Parliamentary Questions 2010

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17 December 2010 - S3W-38234
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the weekly consumption of alcohol and the average millilitres of alcohol per person per week are both higher in England than in Scotland yet alcohol-related deaths for males are more than twice as high in Scotland and for females almost twice as high according to Centre for Public Policy for Regions health spending statistics.

17 December 2010 - S3W-38218
To ask the Scottish Executive how health inequalities are (a) measured and (b) monitored and what progress has been made in reducing such inequalities since 2007.

16 December 2010 - S3W-38194
To ask the Scottish Executive how widely available support services are for families of drug addicts and those who misuse alcohol.

15 December 2010 - S3W-37986
To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) reports will include a specific report on each school’s progress towards the provisions in the Curriculum for Excellence on substance misuse.

14 December 2010 - S3W-37985
To ask the Scottish Executive how the provisions in the Curriculum for Excellence on substance misuse will be assessed and reported on by HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE).

2 December 2010 - S3W-37596
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of drug action teams and alcohol and drug action teams in each year from 2005 until they ceased to exist and what the annual costs of alcohol and drug partnerships have been since they were set up.

26 November 2010 - S3W-37597
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff have been employed in the area of (a) drugs and (b) alcohol and what the costs were in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.

25 November 2010 -  S3W-37595
To ask the Scottish Executive what the occupancy rates are for drug and alcohol rehabilitation and treatment beds outwith the public sector.

23 November 2010 -  S3W-37524
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners in each prison was assessed as having a substance abuse problem in 2009-10.

23 November 2010 - S3W-37523
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners in each prison was assessed as having an alcohol problem in 2009-10.

10 November 2010 - S3W-36955
To ask the Scottish Executive what the definition of alcohol dependency is for the purposes of section 227V(6)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

9 November 2010 - S3W-36919
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that a managed clinical network for alcohol-related brain damage is established.

9 November 2010 - S3W-36918
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that patients with alcohol-related brain damage are identified earlier and supported by a multidisciplinary team assessment, integrated services and a care plan with clear goals for treatment, care and rehabilitation, in light of the findings of the Mental Welfare Commission’s report, Missed Opportunities.

8 November 2010 - S3W-36957
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set up a pilot alcohol treatment and testing order alongside the drug treatment and testing orders run by the criminal justice authorities.

8 November 2010 - S3W-36956
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is possible to require alcohol treatment as well as alcohol testing as part of the treatment under the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

4 November 2010 - S3W-36911
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on drug rehabilitation services in each year since 1999.

27 October 2010 - S3W-36718
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners at HMP Addiewell has been assessed as having a substance abuse problem in each year since it opened.

27 October 2010 - S3W-36717
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners at HMP Addiewell has been assessed as having an alcohol problem in each year since it opened.

27 October 2010 - S3W-36716
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners at HMP Edinburgh was assessed as having a substance abuse problem in 2009-10.

27th October 2010 -  S3W-36715
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners at HMP Edinburgh was assessed as having an alcohol problem in 2009-10.

25th October 2010 - S3W-36670
To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for commencement of each section of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

20th October 2010 - S3W-36229
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost of alcohol abuse is to each NHS board.

4th October 2010 - S3W-36443
To ask the Scottish Executive what review it has undertaken of the contribution made to the Scottish economy by the whisky industry.

30 September 2010 - S3W-36493
To ask the Scottish Executive what its view is of the submission by the Law Society of Scotland to the Health and Sport Committee on 15 September 2010 in relation to the implications for the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill of the opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi of the EU Court of Justice in Case 108/09 Ker-Optika.

30 September 2010 - S3W-36492
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has concerns regarding the opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi of the EU Court of Justice in Case 108/09 Ker-Optika of 15 June 2010 and proportionality under EU law in relation to (a) minimum unit pricing and (b) banning discounts.

30 September 2010 - S3W-36491
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has concerns regarding the legality of section two of the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill on the restriction of promotions in light of evidence from the Law Society of Scotland.

29 September 2010 - S3W-36392
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction in each NHS board in each year since 2007-08.

29 September 2010 - S3W-36300
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of drugs for the treatment of alcohol dependence dispensed by NHS Lothian in each year since 2007-08.

23 September 2010 - S3W-36229
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost of alcohol abuse is to each NHS board.

23 September 2010 - S3W-36299
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) offences have been recorded and (b) prosecutions there have been in the Lothians region for the (i) sale of alcohol to a person under 18, (ii) purchase of alcohol for consumption by a person under 18, (iii) purchase of alcohol or its consumption in a licensed premises by a person under 18 and (iv) confiscation of alcohol from a person under 18 in each year since 2007-08.

7 September 2010 - S3W-35670
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) drug and (b) alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions at (i) Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline and (b) Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy represented repeat admissions in each of the last five years.

6 September 2010 - S3W-35669
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) drug and (b) alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions there were at (i) Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline and (ii) Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy in each of the last five years.

5 August 2010 - S3W-35224
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken since the publication of the Early Years Framework to ensure that sexual health advice and services are integrated into services for high-risk groups such as substance misusers and looked-after children and that accessible drop-in sexual health services are provided for teenagers.

5 August 2010 - S3W-35222
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken since the publication of the Early Years Framework to ensure that services such as housing, substance misuse treatment and development planning recognise and promote the needs of children.

30 July 2010 - S3W-35203
To ask the Scottish Executive how many train drivers have been breathalysed and, of those, how many were found to be over the legal drink-drive limit in each year since 1997, also expressed as a proportion of total tests undertaken.

29 July 2010 - S3W-35204
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of each emergency service have been breathalysed and, of those, how many were found to be over the legal drink-drive limit in each year since 1997, also expressed as a proportion of total tests undertaken.

29 July 2010 - S3W-35202
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus or coach drivers have been breathalysed and, of those, how many were found to be over the legal drink-drive limit in each year since 1997, also expressed as a proportion of total tests undertaken and broken down by local authority area.

29 July 2010 - S3W-35201
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers have been breathalysed and, of those, how many were found to be over the legal drink-drive limit in each year since 1997, also expressed as a proportion of total tests undertaken and broken down by local authority area.

27 July 2010 - S3W-35038
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current waiting time is for (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment, broken down by NHS board.

26 July 2010 - S3W-35051
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all patients with a dual diagnosis of a mental health condition and drug or alcohol addiction will be offered treatment for both conditions in order to aid recovery.

26 July 2010 - S3W-35031
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to treat the estimated (a) 75% of drug users and (b) 50% of people with an alcohol problem who may also have a mental health problem as outlined in the Audit Scotland report, Overview of Mental Health Services.

23 July 2010 - S3W-34780
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils were sent home from school because they were drunk in the last year, broken down by local authority.

22 July 2010 - S3W-34916
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils were excluded for being in possession of alcohol at school in the academic year 2008-09.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34981
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider convening a working group to look at difficulties arising from the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34979
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce standardised licence application forms and issue guidance to applicants relating to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34978
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the rateable value banding system for licence fees under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34977
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will address the variation across Scotland in premises licence fees from £200 to £2,000 identified by the Regulatory Review Group in its review of the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34976
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking on the recommendations of the Regulatory Review Group regarding the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

21 July 2010 - S3W-35047
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has taken an appeal to court against its own licensing committee and, if so, when and what the result was.

21 July 2010 - S3W-34980
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the National Licensing Forum was disbanded.

25 June 2010 - S3W-34609
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Health Scotland has appointed a research team to evaluate implementation and compliance with the objectives and relevant requirements of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005; when it expects the research to be completed, and whether the team and NHS Health Scotland will report on any of the research objectives on an interim basis.

21 June 2010 - S3W-34594
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 Review Group report, whether it proposes to re-establish the National Licensing Forum.

15 June 2010 - S3W-34256
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) admissions to hospital to treat and (b) deaths from alcoholic liver disease there have been in each year since 1999.

15 June 2010 - S3W-34168
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been treated for alcohol dependency in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

20 May 2010 - S3W-33538
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the organisation, Project Prevention, and what its position is on this organisation becoming active in Scotland.

18 May 2010 - S3W-33619
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are provisions in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 that would allow for the ban on the sale of alcohol in off-sales premises before 10.00 am to be lifted and, if so, what its reasons are for not using such provisions.

13 May 2010 - S3O-10474
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

11 May 2010 - S3W-33393
To ask the Scottish Executive on what dates it has spoken with (a) retailers and (b) COSLA regarding the (i) proposed powers to enable local licensing boards to raise the minimum age limit for off-trade sales to 21 and (ii) possibility of introducing community alcohol partnership schemes similar to that trialled at St Neots in Cambridgeshire and what these discussions included.

29 April 2010 - S3W-33089
To ask the Scottish Executive, in reference to paragraph 122 of Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol: a Framework for Action, what progress the working group to update core services for alcohol treatment and support has made.

28 April 2010 - S3W-33061
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28352 by Fergus Ewing on 12 November 2009, what consideration it has given to the collection of information on the test purchasing of knives as it does in relation to alcohol and whether a decision to do so has been made.

28 April 2010 - S3W-33214
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to UK ministers regarding the possible reduction in the alcohol limit for drink-driving offences.

23 April 2010 - S3W-32916
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it has asked Scottish Development International to carry out regarding the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports.

23 April 2010 - S3W-32915
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it has asked Scottish Enterprise to carry out regarding the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports.

22 April 2010 - S3W-32918
To ask the Scottish Executive what the nature and content was of the correspondence received from foreign governments regarding minimum pricing for alcohol.

22 April 2010 - S3W-32917
To ask the Scottish Executive from which foreign governments it has received correspondence regarding minimum pricing for alcohol.

21 April 2010 - S3W-32914
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism regarding minimum pricing for alcohol.

21 April 2010 - S3W-32913
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings regarding minimum pricing for alcohol have involved the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism.

21 April 2010 - S3W-32912
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish all research it has conducted on the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports.

21 April 2010 - S3W-32911
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has conducted research on the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports.

20 April 2010 - S3W-32973
To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with the European Commission about notification of the minimum pricing proposal and, if none, whether it plans to make contact and, if so, when.

20 April 2010 - S3W-32910
To ask the Scottish Executive what weight it has given to statements made by the Scotch Whisky Association that minimum pricing would damage Scotch whisky exports by £600 million a year.

20 April 2010 - S3W-32909
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact minimum pricing would have on the Scotch whisky industry.

20 April 2010 - S3W-32786
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensees have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of breaches of licensing laws in each year since 2007.

19 April 2010 - S3W-32787
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensees who have been charged by the police for alleged breaches of licensing laws have had their cases marked as no proceedings by the procurators fiscal in each year since 2007.

15 April 2010 - S3W-33075
To ask the Scottish Executive whether licences to sell alcohol have been awarded by a sheriff on appeal following a licensing board decision to refuse on the grounds of overprovision.

15 April 2010 - S3W-33074
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to sell alcohol have been refused on the grounds of overprovision.

15 April 2010 - S3W-33073
To ask the Scottish Executive what constitutes overprovision of licensed premises in any given area.

15 April 2010 - S3W-33072
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance on the overprovision of licences to sell alcohol.

14 April 2010 - S3W-32405
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcoholic liver disease-related discharges there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.

13 April 2010 - S3W-32406
To ask the Scottish Executive what the diagnosis rate per 100,000 population was for alcoholic liver disease in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.

12 April 2010 - S3W-32461
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of motor vehicle offences were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) dangerous and careless driving, (b) drink/drug driving, (c) speeding, (d) unlawful use of vehicle, (e) vehicle defect offences and (f) other crimes.

9 April 2010 - S3W-32625
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16814 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008, how many test purchases of alcohol were carried out in 2009 in (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises, broken down by police force area.

9 April 2010 - S3W-32575
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licence holders lost their licence for selling alcohol to people under 18 in 2008-09, broken down by local authority.

9 April 2010 - S3W-32574
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions of a licence holder for selling alcohol to people under 18 resulted in a conviction in 2008-09 and, of those convicted, what the average financial penalty was.

9 April 2010 - S3W-32573
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions took place against a licence holder for selling alcohol to people under 18 in 2008-09, broken down by local authority.

23 March 2010 - S3W-32331
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients in NHS Lothian received gastric lavage treatment for alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.

23 March 2010 - S3W-32400
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in NHS Scotland were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) age of patient.

18 March 2010 - S3O-9940
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussion it has had with the UK Government in relation to minimum pricing for alcohol.

18 March 2010 - S3O-9865
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a briefing to opposition spokespersons on the implications of the judgements in cases C-197/08 Commission v France, C-198/08 Commission v Austria and C-221/08 Commission v Ireland for the legal competence of the Scottish Government’s use of mechanisms referred to in those cases.

15 March 2010 - S3W-32190
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus Council on community care for adults with addictions or a substance misuse problem in each of the last three years for which information is available.

11 March 2010 - S3W-31945
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions there were in NHS Lothian in each of the last three years, broken down by hospital.

11 March 2010 - S3W-31735
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions there were in NHS Tayside in the last year for which information is available.

11 March 2010 - S3W-31830
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many people and (b) what percentage of the population were estimated to exceed the recommended levels of alcohol intake in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) NHS board area, (ii) deprivation quintile, (iii) age range and (iv) gender.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31797
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in hospitals in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles were directly associated with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31795
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions there were in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles in each of the last three years.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31794
To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychiatric bed days in hospitals in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles were directly associated with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31966
To ask the Scottish Executive how many off-licences have had their licences suspended for selling alcohol to people under 18 in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31965
To ask the Scottish Executive how many off-licences were found to have sold alcohol to people under 18 in 2008-09, broken down by local authority.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31783
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it is spending to have the University of Sheffield redo its modelling study on minimum unit pricing of alcohol using updated consumption figures from 2008.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31782
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on commissioning modelling from the University of Sheffield on the impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol.

10 March 2010 - S3W-31781
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it did not commission modelling from the University of Sheffield on the impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol on low-income households when offered this at a cost of £7,400.

9 March 2010 - S3W-31621
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in hospitals in NHS Tayside were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in the last year for which information is available.

5 March 2010 - S3W-31953
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31332 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 February 2010, whether all prisoners at HMP Edinburgh were offered the opportunity to be housed in the Addiction Support Areas.

5 March 2010 - S3W-31952
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31332 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 February 2010, how many prisoners are involved in the Addiction Support Areas being piloted at HMP Edinburgh.

5 March 2010 - S3W-31951
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31332 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 February 2010, what support is available to prisoners in the Addiction Support Areas being piloted at HMP Edinburgh.

5 March 2010 - S3W-31949
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31332 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 February 2010, when it expects the Scottish Prison Service to publish its evaluation of the introduction of Addiction Support Areas in HMP Edinburgh and what criteria will be used to measure the success of the pilot.

5 March 2010 - S3W-31944
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in NHS Lothian were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years for which information is available, also broken down by age of patient.

3 March 2010 - 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.

3 March 2010 - S3W-31876
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for selling alcohol to a drunk person under section 113 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 since it came into force and what the level of fine was in each case.

3 March 2010 - S3W-31875
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) licence holders and (b) employees were issued fines for supplying alcoholic liquor to a drunken person in licensed premises under section 76 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.

3 March 2010 - S3W-31626
To ask the Scottish Executive how many laboratory tests directly connected with alcohol misuse were carried out in the last year for which information is available and what the estimated cost was.

3 March 2010 - S3W-31625
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP consultations were directly connected with alcohol-related conditions in the last year for which information is available and what the estimated cost was.

10 February 2010 - S3W-31157
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the BBC’s recent investigation, the crime reports from Strathclyde Police and the concerns being expressed in the United States of America regarding caffeinated alcoholic drinks, whether it has consulted anyone, in particular the Food Standards Agency, on the ill effects and safety of such products.

4 February 2010 - S3O-9375
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle alcohol and drug misuse in schools.

3 February 2010 - S3W-30945
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol will have on the (a) cost and (b) levels of consumption of Buckfast tonic wine.

3 February 2010 - S3W-30942
To ask the Scottish Executive, given that health warnings about the dangers of mixing alcohol and caffeine are starting to appear in countries such as Canada, France, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Australia, (a) what impact such warnings would have in Scotland and (b) whether it plans to introduce such warnings.

2 February 2010 - S3W-31002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many off-licences in the Lothians region had their licence suspended in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.

2 February 2010 - S3W-31001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many off-licences in the Lothians region were found to have sold alcohol to people under 18 in 2008-09, broken down by local authority.

1 February 2010 - S3W-30858
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were treated for alcohol-related injuries or illnesses by NHS Fife in 2009.

1 February 2010 - S3W-30949
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the remarks of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme on 18 January 2010 that "people frequently have an espresso after a good night out, a meal and a bottle of wine and they don’t suddenly go berserk, so there actually isn’t any scientific link between caffeine and criminal offending".

1 February 2010 - S3W-30944
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on comparing excessive consumption of Buckfast tonic wine with having an espresso after a meal with wine.

1 February 2010 - S3W-30943
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the comments of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice on the Good Morning Scotland programme that "There isn’t any scientific evidence at the moment that says caffeine has a correlation with violence and crime - really Buckfast, drunk usually in the west of Scotland, is part of a cocktail."

1 February 2010 - S3W-30941
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the comments of the neuroscientist, Dr Steven Alexander, from Nottingham University that each bottle of Buckfast tonic wine contains 281mg of caffeine, the same amount as in eight cans of Coke, and that consuming large amounts of caffeine would make people feel very anxious and aggressive.

1 February 2010 - S3W-30940
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether there is a link between caffeinated alcohol products and violence and whether it plans to commission research on this issue.

1 Febuary 2010 - S3W-30911
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30406 by Shona Robison on 19 January 2010, whether the figures on alcohol consumption in other countries quoted in its news release of 21 February 2010, Scotland’s drinking habit, are adjusted to reflect the alcohol abstention rate.

28 January 2010 - S3W-30939
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the comments of Superintendent Bob Hamilton of Strathclyde Police who suggested that the figures relating to the number of crime reports that mentioned Buckfast tonic wine by name demonstrated an association between it and violence.

28 January 2010 - S3W-30938
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the findings of the BBC Scotland investigation, The Buckfast Code, that Buckfast tonic wine was mentioned in 5,638 crime reports in Strathclyde from 2006 to 2009, equating to three a day on average, that one in 10 of those offences was violent and that the bottle was used as a weapon 114 times in that period.

27 January 2010 - S3W-30702
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of alcohol poisoning there were in the Lothians region in 2009, broken down by hospital.

26 January 2010 - S3W-30274
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel in prison have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem.

25 January 2010 - S3W-30807
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost has been to the Scottish Ambulance Service of incidents of alcohol abuse in each of the last five years, broken by NHS board area.

25 January 2010 - S3W-30175
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated percentage is of men and women who drink within the recommended maximum limit of units of alcohol.

25 January 2010 - S3W-30174
To ask the Scottish Executive how many retailers have lost their licence to sell alcohol due to selling to under-age drinkers in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

21 January 2010 - 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.

21 January 2010 - 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.

21 January 2010 - 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.

19 January 2010 - S3W-30176
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol in Scotland would contravene the terms of Article III.4 of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade.

19 january 2010 - S3W-30406
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual consumption of pure alcohol per litre per head of population of people aged 16 and over would be where this figure took into account the estimated alcohol abstention rate, broken down by gender.

18 January 2010 - S3W-30405
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated alcohol abstention rate is, broken down by gender.

18 January 2010 - S3W-30404
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual consumption of pure alcohol per litre per head of population of people aged 16 and over has been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age group and (b) gender.

15 January 2010 - S3W-30414
To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary school pupils have been sent home as a result of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

14 January 2010 - S3O-9086
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the letter of 17 December 2009 signed by all 17 of Scotland’s public health chiefs in support of minimum pricing for alcohol, what other support exists for its Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill.

13 January 2010 - 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.

8 January 2010 - S3W-29929
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to encourage links between sexual health services and alcohol misuse services.

8 January 2010 - S3W-29928
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the link between excess alcohol consumption and unplanned pregnancy.

8 January 2010 - S3W-29927
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the link between excess alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted infections.

6 January 2010 - S3W-30177
To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated impact is of minimum pricing on the export of Scotch whisky.