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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-24365

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 11 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fires there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Lothians region in each of the last 10 years and what proportion of these was started deliberately.

Question reference: S3W-24367

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people referred to drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each of the last five years entered such a programme.

This information is not held centrally. However, we do hold information on the number of clients offered treatment, but not all of those offered may enter treatment. This information is available from the Drug Treatment Waiting Times Framework from October 2006 only. Information on drug treatment waiting times is collected by Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADATs) covering areas similar to health boards and submitted quarterly to ISD.

The following table sets out the number of clients offered a date for first treatment, October 2006 to December 2008¹ by quarter² within NHS Lothian.

	Clients Offered A Date For First Treatment
October-December 2006³	298
January-March 2007	302
April-June 2007³	205
July-September 2007	568
October-December 2007	571
January-March 2008	425
April-June 2008	498
July-September 2008⁴	150
October-December 2008	287

Notes:

1. Data on first appointment date offered for any intervention was not recorded prior to October 2006.

2. Clients offered a date for first treatment within each quarter.

3. Due to data quality issues data was not submitted from Midlothian for the quarters October to December 2006 and April to June 2007.

4. Due to data quality issues data was not submitted from Edinburgh City for the quarter July to September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-24366

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each year since 1999.

Funding is allocated to health boards for drug treatment and rehabilitation services. The following table sets out the funding that has been made available to NHS Lothian from 1998-99 to 2009-10.

Financial Year	NHS Lothian* Allocation (£000)
1998-99	2,263
1999-2000	2,776
2000-01	2,922
2001-02	3,214
2002-03	3,539
2003-04	3,539
2004-05	3,719
2005-06	4,645
2006-07	4,645
2007-08	4,645
2008-09	4,821
2009-10	5,472

Note: *NHS Lothian is comprised of the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian Alcohol and Drugs Action Team areas.

The allocations detailed in the table only represent the ring-fenced money provided by the Scottish Government to NHS Lothian for drug treatment and rehabilitation services; the health board and other local partners are able to supplement these funds to tackle problem drug use, in order to meet the needs of the local population.

Question reference: S3W-24483

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police operations in the Lothian and Borders police force area have taken place against persons known or believed to be armed in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S3W-24486

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of persons accused in homicide cases in (a) the Lothian and Borders police force area and (b) Scotland was under the influence of (i) alcohol or (ii) drugs at the time of the alleged offence in each year since 2000.

Persons Accused in Homicide Cases¹, By Percentage Drunk and/or Under Influence of Drugs, Lothian and Borders, 2000-01 to 2007-08

Year	Drunk	Under the Influence of Drugs	Both Drunk and Under the Influence of Drugs	Neither Drunk Nor on Drugs	Not Known	Total Number of Accused
2000-01	33%	0%	8%	42%	17%	12
2001-02	27%	5%	27%	5%	36%	22
2002-03	47%	5%	5%	37%	5%	19
2003-04	55%	25%	10%	0%	10%	20
2004-05	38%	13%	13%	13%	25%	24
2005-06	61%	0%	0%	35%	4%	23
2006-07	21%	25%	8%	4%	42%	24
2007-08	4%	33%	33%	0%	29%	24

Note: ¹Recorded as homicide as at 28 November 2008.

Persons Accused in Homicide Cases¹, By Percentage Drunk and/or Under Influence of Drugs, Scotland, 2000-01 to 2007-08

Year	Drunk	Under the Influence of Drugs	Both Drunk and Under the Influence of Drugs	Neither Drunk Nor on Drugs	Not Known	Total Number of Accused
2000-01	41%	5%	7%	20%	27%	130
2001-02	33%	4%	11%	9%	42%	158
2002-03	34%	11%	8%	18%	28%	176
2003-04	35%	12%	7%	7%	39%	155
2004-05	26%	9%	6%	14%	45%	187
2005-06	41%	9%	15%	18%	17%	140
2006-07	30%	8%	9%	12%	41%	167
2007-08	22%	9%	14%	13%	42%	148

Note: ¹Recorded as homicide as at 28 November 2008.

Question reference: S3W-24485

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executivewhat percentage of crimes in the Lothian and Borders police force area has been committed by people under the influence of (a) alcohol or (b) drugs in each of the last five years.

Information on the percentage of crimes committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not held centrally.

Data available for crimes/offences related to alcohol or drugs is where the involvement of alcohol or drugs is implicit in the offence, such as drunk/drug driving etc, drunkenness, general drugs/drugging offences (for example possession with intent to supply), contravention of liquor licensing laws, offences by licensed persons and consumption of alcohol in designated places prohibited by byelaws.

Question reference: S3W-24273

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients confirmed as having (a) Clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA in the Lothians region were transferred from another hospital in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S3W-24368

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug addicts have re-entered drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S3W-24415

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23867 by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009, whether it will provide an answer that specifically addresses the issue raised in the question.

Question reference: S3W-24414

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23866 by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009, whether it will provide an answer that specifically addresses the issue raised in the question.