- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure that all people who are eligible for free travel under the concessionary travel scheme can use their entitlement.
Answer
To be eligible for theScotland-wide free bus scheme for older and disabled people, people must applylocally for an entitlement card. We are working with local managers to ensurethat current concessionary card holders do so. In addition, we will shortly belaunching Scotland-wide publicity to reinforce the message and to encourage non-cardholders to apply.
To help people to use theirentitlement we will ensure the needs of visually impaired users are taken intoaccount when looking at the practicalities of using the entitlement card.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what facilities are available for women’s drug rehabilitation services.
Answer
It is for local drug action teamsand partners to design and deliver services for drug misusers, tailored to meetlocal needs and priorities. Information provided by drug action teams through corporateaction plans for 2005-06 shows that there are 65 non-residential servicesacross Scotland which have facilities specifically for women. Residentialfacilities available for women’s drug rehabilitation include those providedthroughout Scotland by the Aberlour Child Care Trust for women and theirchildren who have a dependency on drugs or alcohol.
Criminal Justice disposalssuch as Probation with a Condition of Treatment and Drug Treatment and TestingOrders are also available for women offenders with substance misuse problems.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the funding available to NHS Ayrshire and Arran to tackle drugs misuse.
Answer
Ayrshire and Arran NHS board receive £1,153,781 for drug treatment and rehabilitation services per annum. If additional resources are made available in the future the specific allocation to Ayrshire and Arran will be considered along with those for the rest of Scotland.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Ayrshire and Arran regarding the availability of drug rehabilitation services in the area.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is a keypartner in Ayrshire and Arran’s Alcohol and Drug Action Team (ADAT). The ADAT submitsannual Corporate Action Plans to the Executive detailing past performance and plannedaction across a range of national priorities, including the availability of drugtreatment and rehabilitation services. The Executive provides written feedback backto the ADAT.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on providing rehabilitation services for female drug users who are pregnant.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22195 on 19 January 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Information provided by DrugAction Teams through Corporate Action Plans for 2005-06 shows that there are 57services across Scotland which have facilities specifically for pregnant women.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many female drug addicts have been sent from Scotland to (a) England and (b) Wales for rehabilitation treatment.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent in the current financial year on funding rehabilitation treatment for female drug addicts.
Answer
It is not possible to disaggregatefunds spent on the basis of gender. However, in 2004-05, the most recent year forwhich figures are available, 33% of new individuals accessing drug treatment werewomen, according to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on providing rehabilitation services for female drug users.
Answer
We are working towards improvementsin service quality and delivery to ensure that all drug misusers have access toa range of patient-centred services which can be tailored to meet individual needsand circumstances and that support service users to turn away from criminal activity.Action at local level to encourage women drug users to access treatment servicesis for Drug Action Teams.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any proposals to establish a national rehabilitation centre for female drug addicts in Scotland.
Answer
There are no proposals to establisha national rehabilitation centre for female drug addicts in Scotland.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has allocated in this parliamentary session to NHS Ayrshire and Arran for drug rehabilitation services.
Answer
In this parliamentarysession the following resources have been, or will be, allocated to NHSAyrshire and Arran for drug treatment and rehabilitation services.
| Year | Allocation |
| 2003-04 | 987,000 |
| 2004-05 | 1,036,000 |
| 2005-06 | 1,153,781 |
| 2006-07 | 1,153,781 |
| 2007-08 | 1,153,781 |
Funding for 2007-8 is dependentupon performance.
