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Mental illness is equated with the specialties of General Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry.The information available from health boards regarding expenditure on mental illness treatment is provided on the basis of patient category i.e. in-patient; outpatient; day-patient and community. In answering this question, secondary mental health services has been interpreted to mean hospital-based services, i.e. in-patient, outpatient, and day-patient categories only.The following table presents the aggregate expenditure on this group of patients for the periods 1996-97 until 1998-99 expressed in terms of 1998-99 prices.

Hospital Based Expenditure on Mental Health Services
Year	Expenditure in terms of 1998-99 Prices(£ million)	% of Total HCH
1996-97	380	12.6%
1997-98	377	12.2%
1998-99	376	12.1%

Source: Scottish Health Service Costs.

In 1995-96 health boards did not consistently identify the costs of Community Psychiatric Teams. It is therefore not possible to provide meaningful comparative figures for this period.

Expenditure figures for 1999-2000 are not yet available, and health boards will not be in a position to provide forecasted expenditure for 2000-01 until later this year.

There has been a steady reduction in the real terms expenditure on hospital-based treatment commensurate with the increase in community based health spend as part of the Executive's Modernisation agenda to provide support for Mental Health patients in the community. This additional support is provided not only by the NHS in Scotland, but extends to care in the community provided by local authorities.

The Scottish Executive is not necessarily aware of job numbers in a company unless these arise as a result of a project which is being grant assisted. However, according to our best information, the table below shows details of the highest level of numbers of jobs in each company specified since 1 April 1989, and the latest information held on the number of jobs still in existence:

COMPANY	Highest No. of Jobs	Current No. of Jobs
Levi Strauss	1,546	701
Hyundai	Nil	Nil
Lite On	400	Nil
Mitsubishi	1,700	400
Continental Tyres	1,000	Nil
Caterpillar	Nil	Nil
Kvaerner	1,958	800
Viasystems	1,200	Nil
National Semiconductor	2,300	696
Wrangler	740	Nil
Volvo	c 450	c 200

This information is not held centrally.

Prior to 1 April 1996 the amount which local authorities could spend on improvement and repairs grants was determined by the Secretary of State. CoSLA asked that this arrangement be discontinued. Since that date it has been for authorities to set their own budgets for this purpose.

Comprehensive information on all the financial packages available to inward investors is not held centrally and to provide a detailed list would involve disproportionate costs. However, the number of companies that received Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) over £1 million total 72.Some of the companies have undertaken more than one project, and their total RSA payments over this period have exceeded £1 million. This information covers 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1999. Locate in Scotland's results for 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 will be published in June 2000.

Comprehensive information on all financial packages available to inward investors is not held centrally and to provide a detailed list would involve disproportionate costs. However, the following information on each of the companies specified shows total assistance given in RSA and Scottish Enterprise/Local Enterprise Company packages since 1 April 1989:

Levi Strauss	£2,063,579
Hyundai	Nil
Lite On	£1,767,737
Mitsubishi	£2,583,136
Continental Tyres	Nil
Caterpillar	Nil
Kvaerner	£4,038,800
Viasystems	Nil
National Semiconductor	£2,161,980
Wrangler	Nil
Volvo	£88,000

The figures shown, where appropriate, are net amounts following recovery of payments made.

The condition of the private sector stock will be shown by the next Scottish House Condition Survey.

The capital spending of authorities would remain public expenditure even if the requirement for local authorities to have the consent of Scottish Ministers to undertake capital spending were abolished. This would have to be reflected in public spending totals, which would not themselves change. In these circumstances, an adjustment to the assigned budget to reflect the changed treatment of local authority capital spending may be appropriate, and consequently there may be no net benefit to the Assigned Budget or, ultimately, local authority spending.

In our Programme for Government, we made a commitment to work across the Executive to promote modern government, of which one of the main themes would be customer-focused policy development and service delivery.

We will put the citizen at the centre through our commitment to inclusive policy-making, and civic participation in all its forms. The public can make a real contribution to better policies at both local and national level. We are encouraging that contribution through our support for the Scottish Civic Forum, through the £3 million Listening to Communities programme, through the £10 million Working for Communities programme and through the increasing use of the possibilities offered by the Internet.

We will also work across the public sector to deliver citizen-focused services that are provided in such a way as to meet the needs of the citizens, not the convenience of the service provider. In particular, we will seek to overcome obstacles to joined-up working through a variety of means, and will seek to involve and meet the needs of all different groups in society. For example, the First Minister announced on 30 March his decision that the Executive's target for delivery of 100% of its services online by 2008 was being brought forward to 2005. At a practical level, I recently announced the £25 million Modernising Government Fund, which is designed to help take forward projects involving the innovative provision of improved public services, and particularly encourages partnership working.

The Scottish Executive recognises and encourages the valuable contribution that the voluntary sector makes in raising funds for and in commissioning medical research. We are also committed to ensuring that our agencies, non-departmental public bodies and the NHSiS actively encourage and promote the work of the voluntary sector. As an example of this, the Chief Scientist's office is currently funding a small research project to the value of over £8,000 on enhancing the relationship between health voluntary organisations and the NHSiS.

The Scottish Executive has no plans, however, for the integration of the NHSiS with the voluntary sector in relation to medical research.