§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what funds he made available in 1981 for facilities for drug dependents.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe provision of facilities for drug dependents is primarily a matter for health boards and local authorities and it is not possible to say how much of the Exchequer funds made available to them is devoted to this purpose. Support under the urban aid programme approved in September 1982 amounted to 75 per cent. of capital expenditure of £27,751 and running cost of £53,733 a year for three years for a project in Glasgow to rehabilitate drug and solvent abusers.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of drug dependents in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation on which an estimate of the number of drug dependents in Scotland could be based is not held centrally. The only data available are the number of first admissions to mental hospitals and units with a principal diagnosis of drug dependence. In 1980, the latest year for which figures are available, there were 96 such admissions.