In the design of qua ntum computer architectures that take advantage of the long coherence times of dopant nuclear and electron spins in the solid-state, singlespin detection for readout remains a crucial unsolved problem. Schemes based on adiabatically induced spin-dependent electron tunnelling between individual donor atoms, detected using a single electron transistor (SET) as an ultrasensitive electrometer, are thought to be problematic because of the low ionisaton energy of the final D − state. In this paper we analyse the adiabatic scheme in detail. We find that despite significant stabilization due to the presence of the D + , the field strengths required for the transition lead to a shortened dwell-time placing severe constraints on the SET measurement time. We therefore investigate a new method based on resonant electron transfer, which operates with much reduced field strengths. Various issues in the implementation of this method are also discussed.