- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals have been made to drug rehabilitation places since 1999 in each local authority area.
Answer
The following table presents estimates of the total number of clients referred to services for assessment, the number of clients referred for a range of rehabilitation treatments post-assessment and the number of clients referred for residential rehabilitation only.
Data is extracted from the National Drug Treatment Waiting Times Framework, which was implemented in April 2004, and represents activity from April 2004 to September 2005, the most recent quarter for which data was collected. There is no relevant information from before this time. Data is collected by Drug Action Teams and is thus only available by Drug Action Team area.
| Drug Action Team Area | Total Number of Clients Referred for Assessment | Number of Clients Referred for All Treatments Post-Assessment | Number of Clients Referred for Residential Rehabilitation |
| Aberdeen City | 1,175 | 361 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 725 | 357 | 108 |
| Angus | 373 | 164 | 0 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 2,832 | 1,417 | 69 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 1,683 | 381 | 23 |
| Borders | 802 | 395 | 169 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,327 | 618 | 3 |
| Dundee City | 1,290 | 189 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 738 | 478 | 1 |
| Edinburgh City | 2,793 | 1,439 | 51 |
| Fife | 6,486 | 1,773 | 2 |
| Forth Valley | 1,745 | 691 | 1 |
| Glasgow | 7,927 | 4,158 | 946 |
| Highland | 616 | 576 | 1 |
| Lanarkshire | 2,764 | 1,054 | 9 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 426 | 266 | 1 |
| Orkney | 84 | 79 | 2 |
| Perth and Kinross | 460 | 52 | 1 |
| Shetland | 31 | 42 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 1679 | 606 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 31 | 37 | 0 |
| Scotland | 35987 | 15264 | 1387 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will measure the number of referrals from local authority areas to drug rehabilitation places.
Answer
The Scottish Drug Misuse Database is in the process of being enhanced to collect better information about outcomes for clients and new data items are currently being pilot tested. Information will be collected on whether clients receive services including residential detoxification, community based detoxification, residential rehabilitation or other structured interventions.
The collection of postcode sector information should allow for the construction of local authority level information. The revised database will go live during 2006.
The Waiting Times Framework for drug services also collects information on the numbers of people referred for various interventions including residential rehabilitation and detoxification. This information has been available since April 2004. Quarterly reports are published online at http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/wtpilot/reports.htm.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the age has been of each drug user identified in each local authority area since 1999.
Answer
There is no formal system for “identifying” drug users in Scotland. However, the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) records information on people as they come into contact with drug treatment services.
Information showing the number of new individuals entering drug treatment by council area of residence and age group, from 1990-2000 to 2004-05, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38580).
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20847 by Allan Wilson on 8 December 2005, whether it will publish the student loan repayment model it uses to forecast the average length of time for repayment.
Answer
We have no plans to publish the student loan repayment model.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns in respect of young children and babies being placed at risk as a consequence of the requirement in Health for all Children that NHS boards reduce health visitor checks for children aged under three and a half in order to target health visits on vulnerable children.
Answer
For the first time a comprehensive programme of child health surveillance, screening, immunisation and health promotion is being introduced for all children in Scotland. This is firmly evidence-based and available to all parents, wherever they live and whatever their circumstances. Health visitors will determine the nature and frequency of any additional contacts to the core programme, based on each individual family’s need.
This is intended to result in more visits for those families who require additional or intensive support, not less.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what definition of “deprived” is used in determining which children would receive targeted health visitor support, in line with the requirements set out in Health for All Children.
Answer
The criteria “deprived” is not used in
Health for All Children (Hall 4) in referring to which children should receive targeted health visitor support.
In line with the requirements set out in Health for All Children, health visitors will determine the nature and frequency of contacts beyond the core programme on the basis of each individual child’s and family’s needs. Other support, agreed with the family, will then be put into place. This additional support may be needed because of a first baby in the family, breastfeeding problems, parental stress or other factors.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of Scottish domiciled students have taken out a student loan in each year of operation of the student loans scheme; of this, what percentage took out the full loan in each such year, and what projections it has made for future years.
Answer
The following table details the number and percentage of full-time, Scottish domiciled higher education students who took out a student loan with the student loans company for each year since the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) started administering loan entitlement in 1999-2000. The percentage taking out the full loan in each year is also shown.
Prior to 1999-2000 students applied for a loan through their institution, and data for that time are not held centrally. Student numbers for 2004-05 have not yet been released.
| Academic Year | Full-Time, Scottish Domiciled HE Students1 | Total Number of Loans Taken Out2 | Percentage of Scottish Domiciled Students Taking out a Student Loan | Percentage Taking Out the Full Loan2 |
| 1999-2000 | 121,020 | 78,395 | 64.8% | 93% |
| 2000-01 | 123,920 | 84,565 | 68.2% | 94% |
| 2001-02 | 126,605 | 90,580 | 71.5% | 95% |
| 2002-03 | 127,310 | 91,450 | 71.8% | 94% |
| 2003-04 | 129,620 | 89,525 | 69.1% | 92% |
Notes:
1. Higher Education Statistics Agency and Scottish Funding Councils data.
2. Student Loans Company data.
All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest five.
The Scottish Executive does not produce specific projections on the number of students taking out a student loan in future years.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20430 by Allan Wilson on 16 November 2005, whether it will now review the answer to question S2W-14031.
Answer
There are currently no plansto review the answer to question S2W-14031.
There is a legal requirementon the debtor, which includes student loan borrowers, to inform their trustee,who administers the sequestration and acts on their behalf, of their assets andliabilities. If the Student Loans Company has been listed as a creditor thetrustee will inform the Student Loans Company that an award of sequestrationhas been made.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cumulative collection rate was for student loans from Scottish domiciled borrowers in 2003-04.
Answer
Due to the nature of StudentLoan repayments it is not possible to give a definitive cumulative collectionrate. For the Year 2003-04 the amount of student loans collected from Scottishdomiciled borrowers was £49,748,000 of which £32,654,000 was towards publicdebt and £17,094,000 was towards private debt.
Source: Student LoansCompany.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review its funding commitment for the Gaelic Medium Secondary School in Woodside, Glasgow, in light of new cost figures taking construction industry inflation into account.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has provided significant funding to the City of Glasgow to support the development of Scotland’s first all-through Gaelic school. In May 2004, the City of Glasgow was offered £2.75 million towards their estimated costs of £3.5 million for the renovation of the Woodside school for the Gaelic school. The council has also received Gaelic specific grant funding in 2005-06. The Glasgow Gaelic school is expected to open in August 2006 and in view of the good progress being made the Scottish Executive does not intend to review its funding commitment to this project. The Executive is fully committed to ensuring this project is a success and will continue to work with the council to bring this about.
