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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.

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Question reference: S2W-05522

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05641

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2004
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.

Question reference: S2W-05547

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05546

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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.

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).

Question reference: S2W-05548

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05518

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05519

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05516

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-05517

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct payment applications, submitted in each year since 1997, have been successful, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) local authority area.

The following tables provideinformation on the number of direct payment clients, by local authority, and byage, for the years ending 31 March 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Number of Direct Payments,by Local Authority

Local Authority	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Aberdeen City	4	4	11
Aberdeenshire	8	6	11
Angus	4	23	30
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	1	4	18
Dumfries and Galloway	7	25	27
Dundee City	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	17
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0
East Lothian	5	7	7
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	67	49	89
Eilean Siar	0	3	5
Falkirk	0	0	0
Fife	30	64	120
Glasgow City	17	16	15
Highland	14	23	43
Inverclyde	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	0
Moray	0	5	7
North Ayrshire	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	3	10	11
Orkney Islands	0	0	1
Perth and Kinross	4	4	19
Renfrewshire	3	3	3
Scottish Borders	12	20	50
Shetland Islands	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	22	18	31
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Stirling	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0
West Lothian	6	8	19
Scotland	207	292	534

Source: SEHD – F1 Return

Number of Direct Payments,by Age Group

Age	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
16-17 years	-	-	8
18-64 years	192	240	385
65+ years	15	52	141
Total	207	292	534

Question reference: S2W-05520

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2004
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.

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.