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Information is provided in the following table.

There has been no change to the criteria in relation to identifying the appropriate level at which an offender should be managed under MAPPA.

The statutory criteria that govern the imposition of Orders for Lifelong Restriction can be found in sections 210B to 210G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. It is for the court to decide whether an offender may fit the criteria when deciding on an appropriate sentence following conviction. The court will be aided in this regard by a risk assessment order produced by an accredited risk management professional. We do not hold information relating to the number of offenders who could have potentially received an Order for Lifelong Restriction.

Information held by the Risk Management Authority shows that to date 89 Orders for Lifelong Restriction have been imposed since they were introduced. No offender receiving an Order for Lifelong Restriction has been released from prison with one offender dying while in custody and another successfully appealing the Orders for Lifelong Restriction sentence.

No. Limitations on appointment to the role of a Police Investigations and Review Commissioner are set out in Schedule 4 (2) (1) of the Police Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 as amended by Schedule 7 (33) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012. Accordingly, members or former members of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority are not disqualified from taking on this role.

It does not. Schedule 4 (2) (1) of the Police Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006, which covers “limitations on appointment” to the role of Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland, does not disqualify a member or former member of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority from taking on this role.

The Review of Methadone in Drug Treatment: Prescribing Information and Practice published in 2007 (for the year 2006) estimated that 22,224 individuals were receiving methadone.

Prior to 2007-08, this information had not been routinely collected. To address this evidence gap, the Scottish Government has invested in three approaches:

(1) In 2011 and 2012 the Scottish Government Drugs Policy Unit asked every NHS Board in Scotland how many individuals were receiving opioid substitute treatment in the month of April. This provided an estimate of 24,994 individuals receiving methadone prescriptions in 2011 and 24,507 individuals receiving methadone prescriptions in 2012.

(2) The Scottish Government has invested in the enhancement of the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) so that it includes the collection of follow-up data and outcomes-based information from people as they progress through their treatment pathway. The first release of this information will be published by Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland in December 2012.

(3) The Scottish Government developed the Scottish Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times Database, introduced April 2011. This provides us with quarterly information on the length of time people are waiting for treatment and the treatments started. Nineteen thousand and forty-three drug treatments started between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012 and they were broken down as follows:

The Road to Recovery is a long-term strategy and is under continual review from both within and out with government.

In order to do this effectively and sustainably the Scottish Government established the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission (DSDC) in 2009 to give expert advice on the impact and progress of the strategy.

In addition to the work of the DSDC, we recognise that the strategy is a product of political consensus and so it was right that the Scottish Government requested and led a parliamentary debate in September 2010 to hear the challenge and consensus of all political parties. Additionally briefing in parliament from the, then, Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing MSP, was offered to all MSPs, as well as individual briefings for all party leaders, in March 2011.

In 2009 we committed to a HEAT target that states by March 2013, 90% of clients will wait no longer than three weeks from referral received to appropriate drug or alcohol treatment that supports their recovery. We are well on our way to achieving this target, and in June 2012, Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland reported that between January to March 2012, 87% of people received treatment for drug use within three weeks of referral.

The Scottish Government has invested in the enhancement of the Scottish Drugs Misuse Database (SDMD) so that it includes the collection of follow-up and outcomes based information from clients as they progress through their treatment pathway.

The analysis and reporting of this information by ISD from December 2012 will, over time, provide us with some key answers to the numbers of people in drug treatment in Scotland (by treatment type); and provide an opportunity for additional analysis which will inform our understandings of people’s journeys through drug treatment (for particular cohort groups), the effectiveness of different types of treatment (including length of time) and the outcomes that individuals are achieving (e.g. around accommodation, family, employment/training, drug use and offending).

So far from the SDMD we note that since 2007 more and more people are coming in to treatment (39,458 recorded entries into treatment, 2007-08 to 2010-11).

Furthermore the Scottish Government developed the Scottish Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times Database, introduced in April 2011. This provides us with quarterly reports on the length of time people are waiting for treatment and the treatments they started. 19,043 drug treatments started between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012 and these included the following:

The Scottish Government continues to work closely with the independent National Forum on Drug Related Deaths (NFDRD). In partnership with the forum we have established a database that offers information and context behind each drug-related death in Scotland (information that prior to 2007-08 was previously not routinely collected or analysed). This in turn offers challenge to the strategy and an opportunity to develop critical interventions, for example the National Naloxone programme.

The Scottish Government remains committed to providing the Parliament with regular updates on the implementation and impact of Road to Recovery for the review and challenge of MSPs. We want to continue to work with parties across the Parliament to build on and reinforce the consensus of this important approach.

Prior to 2007-08, this information had not been collected. That is why the Scottish Government invested in the research Assessing the Scale and Impact of Illicit Drug Markets in Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/06103906/0, which was published in October 2009. The report estimated that the total cost of illicit drug use to the health service in Scotland was £180,452,500.

Table 5.9.1 of this report breaks down the wider costs of drug misuse:

This report also offers some useful cost / benefit analysis of drug treatment in the context of preventative spend:

Prior to 2007-08, this information had not been collected. That is why the Scottish Government invested in the research Assessing the Scale and Impact of Illicit Drug Markets in Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/06103906/0, which was published in October 2009.

The report estimates that the total economic and social cost of illicit drug use in Scotland is just under £3.5 billion. Costs associated with problem drug use accounts for 96% of the total cost and this equates to just under £61,000 per problem drug user. Recreational drug use accounts for 4% of the total estimated cost equating to £134 per user.

Table 5.9.1 of this Report Breaks Down the Wider Costs of Drug Misuse

This report also offers some useful cost / benefit analysis of drug treatment in the context of preventative spend:

Prior to 2007-08, this information had not been collected. To address this evidence gap the Scottish Government has:

(1) Invested in, and enhanced, the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) to improve the information available on people entering and completing drug treatment in Scotland. This will enable us to understand more about people’s journeys through treatment and the outcomes they achieve. The first release of follow-up and outcomes-based information will be published by Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland in December 2012.

(2) Developed the Scottish Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times Database, which went live from 1 April 2011. This provides quarterly information, which is published by ISD, on the length of time people are waiting for treatment and the treatment interventions started.