Parliamentary questions

Stewart Stevenson

2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of an offence involving a (a) knife and (b) gun in each year since 1999 and how many of these convictions resulted in a police sentence, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: There are a number of possiblecharges which can result from offences involving a knife or gun, including for examplemurder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, robbery and assault. While it is notgenerally possible to separately identify the use of a knife o…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the 10 most common offences were for which men and women were sent to prison in each of the last five years, broken down by age group.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following tables.</p><p>Number of Males with aCharge Proved<sup>1</sup> in Scottish Courts, by the 10 Most Common OffencesResulting in a Custodial Sentence (using Standard Offence Categories<sup>2</sup>),by Sex and Age…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) elective hospital admissions, (b) first out-patient attendances following GP referral and (c) consultant-led first out-patient attendances there were in the NHS in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information available isprovided in a document titled NHSScotland: Elective Inpatient Day Case Episodesand New Outpatient Attendances 1989-90 to 2005-06, a copy of which has been placedin the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 39861).</p><…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individual student loan accounts were passed to debt collection agencies by the Student Loans Company in each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: <b> </b></p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=76 valign=top> <p align=center>Year</p> </td> <td width=188 valign=top> <p align=center>Number of Cases Instructed</p> </td> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td width=76 …

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were in arrears to the Student Loans Company for (a) less than one month, (b) less than three months, (c) less than six months and (d) more than six months at the end of each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The table shows borrowers withpublicly-owned mortgage-style loans in arrears by length of arrears at the end offinancial years 2004-05 and 2005-06.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=82 valign=top> <p align=center>Fin…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of police retirements were on grounds of ill-health in each year since 1990, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isshown in the following tables. Data before 1991 is not available.</p><p>Ill-Health Retirements as a Percentageof Total Police Retirements</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p> <…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people illegally managing child prostitutes have been (a) charged, (b) convicted in each of the last five years.

Answer · Hugh Henry: There have been no prosecutionscompleted in relation to offences of controlling a child providing sexual servicesunder Section 11 of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences(Scotland) Act 2005 since this act came into force in October 2005…

7 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many traffickers of children have been (a) charged, (b) convicted in each of the last five years.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Trafficking of people for thepurpose of exploitation is an offence under Section 4 of the Asylum & Immigration(Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004. Trafficking of people for the purpose of sexualexploitation is an offence under Section 22 of the Criminal Jus…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many missed hospital appointments there were in each NHS board in each of the last 10 years.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information is collected centrallyonly on numbers of patients who did not attend their first outpatient appointmentwith a consultant.</p><p>The number of patients who didnot attend their first out-patient appointment at a consultant-led clinic, followingrefer…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children waited for an initial paediatric cardiology assessment in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board and hospital.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Data on the number of patientswaiting for a first outpatient appointment has only been collected since 30 September 2004. Thisinformation is collected at specialty level only. Paediatric Cardiology may be recordedunder the specialities of Cardiology, Paediatr…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for an initial paediatric cardiology assessment in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board and hospital.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on waiting timesfor a first out-patient appointment is collected at specialty level only. PaediatricCardiology may be recorded under the specialities of Cardiology, Paediatrics orGeneral Medicine. It is not possible from the new outpatient appoint…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times illegal drugs have been found in each prison in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) type of drug and (b) quantity of drugs found.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>The information requested isnot available. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23897 on 20 March 2006. All answersto wri…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have gained employment having completed (a) a custodial sentence and (b) community service in each of the last five years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not routinelycollected at a national level.</p>

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of offenders to criminal justice social workers has been in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table. The ratios represent the number of individual convictedoffenders to the number of qualified criminal justice social workers.</p><p>The ratios are not an indicationof the workload of criminal justice so…

6 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners under the age of 18 there were in each year since 1990, broken down by prison.

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 available information isgiven in the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td width=104 valign=bottom…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests were made by police officers and what the average number of arrests was per police officer in each year since 1997.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22233 on 20 January 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many under 18-year-olds were convicted of illegally carrying (a) knives and (b) other weapons in each year since 1990.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Persons AgedUnder 18 with a Charge Proved for Carrying Knives or Possession of an OffensiveWeapon<sup>1</sup> In Scottish Courts, 1990-91 to 2004-05.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent the wrong procedures due to medical errors in each of the last 10 years

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been treated for (a) cocaine addiction and (b) cocaine-related illnesses in each of the last five years.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Table 1 details the numberof new clients aged 16 and under, who, when accessing drug treatment andrehabilitation services, reported that they had used cocaine in the last monthfor each of the last five years.</p><p>Table 1:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 c…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses working in the NHS (a) retired and (b) left for other reasons in each year since 1999 and how many are forecast to (i) retire and (ii) leave for other reasons in 2006-07.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on reasons for leavingNHS Scotland is not collected centrally.</p><p>Table 1 shows the number (headcount)of nursing and midwifery staff leavers for the years 1999-2004.</p><p>Table 1</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=603> <thea…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital negligence cases have been (a) filed and (b) upheld in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital

Answer · Andy Kerr: The number of negligence cases,excluding non-clinical, which have been (a) filed and (b) upheld in each of thelast five years, broken down by hospital, has been placed in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 39862).</p>

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many educational maintenance allowances are being paid in each local education authority area; what percentage of the relevant age cohort these figures represent; and what estimate it has made of the take-up rate in each area.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The latest year for which wehave complete information is 2004-05. Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) werelaunched across Scotland in August 2004 for eligible 16-year-olds. The nationalroll-out to all eligible 16 to 19-year-olds will be complete in 2007-0…

5 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many higher education institutions offered (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) biology, (d) chemistry, (e) computing and electronics and (f) engineering-related degrees and how many enrolments there were in each of these subjects in each year since 1994-95.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The number of student enrolmentsand number of Scottish Higher Education Institutions offering degrees in the specifiedsubjects in each academic year since 1994-95 are given in the following tables.</p><p>(a) Mathematics</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpa…

1 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26148 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 June 2006, how many criminal justice social workers there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The following table details thenumber of qualified criminal justice social workers in each local authority forthe requested period.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=131 nowrap valign=bottom> <p> </p> <p align=cente…

1 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what premises and land it leased in each year since 1999 and at what annual cost.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The following table showsthe premises leased by the Scottish Office from 1 April 1999 to 1 July 1999 and bythe Scottish Executive from 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2006 and the annual cost.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=614> <thead> <tr> …