To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered drug misusers there were in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) NHS board area, also expressed as a ratio to the population.

I refer the member to the answers to questions S2W-18148 on 18 August 2005, S2W-27311 on 8 August 2006 and S2W-28609 on 5 October 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .