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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-16927

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to carry out an audit of the stimulants which are currently being prescribed in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Question reference: S1W-16931

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children of school age are currently resident in Scotland broken down by (a) health board area and (b) local education authority area.

The following tables give the Registrar General's 2000 Mid-Year Estimates of Population for school age children for health board and council area.

Estimated population of school age children (5-16) by council area; 30 June 2000

SCOTLAND	774,304
Aberdeen City	29,570
Aberdeenshire	37,143
Angus	16,830
Argyll & Bute	12,517
Clackmannanshire	7,865
Dumfries & Galloway	21,964
Dundee City	20,951
East Ayrshire	19,040
East Dunbartonshire	16,095
East Lothian	13,810
East Renfrewshire	13,888
Edinburgh, City of	58,542
Eilean Siar	4,287
Falkirk	21,728
Fife	54,484
Glasgow City	89,472
Highland	33,126
Inverclyde	13,437
Midlothian	12,486
Moray	13,693
North Ayrshire	22,320
North Lanarkshire	51,662
Orkney Islands	3,182
Perth & Kinross	20,127
Renfrewshire.	27,688
Scottish Borders	15,587
Shetland Islands	3,963
South Ayrshire	16,840
South Lanarkshire	48,556
Stirling	12,533
West Dunbartonshire	15,665
West Lothian	25,253

Estimated population of school age children (5-16) by health board area; 30 June 2000

SCOTLAND	774,304
Argyll & Clyde	65,822
Ayrshire & Arran	58,200
Borders	15,587
Dumfries & Galloway	21,964
Fife	54,484
Forth Valley	42,126
Grampian	80,406
Greater Glasgow	134,388
Highland	33,126
Lanarkshire	88,770
Lothian	110,091
Orkney	3,182
Shetland	3,963
Tayside	57,908
Western Isles	4,287

Question reference: S1W-16928

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund a research project looking at the long term effects of different methods of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Within the Scottish Executive Health Department, the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health services and patient care within the NHS in Scotland and, as such, is the main departmental funder of NHS-related research.

CSO currently funds research projects lasting up to three years up to a maximum of £150,000.

CSO would be pleased to consider funding research proposals into the long term effects of different methods of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder subject to these limits. Such proposals would be subject to the usual peer and committee review.

Question reference: S1W-16935

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have received in-service training on the special needs of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-16933

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many paediatricians with specialist interest or training in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are currently working in Scotland broken down by (a) health board area and (b) local education authority area.

Question reference: S1W-16396

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will scrutinise the guidelines from the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in case of any bias towards drug therapy.

Question reference: S1W-16395

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network will publish its guidelines regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Question reference: S1W-16248

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 July 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are undergoing treatment for gender dysphoria in each health board area.

Information in the form requested is not available centrally.Treatment for gender dysphoria normally comprises a series of treatments, such as counselling, hormone therapy, and in a few cases, surgery. Most of these will be carried out in hospital and community health settings on an out-patient basis. Information on out-patient attendances is available only at specialty level and does not therefore identify specific conditions or treatments.

Question reference: S1O-04365

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently being prescribed anti-depressants.

Question reference: S1W-16184

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15512 by Susan Deacon on 15 May 2001, what plans it has to update the criteria regarding the conditions which confer an exemption from prescription charges.