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Question reference: S3W-02017

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and by what percentage, each NHS board budget increased in each year from 1999-2000 to 2004-05 (a) in total and (b) per capita and what each board’s average annual increase was over that timescale.

Question reference: S3W-02035

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting times are for residential (a) drug and (b) alcohol detoxification treatment in each NHS board.

I refer the member to thequestion S3W-1465 answered on 19 July 2007. Please note that parliamentaryquestion S3W-1465 asked about ‘residential rehabilitation services’ rather than“residential detoxification treatment”. Data on both these options are collatedin the Waiting Times Information Framework.

All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-02029

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug-related deaths there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area and expressed per 100,000 head of population.

The following figures werecompiled by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). The figures areexpressed as number of drug-related deaths and the rate per 100,000 head of population.

Drug-RelatedDeaths¹ in Scotland, Numbers and Rates NHS Board Area,2001-2005

Number ofDrug Deaths

NHS Board area	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scotland	332	382	317	356	336
Ayrshire and Arran	35	33	19	20	15
Borders	1	0	2	2	7
Dumfries and Galloway	8	9	9	7	7
Fife	11	12	12	17	21
Forth Valley	9	24	12	16	14
Grampian	46	47	37	39	23
Greater Glasgow and Clyde²	117	152	131	151	111
Highland²	6	13	10	12	13
Lanarkshire	24	37	25	33	40
Lothian	54	39	40	36	57
Orkney	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland	1	1	0	0	1
Tayside	19	14	19	23	26
Western Isles	1	1	1	0	1

Rate Per100,000 Population

NHS Board area	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scotland	6.6	7.6	6.3	7.0	6.6
Ayrshire and Arran	9.5	9.0	5.2	5.4	4.1
Borders	0.9	0.0	1.8	1.8	6.4
Dumfries and Galloway	5.4	6.1	6.1	4.7	4.7
Fife	3.1	3.4	3.4	4.8	5.9
Forth Valley	3.2	8.6	4.3	5.7	4.9
Grampian	8.7	9.0	7.1	7.4	4.4
Greater Glasgow and Clyde²	9.8	12.7	11.0	12.7	9.3
Highland²	2.0	4.3	3.3	4.0	4.3
Lanarkshire	4.3	6.7	4.5	5.9	7.2
Lothian	6.9	5.0	5.1	4.6	7.2
Orkney	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shetland	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0	4.5
Tayside	4.9	3.6	4.9	5.9	6.7
Western Isles	3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0	3.8

Notes:

1 Alldeaths coded to ICD10 codes: F11-F16, F19: Deaths coded to ICD10 codes X40-X44,X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14, where a drug listed under the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971)was known to be present in the body at the time of death.

2 New NHSBoard areas including parts of former Argyll and Clyde.

Question reference: S3W-02036

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of GP practices in each NHS board prescribe methadone.

The table shows thepercentage of GP practices (by NHS board area) that prescribed methadonehydrochloride for the year ending 31 March 2007.

NHS Board	%
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	29.4%
NHS Borders	63.0%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	64.1%
NHS Fife	81.8%
NHS Forth Valley	59.4%
NHS Grampian	75.0%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	79.8%
NHS Highland	53.8%
NHS Lanarkshire	52.5%
NHS Lothian	87.1%
NHS Orkney	31.6%
NHS Shetland	30.8%
NHS Tayside	70.7%
NHS Western Isles	22.2%

Question reference: S3W-02018

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a registered disability it has employed in each year since 1999, broken down by grade and expressed also as a percentage of total staff numbers.

The following percentages ofself-declaration forms were received from disabled Scottish Executiveemployees:

Payband		Apr-99	Apr-2000	Apr-01	Apr-02	Apr-03	Apr-04	Apr-05	Apr-06	Apr-07
SCS & non assimilated	% disabled	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.8%	2.8%	3.1%
SCS & non assimilated	no. disabled	*	*	*	*	*	*	7	12	12
C	% disabled	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%	1.2%	1.1%	1.9%	2.2%	2.0%
C	no. disabled	7	8	8	8	11	11	19	23	22
B	% disabled	1.8%	1.8%	2.0%	2.2%	2.2%	2.6%	3.5%	3.4%	3.3%
B	no. disabled	43	49	54	66	71	92	121	120	120
A	% disabled	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%	3.9%	4.2%	5.1%	6.2%	6.3%	5.9%
A	no. disabled	94	96	96	113	118	145	154	150	136

Note:*Information cannot be provided where the numbers involved are fewer than 5 andcould lead to the individuals being identified.

In line with its DiversityStrategy and Diversity Delivery Plan, the Scottish Executive is committed tobeing an organisation that values the contribution of each member of staff andreflects the communities it serves.

Question reference: S3W-01432

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-967 by Stewart Stevenson on 22 June 2007, whether it will commission research into the connection between weight and sleep disorders.

Question reference: S3W-02046

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical psychologists have been employed in child and adolescent mental health teams in each NHS board area in each year since 2002.

The information requested isnot available centrally. However information on clinical staff employed inChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in NHS Scotland in 2005 canbe found in Workforce Planning for Specialist Child and Adolescent MentalHealth Services in NHS Scotland, Characteristics of the Specialist CAMHSWorkforce at 31 May 2005 Report, which can be found at the following address: www.isdscotland.org\isd\files\CAMHS05.pdf.

Question reference: S3W-02032

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices have ceased providing NHS dental services in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Theinformation requested is provided in the following table.

Numberof Practices that Ceased Providing NHS General Dental Services^1,2 inthe Years Ending 31 March 2000-2007

NHS Board Area	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Scotland	14	21	22	19	20	40	28	39
Argyll and Clyde	-	-	2	-	1	3	2	x
Ayrshire and Arran	2	2	3	-	-	5	2	7
Borders	-		-	-	-	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	3
Fife	-	-	2	-	1	2	2	1
Forth Valley	-	1	-	3	-	3	2	9
Grampian	-	1	2	1	4	3	1	-
Greater Glasgow	2	3	4	4	2	4	4	x
Greater Glasgow and Clyde³	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6
Highland	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	x
Highland³	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	1
Lanarkshire	1		1	1	-	2	1	3
Lothian	2	4	2	4	5	9	5	4
Orkney	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Shetland	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	-
Tayside	2	3	1	2	5	4	2	1
Western Isles	1		1	-	-	1	-	1

Source: DAS (ManagementInformation & Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

- no data.

x notapplicable.

1.Some practices may cease providing NHS general dentalservices permanently, while some may do so only temporarily. Some practices mayclose and re-open in another location.

2.The number ofpractices with at least one dentist providing NHS general dental services on 1April of the year in question but not on the 31 March the following year.

3.The dissolution of NHS Argyll and Clyde tookeffect from 1 April 2006. From this date, dental practices from NHS Argyll andClyde are included in figures for NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow andClyde.

Question reference: S3W-02030

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staffed hospital beds there have been in each category of care in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-02047

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) residential, (b) nursing and (c) mentally infirm elderly people’s care beds have been available in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area and showing the total annual cost of providing the beds in each category.

The number of beds availablein Care Homes for older people is given in the following table. Care Homes forolder people will cater for older people with varying levels of need includingnursing care and dementia. Beds are not categorised as (a) residential, (b)nursing and (c) mentally infirm and are therefore presented as a total.

Table: Number of Beds Availablein Care Homes for Older People, by Local Authority

Local Authority	Mar-02	Mar-03	Mar-04	Mar-05	Mar-06
Aberdeen City	1,697	1,613	1,606	1,586	1,553
Aberdeenshire	1,991	2,017	1,975	1,966	1,905
Angus	1,026	1,018	1,057	1,029	1,063
Argyll and Bute	777	802	776	745	734
Clackmannanshire	234	234	234	234	234
Dumfries and Galloway	1,226	1,226	1,209	1,224	1,186
Dundee City	1,021	996	998	986	957
East Ayrshire	889	844	840	804	854
East Dunbartonshire	597	601	601	527	532
East Lothian	724	696	690	701	712
East Renfrewshire	556	554	554	554	551
Edinburgh, City of	3,155	3,089	3,093	2,981	2,916
Eilean Siar	218	218	218	219	219
Falkirk	944	946	927	935	912
Fife	2,457	2,479	2,458	2,594	2,670
Glasgow City	4,637	4,620	4,569	4,541	4,526
Highland	2,021	1,993	1,981	1,996	1,956
Inverclyde	583	595	580	608	624
Midlothian	625	587	586	591	588
Moray	549	537	555	582	583
North Ayrshire	1,288	1,237	1,227	1,225	1,095
North Lanarkshire	1,708	1,788	1,830	1,960	2,100
Orkney	98	104	100	100	136
Perth and Kinross	1,444	1,446	1,419	1,408	1,412
Renfrewshire	1,157	1,167	1,208	1,270	1,273
Scottish Borders	840	854	826	835	804
Shetland Islands	142	142	142	143	144
South Ayrshire	900	901	966	938	913
South Lanarkshire	2,524	2,570	2,926	2,869	2,831
Stirling	693	637	638	690	639
West Dunbartonshire	563	557	557	623	605
West Lothian	844	856	897	852	872
Scotland	38,128	37,924	38,243	38,316	38,099

Source: Scottish Care HomeCensus (1).

Net expenditure on CareHomes for Older People was published in the Statistics Release FreePersonal and Nursing Care, Scotland 2002-03 to 2005-06 on the 26 June 2007 and can be accessed at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/22152540/13.

The expenditure figurescannot be compared with the bed numbers at local authority level as localauthorities will support residents in Care Homes outside of their councilboundary.