asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent in Scotland in the last calendar year for which figures are available on curing people addicted to drug-taking; and if he will give a breakdown of that figure.
The cost of treatment provided for drug misusers by the primary care services and general, psychiatric and other hospital services is not separately identified. Grants from central funds totalling £875,390 in the financial year 1986–87 have been made available to statutory and voluntary bodies in Scotland to support 25 projects concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of drug misusers.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent in Scotland on research programmes on drug-taking in the last calendar year for which figures are available.
Information covering all research projects in this field is not available centrally. However, the Scottish Home and Health Department has awarded grants totalling over £230,000 to seven current research projects related to drug misuse of which approximately £42,000 will be spent in the current financial year.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths were recorded as due to drug taking in Scotland in the last calendar year for which figures are available.
The most relevant figures are as follows:
| ICD1 Code | 1985 deaths | |
| 304 | Drug dependence | 10 |
| 305.2–305.9 | Non-dependent abuse of drugs | 1 |
| E850—E858 | Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biologicals | 17 |
ICD1 Code
| 1985 deaths
| |
| E950 | Suicide by solid and liquid substances | 157 |
| E962 | Assault by poisoning | — |
| E980 | Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 74 |
| Total | 259 | |
1 International Classification of Diseases. | ||