Parliamentary questions
Sandra White
1,617 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it is carrying out to determine the reasons for the number of school leavers leaving school before the age of 16 increasing last year despite financial incentives to stay on.
Answer · Allan Wilson: The Scottish Executive is currently not carrying out research to determine the reasons of pupils for leaving school before the age of 16.</p>
13 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to police forces to break down their annual statistics on general violent crime into more detailed categories, for example number of incidents or crimes involving a knife.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The scale of knife attacks in Glasgow is monitored by the Violence Reduction Unit in Strathclyde Police, which is adopting a multi-agency approach to tackling knife crime in the Glasgow area. Additionally, the homicide statistics collected centrally distingui…
13 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what statistics it holds on the scale of knife carrying among 16 to 25-year-olds in Glasgow.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The statistics available centrallyon crimes of handling an offensive weapon recorded by the police do not distinguishthe circumstances of the crime, such as the age of the offender. </p><p>The available information onthe number of 16-25 year olds convicted in…
13 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the scale of knife attacks in Glasgow.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The scale of knife attacks inGlasgow is monitored by the Violence Reduction Unit in Strathclyde Police, whichis adopting a multiagency approach to tackling knife crime in the Glasgow area.</p>
10 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many equality impact assessment staff were allocated to each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is notcollected centrally.</p>
10 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children of refugees there were in schools in Scotland in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004, broken down by local authority area and (i) primary and (ii) secondary school.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The table sets out figures for the number of known children of refugees attending local authority schools in Scotland. Figures were not collected centrally in 2001. Those local authorities with no known children of refugees in school are not listed</p><table …
10 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children of asylum seekers there were in schools in Scotland in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004, broken down by local authority area and (i) primary and (ii) secondary school.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The table sets out figures for the number of known children of asylum seekers attending local authority schools in Scotland. Figures were not collected centrally in 2001. Those local authorities with no known children of asylum seekers in school are not liste…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were placed in national print media from 1 January to 5 May 2004, excluding recruitment campaigns and the publication of statutory notices; what the subject was of each advertisement; how often each advertisement was placed; how much it cost …
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were placed in national print media from 1 January to 5 May 2005, excluding recruitment campaigns and the publication of statutory notices; what the subject was of each advertisement; how often each advertisement was placed; how much it cost …
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were placed in local newspapers from 1 January to 5 May 2004, excluding recruitment campaigns and the publication of statutory notices; what the subject was of each advertisement; how often each advertisement was placed; how much it cost to p…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were placed in local newspapers from 1 January to 5 May 2005, excluding recruitment campaigns and the publication of statutory notices; what the subject was of each such advertisement; how often each advertisement was placed; how much it cost…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were broadcast on commercial television in each month from January to April and from 1 to 5 May 2004; what the subject was of each advertisement; how often each advertisement was broadcast, giving the total number of broadcasting slots and th…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of it and its agencies advertisements were broadcast on commercial television in each month from January to April and from 1 to 5 May 2005; what the subject was of each advertisement; how often each advertisement was broadcast, giving the total number of broadcasting slots and th…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested is detailed in the table: <i>Local, National and Television media</i> a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36815).</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs of education services were in each prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p>The information is given in the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=ce…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out into possible causes of the increased incidence of suicide among young people in recent years.
Answer · Rhona Brankin: In 2004 the Executive commissioned a study involving international research specialists in suicide and prevention. Building on the findings we have commissioned reviews on suicide prevention within key risk groups including a review among young people.</p> <p…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimated total running cost is for the current financial year and in each of the next three financial years, broken down by department.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The operating budget for the current financial year is £233 million, from which the departmental allocations set out in the following table are made. The remaining running costs relate to capital charges and other costs which are monitored centrally.</p> <p>T…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students attended further education colleges, broken down into full and part-time students, how much capital and revenue support was provided to further education colleges, including the amount of money ring-fenced for specific purposes and how many further education colleges sho…
Answer · Jim Wallace: A table showing enrolment datafor students attending colleges for the years 2003-04 has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 36788). Collection of statisticsrelating to further education colleges is the responsibility of the …
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uniformed police (a) establishment and (b) strength was and how many police probationers there were in each police force in each year from 2001 to 2005.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Central Government stopped setting establishments for Police forces in 1996. Since then, the number of officers in any force has been set by individual chief constables based on operational requirements.</p> <p>Police strength figures (whole-time equivalent) …
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fourth year pupils left school before the age of 16 in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The table shows the number of pupils in S4 who left school before they were sixteen, from 1999-2000 to 2003-04. Over these five years the data show that the vast majority (90%) of these pupils had their 16th birthday falling between March 1 and September 30 o…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and by what percentage, each NHS board budget increased in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) per capita and what the cumulative increase was over this period.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Details are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>NHS Board</p></td> <td> <p align=center>2000-01 Total Budget Increase (£000)</p></td> <td> <p align=center>2000-01 Total Budget Increase </p>…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been registered on the child protection register in each of the last three years.
Answer · Euan Robson: Each local authority in Scotland has a child protection register. Child protection statistics were published on 31 October 2004, in <i>Children’s Social Work Statistics 2003-2004</i>. Table 3.8 shows the number of children on each of the local authority child…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average increase in public sector pay has been in cash terms in each year since 2000.
Answer · Tom McCabe: Gross weekly earnings of employee jobs in the Public Sector in Scotland are available from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The following table shows average annual increases from 2000 to 2004 (the latest estimate available).</p> <table border=1 cells…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant posts are currently vacant and, of these, how many have been vacant for over six months, broken down by specialty and NHS board area.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Within “All Medical Specialties”, the number of consultants in post within NHS Scotland has increased by 14.6% between 1999 and 2004, from 2,835.9 whole-time equivalents (WTE) to 3,249.8 WTE. At 30 September 2004, for “All Medical Specialties”, there were 276…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual percentage real terms increase in funding was for the health service in each year since 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Annual percentage real terms increases in expenditure on health in Scotland since 2000-01 are set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Real Term…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total funding for the NHS was in each year since 2000, expressed in cash and real terms at 1998-99 prices.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Expenditure on health in Scotland since 2000-01 is set out in the table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Expenditure</p> <p align=center>(£000)</p></td> …
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total and (b) per capita health expenditure has been in Greater Glasgow in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The net revenue expenditure by Greater Glasgow Health Board in each of the last five financial years for which information is available is shown in the table. This is shown as (a) total and (b) per capita expenditure for each of those years.</p> <table border…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what each local authoritys capital expenditure on schools was in each of the last five years.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The table gives details of local authority gross capital expenditure on schools for the financial years 1999-2000 to 2003-04, compiled from local authority capital payment returns. The figures do not include Public Private Partnership projects, where the capi…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints have been made against each police force in each of the last three years and how many of these complaints were upheld.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is published in the annual reports of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland, and is electronically available on the Executive’s website at <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1101/0006882.pdf">http://www.scotland…
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of robberies in each year since 1993 involved young people as either (a) the victim, (b) the offender or (c) both in (i) Scotland and (ii) each police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The statistics available centrallyon crimes of robbery recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstancesof the crime, such as the age of the victim or offender.</p>
6 Jun 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of offenders arrested for the possession of a knife in each year since 2000 were under the age of 18 in (a) Scotland and (b) each police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information on arrests is not held centrally. The available information, which relates to persons with a charge proved of handling an offensive weapon, is given in the following table.</p><p>Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Handling an Offe…