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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: S3W-25796

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether an individual is entitled to refuse to have the details of his or her treatment held on the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

Question reference: S3W-25787

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have their information and data held on the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) collects information and data on clients entering drug treatment at specialist services in Scotland. The database holds records for the period from 1995-96 to 2007-08. The number of individuals for whom information and data were held on the Scottish Drug Misuse Database on 31st March 2008 is presented in the table below.

Total Number of Clients/Individuals¹ Reported to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database, 1995-96 to 2007-08.

	1995-96 to 2007-08
Number of clients/individuals reported to the SDMD	97,863

Source: ISD Scotland (SDMD), Ref: 2009-01699, Date Extracted: 24th July 2009.

Note:

1. Clients identified as duplicates via probability matching were excluded. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures as individuals may withhold identifying data or report different personal details on subsequent visits. This may lead to the double counting of some individuals.

Question reference: S3W-25790

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive for how long (a) information is and (b) data are held on the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

Question reference: S3W-25777

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether national support coordinators will be directed in their work by ministers or local partners.

Question reference: S3W-25794

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers oversee the use of the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

Question reference: S3W-25773

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how national support coordinators will help deliver drug treatment services.

Question reference: S3W-25786

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) information is or (b) data are held on the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) holds information/data about clients in drug treatment services. This information/data comprises:

1. Personal details, including full name, city/town and postcode, date of birth and ethnic group.

2. Initial presenting information, including main source of referral and co-occuring health issues.

3. Contact with each service used, including caseworker name, date of initial assessment and follow-up reviews, date and reason for discharge and/or date and destination of referral to another treatment or rehabilitation service.

4. Previous contact with services.

5. Age when first started using illicit drugs and at onset of problem use.

6. Currently prescribed drugs related to the treatment of addiction.

7. Illicit drugs taken in the past month, including frequency and daily quantity and spend.

8. Injecting/equipment sharing details.

9. Blood borne viruses.

10. Alcohol consumed in the past month.

11. Social profile, including accommodation, legal situation, living situation, prison record (last 12 months), employment/education and source of funding for drugs use.

12. Number of dependent children and their living situation.

13. Details of interventions received (including drugs treatment and wider social, housing and employment interventions).

These categories reflect the most comprehensive information that may be held about an individual who has received both an initial and a follow-up assessment.

For reasons why the amount of information about different individuals may vary I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-25798, on 6 August 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Question reference: S3W-25776

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the drug service national support coordinators will report.

Question reference: S3W-25788

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is enhancing the Scottish Drug Misuse Database.

The Scottish Government has provided funding to Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland to establish a system of follow-up data collection for the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), which had previously collected data only at initial entry into treatment. The enhanced SDMD will provide better outcome data and improve our ability to assess treatment effectiveness. The roll-out of the new system began in April 2008 with Scotland-wide coverage expected by the end of 2009.

Question reference: S3W-25772

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether each local authority is required to have at least one national support coordinator to help deliver drug treatment services.