Christine Grahame

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences in each year since 1999 have been committed by juveniles under (a) eight and (b) 12 in each police force area, broken down by category of offence.

Answer · Euan Robson: The information requested is not available centrally. I have asked Alan Miller, Principal Reporter of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, to respond. His observations are as follows:</p><p>As the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland is eigh…

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many towns with populations over 1,000 in each local authority area have prohibited further housing development due to insufficient sewerage capacity.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: This information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>However, as part of the work on Scottish Water’s investment programme to 2014, all local authorities were asked to predict future development requirements for their areas during that time. This ident…

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have not attained any standard grades in English or mathematics on leaving school, in each local authority area, in each year since 1999.

Answer · Euan Robson: I have placed a table with the information requested in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33285).</p>

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been arrested for the contravention of local bylaws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places in each police force area in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many have been convicted.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The available information is shown in the tables. Statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim, while a crime may be record…

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much in total remained outstanding in unpaid fines in each sheriff court district in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of total fines levied.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested isshown in the following tables. The values are the total value of imposed fines whichhave not yet been paid plus any remaining balance on fines which are being paidby instalments. They include compensation and fines transferred from…

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of schoolchildren has attained a standard grade in a foreign language in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Euan Robson: I have placed a table with the information requested in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33284).</p>

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many warrants have been issued to individuals for non-appearance in court in each year since 1999, broken down by force area.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police hours, on average, are spent on court duty each week and what percentage of total police hours these figures represent, broken down by force area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Hugh Henry: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for each police force.  However, once the contract for prisoner escorting and court custody is fully rolled out, this will enable up to 300 police officers, who would previously have spent time in court, …

7 Jul 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many projects that have applied for European funding have seen their application fall due to a lack of match funding from the Executive, broken down by area for each year since 1999.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: A commitment for match funding for Structural Funds has to be in place from a project before any application is submitted and then subsequently approved. </p><p>In addition, payments of Structural Funds are not made to projects in advance, but in arrears. Onc…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for carrying knives in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on persons chargedby the police is not held centrally. The information available on persons proceededagainst in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship betweensheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts dea…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug-dependent babies were born in each of the last five years.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following table showsthe available information on babies discharged from Neonatal Units with adiagnosis involving drug misuse.</p><p>Neonatal discharges (1,2)recording drug misuse (3)</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> …

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died in Scotland over each of the last three years as a direct or indirect result of a hospital-acquired infection.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The General Register Officefor Scotland collates information on the cause of death, collected when a deathis registered, using the World Health Organisation’s InternationalClassification of Diseases (ICD). Not all infections have a specific ICD code; inadditi…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority contributed to its local area tourist board in each of the last five years.

Answer · Frank McAveety: The amount of direct funding that each local authority has provided to its local area tourist board in each of the last five years is shown in the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>Area To…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for driving while disqualified in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. The information available on offences proceeded against in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship between sheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for driving without insurance in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. The information available on offences proceeded against in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship between sheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16169 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 June 2002, how many crimes and offences involving firearms were recorded in each of the last five years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is given in the following table:</p><p>Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in Scotland in which a Firearm was Alleged to have Been Used, 1998-99 to 2002-03</p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16142 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 June 2001, what percentage of cases in each of the last five years resulted in a custodial sentence, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is given in table 7 of <i>Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the</i> <i>Scottish Criminal Justice System</i> for the years 1998 to 2002 published by the Scottish Executive. Copies of these publications are available in the Parliament’s R…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15118 by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2001, what the average per capita level of funding was for each NHS board in each of the last three years.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Details are as follows:</p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Health Board</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>2001-02</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>2002-03</p> </td> <td> <p align=cente…

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many first consultant out-patient appointments were not attended by the patient in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board, and what the cost was of these missed appointments to the NHS.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The number of patients whodid not attend their first out-patient appointment with a consultant, followingreferral by their GP, by NHS board area of residence, during each of the last fiveyears is given in the table.</p><p>Information on the cost tothe NHS of …

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug-related deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area, expressed also per 100,000 head of population.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested is set out in the following table. The figures for 2003 will be available at the end of August 2004.</p><p> </p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Health Board Area</p> </td> <td colspan=2> …

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of people was with a charge proved in a sheriff court where there was a bail aggravation in each of the last five years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is contained in the research report <i>Offending on bail: an analysis of the use and the impact of aggravated sentences for bail offenders</i> which was published on 17 March 2004.</p>

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of cleaners to beds was in the NHS in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Information on the ratio ofcleaners to beds in the NHS is not centrally available.</p>

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population has access to the internet from home, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The following table shows the percentage of the adultpopulation with home access to the internet broken down by local authorityarea. This is taken from the Scottish Household Survey and shows data for 2001-02. We expect the 2002-03 figures to be published on …

30 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made, or plans to make, to Her Majesty's Government in support of legislative measures to prohibit the adaptation of exhausts of vehicles that are to be used on public highways.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: We are in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of transport-related issues.</p>

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8361 by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2004, how many of the recorded rape cases were prosecuted in each police force area and, of these, in how many cases the outcome was (a) a successful prosecution, (b) not proven and (c) not guilty, in (i) 1999-00, (i…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table. It is planned to publish summary statistics for calendar year 2003 in November 2004. Statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against…

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8971 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 June 2004, when the review of the current guidance for continuing care criteria in Management Executive Letter (1996) 22 will be concluded, when the results will be published and which personnel are conducting the review.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The review, which is currently being carried out by the Community Care Division is expected to be completed within the next few months. Revised guidance will then follow.</p>

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8940 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of drug offences that were (a) solved by the police, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted in (i) 1999-00, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02, (iv) 2002-03 and (v) 2003-04.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information on drug offences which were recorded by the police and on persons proceeded against for drug offences is given in the following tables. Statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a per…

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital beds there are in each health board area per 1,000 head of population.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Information on average available staffed beds, rate per 1,000 population in each NHS board area for the year ending 31 March 2004 is shown in the table below.</p><p>NHSScotland - Average Available Staffed Beds, Rate Per 1,000 Population^1,2; by Heal…

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any external finance limits were overshot by public bodies within its responsibility in the last financial year and, if so, by which bodies and what action was taken in response.

Answer · Tavish Scott: External Finance Limits (EFL) apply to cash accounting and as the Scottish Executive has operated on a resource accounting system since 2002-03 they no longer apply.</p><p>I am pleased to report that all of the non-departmental public bodies spent within thei…

25 Jun 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under 16 were held in adult prisons in each of the last three years and for how long they were held.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The figures for sentenced young people under 16 are as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>2001-02</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>2002-03</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>2003-04</p> </t…