- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average weekly cost is per resident with a mental illness in a residential care unit operated by (a) a local authority (b) the private sector and (c) the voluntary sector.
Answer
The table below provides the information requested:
Average Weekly Charge per Resident in Homes for People with Mental Health Problems, 2002
| Sector | Average Weekly Charge 2002 (£) |
| Local Authority | 412 |
| Private | 293 |
| Voluntary | 387 |
| Total | 375 |
Source: SEHD Community CareStatistics – R1 Return.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5135 by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2004, whether the collection of data in respect of psychological intervention or other non-drug therapies will become standard and, if so, when the introduction of collection of such data will be implemented across NHS boards.
Answer
It is our intention thatroutine clinical information collection, to support improved clinical care, willin future include data on delivery of psychological and other non-drugtherapies and work is in hand. However, this is a complex area and it is notpossible at this stage, therefore, to say when data collection can bestandardised.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct payment applications for a person with mental illness have been received in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) local authority area.
Answer
Information on the number ofdirect payments made to people with mental health problems is collected eachyear (see the answer given to question S2W-5519 on 27 January 2004). However,no information is currently available on applications which were unsuccessful.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct payment applications for people with mental illness have been successful in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) local authority area.
Answer
The table providesinformation on the total number of people with mental health problems receivingdirect payments, by age, for the years ending 31 March 2002 and 2003.Numbers are too small to provide a local authority breakdown, as this wouldbreach current guidelines on confidentiality.
People with Mental HealthProblems receiving Direct Payments, by Age
| | 16-17 years | 18-64 years | 65+ years | Total |
| 2001-02 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2002-03 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Source: SEHD: F1 Return.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct payment applications have been submitted in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) local authority area.
Answer
Information has beencollected since 2001 on the number of direct payments made each year in Scotland(see the answer given to question S2W-5517 on 27 January 2004). However, noinformation is currently available on unsuccessful applications.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any research proposals regarding the effects of medicating children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder in the last five years and, if so, which proposals were (a) accepted and (b) rejected, and what the reasons were for the decision in each case.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office(CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility for fundingand supporting research into health and healthcare needs in Scotland.
Within the last five years,CSO has received two outline proposals on this subject, one of which proceededto a full grant application. This was considered by CSO’s Biomedical andTherapeutic Research Committee but it was rejected as it was not considered tobe of a sufficiently high enough standard to merit funding.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out into attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office(CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility for fundingand supporting research into health and healthcare needs in Scotland. CSOis currently funding one research project on complementary interventions forchildren with attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD).
The National ResearchRegister (NRR), a UK wide research database, records that there are afurther 10 on-going research projects in the UK on ADHD and 71 completedresearch projects. Details of these projects are available from the NRR, a copyof which is in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 17404).
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any research proposals regarding the effects of dietary intervention on children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder in the last five years and, if so, which proposals were (a) accepted and (b) rejected and what the reasons were for the decision in each case.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office(CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility forencouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. Inthe last five years, CSO has not received any research proposals on the effectsof dietary intervention on children diagnosed with attention deficithyperkinetic disorder. CSO would be pleased to consider proposals for researchin this area which would be subject to the usual peer and committee review.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternatives are offered to people with mental illness where the local authority does not provide day centres specifically for such people.
Answer
With the development ofcommunity care, people with mental health problems have considerably greateropportunities than in the past, provided by local authorities, health boards andvoluntary sector providers in a range of settings. This includes leisure, social,recreational, educational and employment activities.
The interim report and 15locality reports of Dr Sandra Grant’s recent national assessment of thereadiness of mental health services to respond to the requirements of the MentalHealth (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 indicated considerable progresswith these developments, although of course more needs to be done in some partsof the country. I expect to receive Dr Grant’s full national report in February.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total value of direct payments has been in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The table below providesinformation on the value of direct payments, by local authority, for the yearsending 31 March 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Value of Direct Payments(£000)
| Local Authority | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Aberdeen City | 17 | 23 | 42 |
| Aberdeenshire | 21 | 28 | 44 |
| Angus | 37 | 275 | 426 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 8 | 31 | 69 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 47 | 85 | 234 |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 83 | 103 | 117 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,083 | 1,177 | 1,864 |
| Eilean Siar | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 254 | 554 | 822 |
| Glasgow City | 100 | 151 | 147 |
| Highland | 67 | 174 | 447 |
| Inverclyde | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 0 | 36 | 76 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 13 | 156 | 177 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perth and Kinross | 44 | 53 | 166 |
| Renfrewshire | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Scottish Borders | 47 | 125 | 226 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 168 | 155 | 251 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stirling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 47 | 59 | 156 |
| Scotland | 2,064 | 3,220 | 5,422 |
Source: SEHD – F1 Return.
