Question reference: S3W-08838
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 January 2008
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 February 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been registered on a methadone programme in (a) Scotland and (b) the Kilmarnock and Loudoun parliamentary constituency in each year since 2002.
Answer
There is nonational information that reports on the number of people registered on amethadone programme in Scotland who are receiving methadone hydrochloridemixture for opiate dependence. However, the links below provide estimates of the number of people receiving methadone as part of their treatment for illicitdrug misuse. This information is available by Scotland and by NHS boards only.
1. In July 2005,National Services Scotland published estimates of the number of peoplereceiving methadone as part of their treatment for illicit drug misuse inJune-July 2002, 2003 and 2004, copies of which are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 44592):
2. In 2006, the ScottishGovernment conducted a review of the place of methadone in drug treatment. Aspart of this review, information was collected from NHS boards and others onthe number of people receiving methadone treatment for drug misuse. Thefindings were published by the Scottish Government in July 2007, copies ofwhich are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number43242) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/22094632.