Parliamentary Questions
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| 2010 |
| 4th
March |
S3W-31500 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using
drugs in the last year in crime and justice surveys in the last three
years, broken down by type of drug. |
| 4th
March |
S3W-31499 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using
drugs in the last month in crime and justice surveys in the last three
years, broken down by type of drug. |
| 4th
March |
S3W-31498 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported ever using
drugs in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken
down by type of drug. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-31605 To
ask the Scottish Executive what research is available on the success
or otherwise of current provision of support and services for the
treatment of people with drugs and alcohol addiction to gain abstinence
in the long term. |
| 3rd
March |
S3W-31604 To
ask the Scottish Executive what the most effective, evidence-based
form of treatment and support in the long term is for people addicted
to (a) drugs and (b) alcohol. |
| 25th
February |
S3W-31338 To
ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding
of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that Class
A drugs are more likely to be the first drug taken by females under
the age of 16 than any other age group and what action it plans to
take. |
| 25th
February |
S3W-31336 To
ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding
of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that 24.1%
of those who had ever used drugs first tried them when they were under
16 years of age and what action it plans to take. |
| 24th
February |
S3W-31337 To
ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding
of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that the
reported use of cocaine had increased between 2006 and 2008-09 among
adults aged 16 to 59 and what action it plans to take. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31475 To
ask the Scottish Executive what the current timeline is for re-integration
of Scottish Prison Service primary medical and nursing services into
the NHS and who the new chair of the relevant working group will be
when the current chair retires. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31333 To
ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150
by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, what evidence it has of the effectiveness
of drug-free wings. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31332 To
ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150
by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, how many drug-free wings there
are in each prison and whether it plans to increase this figure. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31331 To
ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of random drug tests carried
out on prisoners in each of the last three years has been found to
be positive, broken down by prison. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31330 To
ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of random drug tests carried
out on prisoners in each of the last 12 months has been found to be
positive, broken down by prison. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31329 To
ask the Scottish Executive how drugs get into prisons. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31328 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been in
each prison in each month since January 2007, broken down by type
of drug. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31335 To
ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding
of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that 87.6%
of adults who had used drugs in the month prior to interview reported
that it was easy to get hold of the drug they used most often in that
period, including 48.6% who claimed it was very easy, and what action
it plans to take. |
| 23rd
February |
S3W-31334 To
ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150
by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, what evidence led the Scottish
Prison Service to move from the operation of drug-free areas in prisons
to integrated treatment care and what evidence it has of the success
of this approach. |
| 16th
February |
S3W-31339 To
ask the Scottish Executive what progress it considers that the national
drugs strategy is making in tackling problem drug use. |
| 4th
February |
S3O-9375 To
ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle alcohol
and drug misuse in schools. |
| 3rd
February |
S3W-31049 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 367 serious organised crime
groups identified by the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
are based in (a) Edinburgh and (b) the Lothians region. |
| 29th
January |
S3W-31000 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there were
for drug Trafficking in 2008-09, broken down by sheriff court. |
| 26th
January |
S3W-30274 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel in prison
have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem. |
| 26th
January |
S3W-30275 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel serving a
community sentence have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem. |
| 26th
January |
S3W-30705 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many people had a charge proved in
court for supply of drugs offences in the Lothian and Borders police
force area in 2008-09 and what disposals were applied to them, broken
down by type of drug. |
| 21st
January |
S3W-30565 To
ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug
and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running
under capacity given the finding of a gap between need and service
availability in the report, Scottish Alcohol Needs Assessment, with
on average one in 12 people able to access treatment services. |
| 21st
January |
S3W-30564 To
ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug
and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running
under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, 25% of individuals
still waiting for a residential rehabilitation place had been waiting
for between five and eight weeks and 45% had been waiting for between
nine and 26 weeks. |
| 21st
January |
S3W-30563 To
ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on Castle Craig Hospital
running under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, over 40%
of individuals in Midlothian and East Lothian still waiting for a
first drug treatment appointment had waited for over 26 weeks. |
| 21st
January |
S3W-30562 To
ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug
and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running
under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, 8% of individuals
still waiting for a first drug treatment appointment had waited for
over a year. |
| 19th
January |
S3W-30163 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many residential drugs services, including
residential crisis and supported accommodation services, existed in
2006 and how many there are now. |
| 13th
January |
S3W-30001 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many residential care beds there are
for (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment and recovery in services that
include the provision of mental health services. |
| 13th
January |
S3W-29936 To
ask the Scottish Executive for what reason drug-related deaths have
risen by 36%, from 421 deaths in 2006 to 574 in 2008. |
| 13th
January |
S3W-29935 To
ask the Scottish Executive what mental health support is given to
the 75% of drug users estimated to have a mental health problem. |
| 12th
January |
S3W-29803 To
ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to
NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the cannabis substitute,
Spice, in each of the last three years. |
| 12th
January |
S3W-29804
To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been
to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the amphetamine substitutes
(a) mephadrone and (b) BZP in each of the last three years. |
| 12th
January |
S3W-29805
To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been
to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the ecstasy substitute
GBL in each of the last three years. |
| 11th
January |
S3W-29868
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29480
by Kenny MacAskill on 8 December 2009, how many prisoners were known
to have drug dependency issues in each year since 1970, broken down
by prison. |
| 11th
January |
S3W-29904
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been (a) known
and (b) estimated to have drug dependency issues at HMP Edinburgh
in each year since 1970. |
