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To disclose the additional costs of a police operation would divulge the extent of that operation and enable those, who might wish at a future date tointimidate or cause harm to members of the Royal Family, to work out the degreeof security and protection provided.

To the extent that police officers from a local force were on duty during an event attended by the Royal Family as part of their normal duties, there will be no additional cost incurred by the local force. Otherwise, as I indicated in my earlier answer to question S2W-14474 on 1 March 2005, it is not the policy of the Scottish Executive to comment on, or otherwise disclose details of, the cost of policing events attended by members of the royal family as to do so could compromise their security and play into the hands of those who might wish to intimidate them or cause them harm.

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/webapp/wa.search.

The number of patients in Scotland with obesity and those specifically with morbid obesity who have had surgery to aid weight reduction is presented in the table.

Number of Patients¹ Diagnosed in Scotland with Obesity and Morbid Obesity who Have Had Surgery to Aid Weight Reduction

Year ending 31-Mar	Number of Patients with Obesity	Number of Patients with Morbid Obesity
All Years	208	112
2002	52	16
2003	46	20
2004	69	49
2005p	41	27

^PProvisional.

Note:

1. These statistics are derived from data collected on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Other Health Related Problems, tenth revision (ICD10) code E66 has been used to identify Obesity and E66.8 has been used to identify Morbid Obesity. The Office of Populations Censuses and surveys Version 4 (OPCS4) code G30 has been used to identify Plastic Operations on the Stomach.

The Estimated Number Patients Seen in general practices in Scotland Newly Diagnosed with “Obesity” or as Being “Overweight” is shown in the following table.

	Overweight
Year	Obesity	Including Oobesity
2002 (consultations with GP only)	8,900	11,500
2003 (consultations with GP only)	8,600	11,400
2003-04 (consultations with GP, practice or district nurse or health visitor)	11,100	16,700

The Estimated Number of Patients Seen for Obesity

Year	Number of Patients Seen
2002 (consultations with GP only)	38,100
2003 (consultations with GP only)	35,600
2003-04 (consultations with GP, practice or district nurse or health visitor)	48,400

Source: Practice Team Information from Information Services NHS National Services Scotland.

The tables show the number of newly diagnosed patients and the overall number of patients seen for obesity.

These figures considerably underestimate the true number of obese people in Scotland. Many people with obesity do not consult their GP. In addition these figures exclude people with obesity who did not consult their GP during the year of the analysis. Also patients may visit the general practice for a condition related to their obesity without obesity itself being recorded.

This information is not held centrally.

The payment of benefits, including those made for funeral expenses, is a reserved matter, on which the Executive has made no representations to the UK Government.

Information specific to Scotland is not held centrally.

The table gives the percentage of the total prescribing expenditure for drugs used in treatment of obesity (as defined in Section 4.5 of the British National Formulary) and drugs used in diabetes (as defined in Section 6.1 of the British National Formulary) for the financial years 2000-01 to 2003-04, and April to November 2004. The data refer to prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, but do not take into account medicines dispensed by hospitals or hospital based clinics. The cost of the drugs is before deduction of discount and patient charges and addition of dispensing fees.

The data reflect the costs of medicines used to treat obesity and diabetes directly and do not include drugs prescribed to treat other conditions associated with these disease states.

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	April to November 2004
Percentage Total Expenditure	Percentage Total Expenditure	Percentage Total Expenditure	Percentage Total Expenditure	Percentage Total Expenditure
Drugs used in the Treatment of Obesity	0.111%	0.337%	0.412%	0.364%	0.375%
Drugs Used In Diabetes	3.498%	3.730%	3.921%	4.182%	4.510%

Information for all NHS boards in Scotland is not currently available. For those NHS areas where data is available, the following tables show the levels of obesity amongst pre-school children (aged 3 to 3.5 years) and school children (at primary 1, primary 7 and secondary 3).

High BMI Distribution (>=95th Centile) In Pre-School Children: Those Born In 2000 Who Have Received a 39-42 Month Review¹

NHS Board	Year of Birth = 2000
No. Examined	Obese (>=95th centile)
Number	%
Total	32,314	2,663	8.2
Argyll and Clyde	2,937	261	8.9
Ayrshire and Arran	2,373	204	8.6
Borders	784	63	8.0
Dumfries and Galloway	1,120	87	7.8
Fife	2,668	217	8.1
Forth Valley	2,296	220	9.6
Greater Glasgow	6,389	517	8.1
Lanarkshire	4,199	357	8.5
Lothian	6,400	514	8.0
Tayside	3,148	223	7.1

Source: CHSP-Pre School ISD Scotland February 2005.

Note: 1. A routine review of child's development usually carried out by Health Visitor/GP at around 39 to 42 months.

High BMI Distribution (>=95th Centile) In School Children: Those who Have Received a Review² At P1(4 to 5yrs), P7(11 to 12yrs) And S3 (14 to 15yrs) During School Year 2003-04

NHS Board	Class Year	School Year = 2003/04
No. Examined	Obese (>=95th centile)
Number	%
Total	P1	15,046	1,380	9.2
	P7	12,176	2,238	18.4
	S34	8,334	1,427	17.1
Argyll and Clyde	P1	402	43	10.7
	P7	384	70	18.2
	S33	N/A	N/A	N/A
Borders	P1	1,024	79	7.7
	P7	1,289	224	17.4
	S3	1,088	203	18.7
Fife	P1	3,394	315	9.3
	P7	3,725	681	18.3
	S3	2,825	477	16.9
Lanarkshire	P1	6,270	579	9.2
	P7	6,612	1,208	18.3
	S3	4,421	747	16.9
Tayside	P1	3,956	364	9.2
	P7	166	55	33.1
	S33	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source: CHSP-School ISD Scotland February 2005.

Notes:

2. A routine review of child's development usually carried out by School Nurse/Doctor.

3. S3 information for Argyll and Clyde and Tayside NHS Boards is not available.

4. Excludes Argyll and Clyde and Tayside NHS Boards.

The Executive is making revenue funding of £112,000 available to each of the four regional neurology centres in Scotland. Following bidding we are currently finalising details with the centres for the distribution of capital funding of £2.5 million.

Drawing on the successful “Action-On” methodology used in England and Wales, this revenue funding will support clinical leads and project managers to redesign  outpatient services and introduce new ways of working. Capital funding will enable the centres to refurbish premises and purchase additional equipment to support the redesigned services. We are making the funding available on the understanding that it will deliver clear benefits for patients, particularly in terms of reduced waiting times.

The following table shows core funding under the Children, Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund received by four services which cover the south of Scotland.

	2001-02 (£)	2002-03 (£)	2003-04 (£)	2004-05 (£)
Family Mediation Borders	31,930	32,888	33,710	34,553
Family Mediation Dumfries and Galloway	56,650	58,350	59,808	61,303
Family Mediation Lothian	52,005	53,565	54,904	56,277
Family Mediation West	147,466	151,890	155,687	159,579