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will make available
for independent drug rehabilitation schemes in each of the next five
years. |
| 24th
June |
S4W-00789
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the implementation
of The Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland's Drug
Problem |
| 10th
June |
S4W-00246
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average fine was for possessing
(a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines
in the Lothians region in 2010-11, broken down by sheriff court, and
what the percentage change was from the previous year. |
| 10th
June |
S4W-00245
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were charged for possessing
(a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines
in the Lothians region in 2010-11, broken down by sheriff court, and
what the percentage change was from the previous year. |
| 8th
June |
S4W-00240
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-40551
by Kenny MacAskill on 22 March 2011, how many drug finds there have
been in prisons in the Lothians region in each month since December
2010, broken down by prison. |
| 7th
June |
S4W-00243
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been admitted to
a hospital as a result of overdosing on methadone in 2010-11, also
broken down by NHS board. |
| 6th
June |
S4W-00247
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in the Lothians region
have been suspended for drug-related issues in each local authority
area in 2010-11. |
| 22nd
March |
S3W-40551
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been
in prisons in the Lothians region in each month since January 2007,
broken down by (a) prison and (b) type of drug. |
| 22nd
March |
S3W-40546
To ask the Scottish Executive what the 10 most common offences were
for which (a) men and (b) women in Edinburgh have been sent to prison
in each year since 2007-08, broken down by (i) age group and (ii)
number of offences. |
| 22nd
March |
S3W-40353
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average fine was for possessing
(a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines
in the Lothians region in 2009-10, broken down by sheriff court, and
what percentage change was from the previous year. |
| 17th
March |
S3W-40241
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners (a) was
assessed as having a drug addiction and (b) received support for this
in prison in 2010, broken down by prison. |
| 17th
March |
S3W-40228
To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from
individuals entering prison in 2010, broken down by (a) item and (b)
prison. |
| 17th
March |
S3W-40227
To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from
individuals entering prison in 2009, broken down by (a) item and (b)
prison. |
| 17th
March |
S3W-40226
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been
in each prison in each month since January 2010, broken down by type
of drug. |
| 17th
March |
S3W-40355
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been admitted to
a hospital as a result of overdosing on methadone in each year since
2008-09, also broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital. |
| 16th
March |
S3W-40199
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in the Lothians region
have been suspended for drug-related issues in each local authority
area in each year since 2007-08. |
| 16th
March |
S3W-40200
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in
NHS Lothian have been directly connected with (a) alcohol- and (b)
drug-related conditions in each year since 2007-08, also broken down
by age of patient. |
| 16th
March |
S3W-40194
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths in the NHS Lothian area
were (a) alcohol and (b) drug related and, of these, how many were
of people aged (i) under 18, (ii) 18 to 29, (iii) 30 to 55 and (iv)
over 55, in each year since 2007-08. |
| 15th
March |
S3W-40314
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide examples of
policy recommendations from each of its directorates that have been
amended as a result of equality impact assessments. |
| 14th
March |
S3W-40215
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was
following sentencing before offenders commenced (a) community sentence,
(b) probation, (c) supervised attendance and (d) drug treatment and
testing orders in 2009-10, broken down by local authority area. |
| 14th
March |
S3W-40214
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was
following sentencing before offenders commenced (a) community sentence,
(b) probation, (c) supervised attendance and (d) drug treatment and
testing orders in 2008-09, broken down by local authority area. |
| 14th
March |
S3W-40195
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests for drug-related offences
have been made in the Lothian and Borders Police force area in each
year since 2007-08. |
| 9th
March |
S3W-39530
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it will publish Drug Seizures
by Scottish Police Forces, 2007/2008 and 2008/09. |
| 4th
March |
S3W-39723
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the SMR25 forms for drug misusers
are now in use in (a) all statutory drug services, (b) all voluntary
drug services, (c) the Scottish Prison Service and (d) all general
practices. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-39767
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of each local enhanced
service in each NHS board in the last year for which information is
available. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-39766
To ask the Scottish Executive what local enhanced services in primary
care were delivered by each NHS board in the last year for which information
is available. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-39765
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of each national enhanced
service, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) 1,000 population, in
the last two years for which information is available. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-39764
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to the NHS of each
national enhanced service (NES) in the last two years for which information
is available; in how many cases the fee included a per-patient element,
and how many patient fees were paid for each NES. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-39759
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will monitor alcohol and drug
partnerships to ensure that punitive discharge of users receiving
treatment is not used as a way to free up places for new users in
order to meet HEAT targets for drugs and alcohol. |
| 1st
March |
S3W-39758
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to alcohol
and drug partnerships regarding meeting the new HEAT targets for drugs
and alcohol. |
| 24th
February |
S3W-39213
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have issued their governance
arrangements to permit non-medical staff qualified to prescribe to
do so in the field of drug and alcohol treatment. |
| 24th
February |
S3W-39212
To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-medical prescribers (a)
have completed the appropriate course to allow them to become independent
prescribers, (b) are registered to prescribe and (c) are prescribing
in the field of drug and alcohol treatments as either supplementary
or independent prescribers. |
| 21st
February |
S3W-39214
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in establishing
the efficacy of a social norms approach to drug and alcohol education
and preventive work in schools and colleges. |
| 15th
February |
S3W-39211
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the circle of
care proposal in Melting the Iceberg of Scotland’s Drug and Alcohol
Problem: Report of the Independent Enquiry. |
| 9th
February |
S3W-39037
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all organisations and GPs involved
with problem drug misusers now use SMR25a and SMR25b forms and what
percentage of each is completed electronically. |
| 7th
February |
S3W-39095
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on drug testing
of prisoners on reception to prison in each of the last five years,
broken down by prison. |
| 3rd
February |
S3W-39096
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been tested
for drugs on reception to prison in each of the last five years, broken
down by prison. |
| 2nd
February |
S3W-39051
To ask the Scottish Executive how patients requiring diagnosis and
treatment for (a) infertility, (b) mental health issues and (c) drug
addiction will be assisted by the EU directive on cross-border healthcare. |
| 28th
January |
S3W-38514
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are being prescribed
methadone, broken down by NHS board. |
| 27th
January |
S3W-38515
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the prescribing of methadone
costs per year, broken down by NHS board. |
| 24th
January |
S3W-38753
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-38443
by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 January 2011, what steps it is taking to
link more detailed information on diagnosis and outcomes to the data
collected by the Scottish Ambulance Service on overdose and poisoning
related calls. |
| 21st
January |
S3W-38516
To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent abstinence-based alternative
treatments to methadone are available to NHS patients, in light of
evidence of the impact of methadone on the brain revealed by the use
of functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. |
| 11th
January |
S3W-38443
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Category A calls to the Scottish
Ambulance Service in Glasgow, or the smallest area including the city
for which calls are recorded, were made in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 in
respect of drug overdoses due to heroin or other opiates (i) alone
or (ii) in combination with other substances and what the outcome
was in each case. |
| 10th
January |
S3W-38374
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37596
by Fergus Ewing on 17 November 2010, whether it has a timescale for
announcing the funding that will be given to alcohol and drug partnerships
in 2011-12. |
