HC Deb 29 October 1992 vol 212 cc809-17W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Scotland how many(a) males and (b) females have been referred to the reporter to the children's panel in each local authority in Scotland under the Solvent Abuse (Scotland) Act 1983 in each year since the Act came into effect.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The table details the number of solvent abuse referrals to reporters by local authority area.

Number of solvent abuse referrals to reporters by local authority area (1983–1991)
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Total Total Total Total Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Berwickshire 4 2 1
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1 6 1 2
Roxburgh 2 11 2 2 4 1
Tweeddale 1 1 1 3
Borders total 4 3 1 20 3 1 2 3 1 6 1
Clackmannan 1 8 8 12 2 5 1 1 3
Falkirk 18 31 11 11 33 2 5 5 5 1
Stirling 3 4 8 4 1 5 4 1 6
Central total 4 30 47 27 14 13 7 1 9 5 11 1

A breakdown by sex is only available for the years 1988 to 1991. The number of children referred is unavailable and the referrals may include some children referred more than once in the year.

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Total Total Total Total Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Annandale and Eskdale 1 1
Nithsdale 6 1 1 1 1
Stewartry 1 1
Wigtown 1 1
Dumfries and Galloway total 6 3 1 2 1 1 2
Dunfermline 6 5 11 8 3 3 4 2 1
Kirkcaldy 2 18 14 9 7 3 1 2 3 1 2
North East Fife 1 1
Fife total 8 24 26 17 10 6 1 2 7 3 3
Aberdeen (City of) 12 8 32 12 4 3 2 2 3 12 8 4
Banff and Buchan 5 14 31 15 3 3 11 5 9 4
Gordon 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1
Kincardine and Deeside 2 3 1 4 1 1
Moray 2 2 5 2 11 14 2
Grampian total 20 24 63 30 12 11 6 5 3 40 6 33 12
Badenoch and Strathspey 2
Caithness 1 3 9 1 1 7
Inverness 9 18 8 1 6 5 1 3
Lochaber 1 4 3 1
Nairn 3
Ross and Cromarty 1 1 1 5 5
Skye and Lochalsh 5 1
Sutherland
Highland total 12 21 14 7 13 7 1 7 6 1 16 1
East Lothian 2 4 11 8 2 5 2 5 1 1 2
Edinburgh (City of) 22 59 12 10 9 9 5 4 3 7 2
Midlothian 4 3 1 5 4 5 3 8 2 7 2 3
West Lothian 3 5 6 2 2 4 7 1 6 3
Lothian total 28 69 29 29 17 21 5 22 3 19 8 16 5
Orkney total
Shetland total 3 2
Argyll and Bute 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 12 2
Bearsden and Milngavie 2
Clydebank 1 10 10 3 2 3 5 2 3
Clydesdale 8 3 6 7 1 7 1
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1 3 8 1 2 3 1
Cumnock and Doon Valley 5 10 7 3 5 4 6
Cunninghame 21 18 4 20 15 4 11 10 6 8 3
Dumbarton 2 5 2 17 2 4 1 5
East Kilbride 2 5 1 1 1 3 1 1
Eastwood 3 1 2 1
Glasgow (City of) 10 258 206 227 170 87 9 70 3 56 21 55 12
Hamilton 26 6 10 3 5 3 19 1 1 2 7
Inverclyde 5 43 45 22 23 11 3 11 1 2 1 1 2
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 14 8 36 3 3 3 1 8 3
Kyle and Carrick 6 6 10 4 1 13 1 5 3 8 3
Monklands 5 6 5 3 3 2 5
Motherwell 9 5 9 8 13 1 3 1 11 1 16 3
Renfrew 2 55 60 46 45 11 1 10 2 29 10 18
Strathkelvin 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 2
Strathclyde total 17 458 386 391 329 158 25 161 18 138 51 162 38
Angus 4 3 5 3 1
Dundee (City of) 9 34 20 6 9 1 1 11 6 4 7 15 1
Perth and Kinross 3 7 3 1 6 10
Tayside total 9 37 31 9 9 2 1 20 6 19 7 18 2
Western Isles total 1

Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young males and females and adult males and females have died in each local authority in Scotland in each year since 1982 as a result of abusing solvents.

Deaths from solvent abuse, by age, sex and Region and Health Board Area, Scotland, 1982–911
Aged under 16
Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Scotland M 3 4 3 12 3 4 8 6 3 6
F 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4
Borders Region & HBA M
F
Central Region (Forth Valley HBA) M 2 1 1
F
Dumfries & Galloway Region & HBA M 1
F
Fife Region & HBA M 1 1 1 1 1
F 1
Grampian Region & HBA M 1 2
F 1
Highland Region & HBA M 1
F 1
Lothian Region & HBA M 2 2
F 1 1 1
Strathclyde Region M 1 1 3 6 3 3 4 4 2 3
F 1 3 1 2 2
Tayside Region & HBA M 1 2
F 1
Orkney Islands Area & HBA M
F
Shetland Islands Area & HBA M
F
Western Isles Island Area & HBA M 1
F
Strathclyde Health Areas
Argyll & Clyde HBA M 1 1 1
F 1
Ayrshire & Arran HBA M 1 1 1
F 1
Greater Glasgow HBA M 3 2 2 1 1 1 2
F 1 2 1 2
Lanarkshire HBA M 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1
F 1
1 Includes those deaths coded to the WHO International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision) codes 304.6, E860-E869, E891 and E951 and where the death was due to vapour inhalation.
Aged 16–17
Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Scotland M 4 3 4 3 7 2 5 4 3
F l 1 1 1
Borders Region & HBA M 1
F
Central Region (Forth Valley HBA) M 1 1 1 1
F 1
Dumfries & Galloway Region & HBA M 1
F
Fife Region & HBA M 1 1
F
Grampian Region & HBA M
F 1
Highland Region & HBA M
F
Lothian Region & HBA M 1 1 1 1 1 2
F
Strathclyde Region M 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1
F 1 1 1
Tayside Region & HBA M 2 2 1
F
Orkney Islands Area & HBA M
F
Shetland Islands Area & HBA M
F
Western Isles Island Area & HBA M
F
Strathclyde Health Areas
Argyll & Clyde HBA M 1 1 1 1

Mr. Allan Stewart

The figures requested are given in the tables.

Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
F
Ayrshire & Arran HBA M 1
F
Greater Glasgow HBA M 2 1 1 1
Lanarkshire HBA M 1 1 1 1
F 1
1 Includes those deaths coded to the WHO International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision) codes 304. 6, E860-E869, E891 and E951 and where the death was due to vapour inhalation.
Aged 18 and over
Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Scotland M 6 3 4 5 3 4 9 1 1 6
F 1
Borders Region & HBA M 1
F
Central Region (Forth Valley HBA) M 1 1
F
Dumfries & Galloway Region & HBA M 1 1
F
Fife Region & HBA M 1 1 1 1
F
Grampian Region & HBA M 2
F
Highland Region & HBA M 1
F
Lothian Region & HBA M 2 1 3 1 1 2
F 1
Strathclyde Region M 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1
F
Tayside Region & HBA M 1 1 1 2
F
Orkney Islands Area & HBA M
F
Shetland Islands Area & HBA M
F
Western Isles Island Area & HBA M
F
Strathclyde Health Areas
Argyle & Clyde HBA M 1 1 1 1
F
Ayrshire & Arran HBA M —, 1
F
Greater Glasgow HBA M 2 1 1 1 1 1
F
Lanarkshire HBA M 2 1
F
1 Includes those deaths coded to the WHO International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision)codes 304.6, E860-E869, E891 and E951 and where the death was due to vapour inhalation.
All ages
Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Scotland M 13 10 7 21 9 15 19 12 8 15
F 1 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 4
Borders Region & HBA M 1 1
F
Area Sex 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Central Region (Forth Valley HBA) M 2 2 1 1 1 3
F 1
Dumfries & Galloway Region & HBA M 1 1 1 1
F
Fife Region & HBA M 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1
F 1
Grampian Region & HBA M 2 1 2
F 1 1
Highland Region & HBA M 1 1
F 1
Lothian Region & HBA M 2 2 6 1 1 2 1 2 4
F 1 1 1 1
Strathclyde Region M 5 4 4 7 7 7 10 6 4 5
F 1 1 3 2 1 2 2
Tayside Region & HBA M 2 3 1 2 2 1 2
F 1
Orkney Islands Area & HBA M
F
Shetland Islands Area & HBA M
F
Western Isles Island Area & HBA M 1
F
Strathclyde Health Areas
Argyll & Clyde HBA M 1 1 2 2 3 2
F 1
Ayrshire & Arran HBA M 1 2 1 1
F 1
Greater Glasgow HBA M 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3
F 1 1 2 2 2
Lanarkshire HBA M 1 2 3 2 5 2 2 2
F 1 1
1 Includes those deaths coded to the WHO International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision) codes 304.6, E860-E869, E891 and E951 and where the death was due to vapour inhalation.

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