To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has, or intends to compile, any data on the number of people resident in the North of England who have received NHS medical treatment in Scotland in the last three years. The available information on North of England residents treated in the National Health Service in Scotland is distributed over a variety of sources, relating principally to the acute, maternity and psychiatric hospital sectors, and is presented in Table 1 for the years ending (y/e) 31 March: 1998-2000.Table 1 Y/e Mar 1998Y/e Mar 1999Y/e Mar 2000p1.New outpatient attendances referred from GPs1,9722,1002,0042.