Chamber and committees

This information is not heldcentrally. Under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 the police areallowed, but not required, to take fingerprints from eight to 16-year-olds whohave been arrested or detained. These prints must be destroyed if the youngperson is not subsequently convicted.

There are no central recordsto indicate the number of prints taken each year.

The most recent available informationrequested is given in the table.

In-Patient Discharges fromPsychiatric Hospitals in Scotland and Average Length of Stay in Weeks (ALOS) by NHSBoard of Treatment for Calendar Years 1999 to 2001^P

	1999		2000		2001P
	Episodes	ALOS	Episodes	ALOS	Episodes	ALOS
NHS Scotland	30,984	19	31,179	18	29,696	15
Argyll and Clyde	3,006	20	3,100	21	3,250	18
Ayrshire and Arran	2,568	12	2,421	12	2,257	10
Borders	640	13	642	11	663	9
Dumfries and Galloway	760	41	853	91	773	24
Fife	1,877	15	1,754	13	1,814	24
Forth Valley	1,241	55	1,298	21	1,132	13
Grampian	2,543	13	2,718	17	2,613	16
Greater Glasgow	5,841	22	5,795	17	5,415	19
Highland	1,466	8	1,647	13	1,295	7
Lanarkshire	2,902	9	3,003	12	3,036	14
Lothian	5,228	16	5,140	14	4,624	6
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	2,747	26	2,624	18	2,649	18
Western Isles	165	10	184	9	175	9

^PProvisional.

Source: ISDSMR04.

More recent data have not yetbeen accredited.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

Figures for Subject AccessRequests received by Scottish Executive under the Data Protection Act 1998 overthe period specified are as follows:

Month	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
January	1	3	1	4	5
February	1	2	0	0	4
March	1	3	1	3	4
April	2	0	1	5	3
May	0	1	1	3	0
June	3	0	0	4	0
July	1	3	22	2	0
August	0	0	1	6	0
September	0	0	0	8	0
October	2	1	2	7	0
November	1	0	1	6	0
December	2	0	1	6	0
Total	14	13	31	54	16 (to date)

 

Most requests for informationare handled routinely and not all are recorded or counted centrally. In line withcentrally produced guidance, some requests for information are notified to the ScottishExecutive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. The Scottish Executive have publisheda report on information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for requestsreceived during 1 January to 31 December 2005; this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Informationpages of the Scottish Executive website. The Scottish Executive provides informationup to the £600 prescribed amount to the applicant free of charge, and is not obligedto comply with the request where it is estimated the costs will exceed this amount.The report provides information on the number of times the Scottish Executive haverefused information because complying would exceed the upper cost limit (section12), and the number of times the Scottish Executive have issued a fees notice fordisclosure of information (section 13). A report on the information requests handlingin the Scottish Executive for the first six months of 2006 will be published laterin the year.

Most requests for informationare handled routinely and not all are recorded or counted centrally. In line withcentrally produced guidance, some requests for information are notified to the ScottishExecutive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. The Scottish Executive have publisheda report on information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for requestsreceived during 1 January to 31 December 2005; this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Informationpages of the Scottish Executive website. The report provides information on thenumber and percentage of requests dealt with out-with the 20 working-day time periodfor the each of the quarters of 2005. A report on the information requests handlingin the Scottish Executive for the first six months of 2006 will be published laterin the year.

Most requests for informationare handled routinely and not all are recorded or counted centrally. In line withcentrally produced guidance, some requests for information are notified to the ScottishExecutive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. The Scottish Executive have publisheda report on information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for requestsreceived during 1 January to 31 December 2005; this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Informationpages of the Scottish Executive website. The report provides information on theuse of exemptions, and shows the level of use of each of these sections by the ScottishExecutive. A report on the information requests handling in the Scottish Executivefor the first six months of 2006 will be published later in the year.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

Different prevalent studies haveestimated between one in four of the population and one in six of the populationsuffer mental health problems in any one year. In most cases these are short-termand no or little medical intervention is required.

Another estimate on diagnosedmental health problems can be based on the number of patients first seen for thecondition in general practices participating in Practice Team Information (PTI).PTI date are obtained from a sample of Scottish general practices, covering thefull range of age, sex, deprivation and urban/rural classes in Scotland. Figuresare standardised to the age, sex and deprivations distribution of the Scottish population.Estimates are shown in the following table.

Calendar Year	Estimated Number of Patients Diagnosed	% of Overall Population
2000	241,100	4.5
2001	241,800	4.5
2002	246,300	4.6
2003	239,000	4.5

 

Between 1% and 2% of the populationare estimated to have a severe and enduring mental illness such as schizophrenicor bipolar disorder.

 

Most requests for informationare handled routinely and not all are recorded or counted centrally. In line withcentrally produced guidance, some requests for information are notified to the ScottishExecutive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. The Scottish Executive have publisheda report on information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for requestsreceived during 1 January to 31 December 2005; this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Informationpages of the Scottish Executive website. The report shows the number of requestsnotified to the FOI Unit for each week in 2005. A report on the information requestshandling in the Scottish Executive for the first six months of 2006 will be publishedlater in the year.

The information requested isnot held centrally.