- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31498 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010, how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in 2007-08, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
The Scottish Crime Survey was not conducted in 2007-08 so this information is not available for this time period. The Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey was carried out in 2006 and again in 2008-09, as the renamed Scottish Crime and Justice Survey.
The drugs misuse report for 2006 can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/26163243/0.
The drugs misuse report for 2008-09 can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/19144504/0.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to colleges.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra college places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to universities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra university places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for higher education students.
Answer
Decisions on the deployment of this funding are yet to be taken. We are working with both the Scottish Funding Council and the Student Awards Agency for Scotland to determine how best to allocate this resource to reflect the balance of demand emerging through the applications process. Nonetheless, we made clear our intention during the Budget statement: we expect the additional resource to provide support to an additional 7,500 higher education students studying in our colleges and universities in the next academic year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for further education college students.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 8 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last month in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last year in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
The 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey provides the following information on illicit drug use in Fife. The following estimates are based on self-reported data, gathered through a household survey, on illicit drug use amongst adults in the general population aged 16 years and over in Scotland.
| | Self-Reported use at any Point in Lifetime | Self-Reported use in the year Prior to Survey Interview | Self-Reported use in the Month Prior to Survey Interview |
| Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife | Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife | Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife |
| Amphetamine | 21,000 | 7.0% | 2,000 | 0.6% | 1,000 | 0.2% |
| Cannabis | 62,000 | 21.0% | 17,000 | 5.7% | 9,000 | 2.9% |
| Cocaine | 13,000 | 4.4% | 5,000 | 1.7% | 2,000 | 0.7% |
| Crack | 1,000 | 0.3% | - | - | - | - |
| Ecstasy | 18,000 | 6.1% | 3,000 | 1.2% | 2,000 | 0.6% |
| Heroin | 1,000 | 0.5% | - | - | - | - |
| LSD | 12,000 | 3.9% | * | 0.1% | * | 0.1% |
| Magic Mushrooms | 16,000 | 5.3% | * | 0.1% | * | 0.1% |
| Methadone/Physeptone | 1,000 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - |
| Temazepam | 8,000 | 2.6% | 1,000 | 0.3% | * | 0.1% |
| Valium | 14,000 | 4.6% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
| Anabolic Steroids | 3,000 | 1.0% | 1,000 | 0.2% | 1,000 | 0.2% |
| Poppers | 20,000 | 6.6% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
| Crystal Meth | 1,000 | 0.3% | - | - | - | - |
| Ketamine | 3,000 | 1.0% | 1,000 | 0.3% | * | 0.1% |
| Glues, Solvents, Gas or Aerosols | 5,000 | 1.8% | - | - | - | - |
| NET: Yes - taken any drug | 73,000 | 24.5% | 19,000 | 6.5% | 10,000 | 3.4% |
| NET: No - not ever taken drugs | 224,000 | 75.5% | 277,000 | 93.5% | 287,000 | 96.6% |
Source: Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2008-09 (Fife: 999 respondents).
Notes:
* Indicates that data are not available in data tables as unweighted base is below 50.
- Indicates that no respondents gave an answer in the category.
