Chamber and committees

Source: Scottish Ambulance Service.

Note: All Emergency includes Category A, B and C calls.

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/index.html.

Individual deaths often involve more than one drug. Tables which show the drugs which were involved in deaths will count each death once for each of the drugs which was found by the pathologists, so the numbers for the different drugs should not be added to give a total.

(a) Heroin

A combined figure for heroin/morphine is used because it is believed that, in the overwhelming majority of cases where morphine has been identified in post-mortem toxicological tests, its presence is a result of heroin use.

Local authority breakdowns for the years 1997-2001 are shown in table A.

Table A. Drug-Related Deaths Involving Heroin/Morphine, 1997 to 2001

Source: GROS.

Local authority breakdowns for 2002-06 are available from the annual publications of Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland via the following link:

http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/ISDbull.htm.

Local authority breakdowns for 2007 and NHS board breakdowns for 1997-2007 are available from the GROS publication:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/index.html.

Breakdowns by parliamentary constituency are not available.

(b) Ecstasy

Local authority breakdowns for the years 1997-2001 are shown in table B.

Table B. Drug-Related Deaths Involving Ecstasy, 1997 to 2001

Source: GROS.

Local authority breakdowns for 2002-06 are available from the annual publications of Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland via the following link:

http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/ISDbull.htm.

Local authority breakdowns for 2007 and NHS board breakdowns for 1997-2007 are available from the GROS publication:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/index.html.

Breakdowns by parliamentary constituency are not available.

(c) Amphetamines

The GROS and ISD publications do not show the numbers of drug-related deaths involving amphetamines. Table C provides data for 2000 to 2007 broken down by NHS board and local authority. Data are not available for earlier years. Breakdowns by parliamentary constituency are not available.

Table C. Drug-Related Deaths Involving Amphetamines, 2000 to 2007

Source: GROS.

It is not possible from centrally available hospital data to explicitly identify patients who have been treated for tobacco addiction. There are a number of conditions (e.g. lung disease) which could be tobacco-related, but these could also be caused by other factors and would not present a reliable picture of tobacco misuse.

The following table presents the number of discharges for patients aged 15 and under for conditions which specifically mention tobacco. It is not possible to provide data separately for individual years or broken down by hospital because of the risk of disclosure.

Table 1. Number of Patients Aged 15 Years or Under, Discharged From General Acute Hospitals^1,2 Within NHS Lothian Area of Treatment With a Tobacco-Related Illness^3,4 In Any Position: 2003-04 “ 2007-08

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01), Ref: 2009-01239.

Notes:

1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals. Transfers have also been excluded.

2. Figures in the table only relate to those individuals who are treated as inpatients. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients or individuals attending A&E who are not subsequently admitted.

3. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of tobacco misuse may vary from hospital-to-hospital. Where tobacco misuse is suspected but unconfirmed it may not be recorded by the hospital.

4. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organisation''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco (F17), toxic effect of tobacco and nicotine (T65.2).

Numbers of patients with an eating disorder have been estimated using data from GP practices participating in Practice Team Information (PTI) data collection, see:

www.isdscotland.org/isd/3729.html.

Table 1. Estimated Numbers of Patients Aged Under 18 years Consulting a GP or Practice-Employed Nurse for an Eating Disorder in Scotland, Financial Years 2003-04 to 2007-08, Standardised by Age, Sex and Deprivation

Table 2. Patients Aged Under 18 Years Discharged from Acute Hospital (Non-Obstetric, Non-Psychiatric) With Any Diagnosis of Eating Disorder, Years Ending 31 March 1999 to 2008.

Table 3. Patients Aged Under 18 Years Discharged from Scottish Psychiatric Hospitals With Any Diagnosis of Eating Disorder, Years Ending 31 March 1999 to 2008.

Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland.

Estimates of the number of people aged less than 18 years and 18 years and over who have consulted a member of the practice team (either GP or practice-employed nurse) for depression or anxiety in Scotland for 2005-06 to 2007-08 are shown in Table 1 and 2:

Table 1. Estimated Number of Patients who Consulted a GP or Practice-Employed Nurse for Anxiety in Scotland

Source: Patient Team Information, ISD.

Table 2. Estimated Number of Patients who Consulted a GP or Practice-Employed Nurse for Depression in Scotland

Source: Patient Team Information, ISD.

Note: *Estimates of the number of patients are subject to sampling error as they are based on a survey of approximately 5% of GP Practices. We can be 95% confident that the true estimate for Scotland would fall in this range.

Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Offences¹ in the Lothians Region² as a Percentage of Total Persons Proceeded Against, 2003-04 to 2007-08

(Total Number of Persons Proceeded Against Provided in Brackets)

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Taken to include the local authority areas East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Midlothian does not contain a sheriff court.

3. Includes the crime categories illegal importation of drugs, manufacture or cultivation of drugs, supply, possession with intent to supply etc of drugs and other drugs offences.

4. Includes the crime categories brothel keeping and immoral traffic.

Number of Males with a Charge Proved¹ in Edinburgh Courts, by the 10 Most Common Offences² Resulting in a Custodial Sentence, by Age Group and Number of Offences, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Based on standard categories of offences used in Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts statistical bulletins.

Number of Females with a Charge Proved¹ in Edinburgh Courts, by the 10 Most Common Offences³ Resulting in a Custodial Sentence, by Age Group and Number of Offences, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes currency offences, other criminal conduct, money laundering related offences, insider dealing and proceeds of crime.

3. Based on standard categories of offences used in Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts statistical bulletins.

The Scottish Government holds information on housing stock by tenure for the period requested. It can be assumed that stock in the local authority and housing association sectors is affordable but information on the stock which is affordable in the owner occupied and private rented sectors varies over time due to the right to buy and economic and other factors. A table is attached showing the Local Authority and Housing Association stock as a proportion of the estimated housing stock in the Lothian region in each financial year since 1999-2000 to 2007-08, broken down by local authority area. Information is not yet available for all sectors for 2008-09.

Estimated Local Authority and Housing Association (LA and HA) Housing Stock as a Proportion of all Housing Stock

Sources:

Local authority: Housing Statistics published information “ Council House stock near actual figures.

Housing association: Scottish Housing Regulator “ RSL statistics Table A1b.

All: Housing Trends in Scotland “ number of dwellings on Council Tax register and NB1 and NB2 returns to Scottish Government.

Minimum and Maximum Custodial Sentences for Drug Offences¹ in Lothians Region², 2003-04 to 2007-08

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Taken to include the local authority areas East Lothian, Edinburgh City, Midlothian and West Lothian. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Midlothian does not contain a sheriff court.

3. Includes the crime categories illegal importation of drugs, manufacture or cultivation of drugs, supply, possession with intent to supply etc of drugs and other drugs offences.

Drug-Related Crimes and Offences Recorded by Lothian and Borders Police Force, 1998-99 to 2007-08

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

The common definition, used within police forces, is that a crime of drugging is committed when drugs are surreptitiously or dishonestly administered with the intent of incapacitating the victim.

There are three further crimes/offences for which drugs may be a contributory factor “ causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, driving a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs and being in charge of motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs. We are not able to identify the number of such crimes/offences specifically relating to drugs and as such have not included these figures in the above table.