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I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

As at the 6 December 2010, there were no sex offenders at HMP Glenochil who are serving sentences of less than one year and four months.

All sex offenders sentenced to six months or longer are subject to statutory post-release supervision. They therefore meet the criteria for the Enhanced Integrated Case Management process, which includes formal risk assessment and structured risk management planning. As a result, they would all be considered for interventions to address their offending, though it can be challenging to arrange this in custody when the sentence is very short.

The National Services Division (NSD) Risk Share arrangements only include medicines recommended for use within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

In appraising orphan medicines to treat rare diseases, the Scottish Medicines Consortium may, in addition to the standard assessment of clinical and
cost-effectiveness, apply modifiers which consider other additional factors. Subject to meeting certain criteria, this can facilitate acceptance of a medicine notwithstanding the economic evidence provided. Full details on SMC policies can be found on the SMC website:

http://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/smc/3863.21.24.html.

NHS boards have arrangements in place to consider provision of medicines not recommended by the SMC, including high cost orphan medicines, for individual patients in certain circumstances.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

HMP Glenochil''s focus for programme delivery, until 31 March 2011, was agreed in early 2010 before the decision was made to transfer sex offenders. SPS is currently undertaking the evaluation of the Good Lives Sex Offender Programme which is being tested at HMP Peterhead. Once this is completed, it is expected that HMP Glenochil will feature in the SPS''s strategy for the delivery of offending behaviour programmes specifically targeted at sex offenders.

At present, the option remains to transfer prisoners to other appropriate SPS locations in order to access necessary offending behaviour programmes at an appropriate point in the prisoners sentence.

Data is collected on uptake vaccine by all those aged 65 and over, but this data does not differentiate between those in care homes and those not. Individual care homes may keep records of residents who are vaccinated against seasonal flu however, this data is not collected centrally.

The following table sets out the funding provided by the Scottish Government to Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.

Grant Awarded	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Section 16B Grant	25,000	23,000	21,000
Children Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund	37,650	37,650	37,650
Total	62,650	60,650	58,650

 

The Scottish Government publication What to do after a death in Scotland is commonly provided by NHS boards to bereaved people. In addition, talking about bereavement, a publication produced by NHS Health Scotland, is also provided. It contains the thoughts of health professionals; professional bodies; lay and voluntary organisations; the bereaved and their friends and family on coping with bereavement. Both documents can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/bereavement/support#.

On 21 October we published our consultation paper Shaping Bereavement Care. The aim is to provide a framework for NHS boards to assist them in the development and provision of quality bereavement care, that meets individual needs, throughout Scotland. We will issue guidance to NHS boards early next year. The consultation paper can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/327965/0105922.pdf.

The following table indicates Scottish Government funding for Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADAT) for the period 2005 to 2010 and for Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) Teams for 2010-11.

	ADAT	ADAT	ADAT	ADAT	ADAT	ADAT	ADP
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Scotland	£2,505,003	£2,505,003	£2,505,003	£2,505,003	£2,655,284	£2,755,284	£3,265,887

 

ADP support funding is administered by health boards. In areas where there is more than one ADP, and more than one support team, the NHS board, the local authorities and chairs of the relevant partnerships decide together how the support funding should be allocated within the board area.

On 20 April 2009, in partnership with COSLA and NHS, the Scottish Government published a new framework for action on alcohol and drugs. It clearly sets out the roles, responsibilities and relationships between partners to make sure we can work together more effectively to ensure that an appropriate range of services are in place. This framework set up ADPs that have been in place since October 2009 and have clear responsibilities to develop effective local alcohol and drugs strategies. We expect these partnerships to make sure there is access to a range of appropriate services to promote recovery.

The Scottish Government does not collect staffing information in this way.

Table 1 lists the number of permanent and fixed term appointment staff working in the Drugs Policy Unit; this does not cover all staff in the Scottish Government who work on drugs issues.

Table 2 lists the number of permanent and fixed term appointment staff working in the Alcohol Policy Team; this does not cover all staff in the Scottish Government who work on alcohol issues.

Table 1	Number	Full Time Equivalent	Cost
2007-08	11	10.8	£398,000
2008-09	11	10.9	£325,000
2009-10	10	9.9	£350,000

 

Table 2	Number	Full Time Equivalent	Cost
2007-08	7	6.4	£258,000
2008-09	9	8.4	£275,000
2009-10	12	10.8	£398,000

Staff numbers are as at 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Costs figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Information on the occupancy rates for drug and alcohol rehabilitation and treatment beds outwith the public sector is not gathered or held centrally.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that a range of treatment and support services are available locally to enable people to recover from their drug problems. We recognise that it is important to gather robust information on the number of people accessing treatment and that is why we are investing in the development of a follow-up reporting system for the Scottish Drugs Misuse Database. This system is currently being rolled-out across Scotland and will allow clients to be tracked through the treatment system and reveal more information on the number of individuals engaging with treatment provision at any given time.

In addition to this work, the Scottish Drugs Waiting Times Framework also provides information on the number of appointments for new clients offered per quarter in specialist substance misuse treatment services.

For the first two quarters of 2010 (1 January to 30 June), there were 4,201 offers of appointment for structured preparatory intervention, 2,396 offers of appointment for prescribed drug treatment, 3,893 offers of appointment for community rehabilitation and 356 offers of appointment for residential rehabilitation made across Scotland. It should be noted that not all those offered an appointment may enter treatment and once they are being treated within a service, they may receive different interventions later that are not recorded in the waiting times system.

Within the Waiting Times Framework, residential detoxification/rehabilitation is defined as detoxification and/or rehabilitation that involves the client being admitted to a residential facility or hospital.

In 2009-10, a total of £16.225 million was paid in remuneration and reimbursement to community pharmacies for the minor ailment service.