Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
9 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31895 by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007, whether it will list the 10 local authority areas with the (a) biggest and (b) smallest (i) reductions and (ii) increases in the number of (A) serious assaults, (B) robberies, (C) crimes of indecency, (d) rape…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The figures requested are shownin the following tables:</p><p>Recorded Crimes of Serious Assaultby Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center> </p> </td> …
9 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of (a) allowing disorderly conduct on licensed premises and (b) selling alcohol to people who are drunk in each of the last 10 years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: In the period 1996-97 to2005-06 there was one conviction, in 2003-04, where the main offence involvedwas allowing disorderly conduct onlicensed premises. Convictions forselling alcohol to people who are drunk can not be identified separately in theavailable s…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget has been allocated for any work being undertaken in, or for, the criminal justice system to link with either the present or future Schengen Information System and when that work will be complete.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The budget for the developmentprogramme for the Schengen Information System is provided and managed by the HomeOffice on behalf of the UK. This programme is currently scheduled to be deliveredin 2010.</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what work is being undertaken in, or for, the criminal justice system to link with either the present or future Schengen Information System in relation to (a) European arrest warrants or (b) other functions.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The programme to deliver theSchengen Information System for the UK is being managed by the HomeOffice in partnership with key stakeholders, including the Scottish Police Service.The Executive is keeping in close touch with developments.</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of police time was spent on frontline duties in each police force area in each year since 2003-04.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Decisions about the operationaldeployment of police officers are a matter for the chief constables of individualpolice forces.</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on any plans for the implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System on any part of Scotland’s railway network.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Implementation of the EuropeanRail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) will be rolled out on a GB-wide basis. Trialsof this system are expected to commence in 2008 on the Cambrian Route in Wales. Trialsand evaluation are expected to be carried out over a number…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on when the GSM-R communication system will first come into use on any part of the Scottish railway network.
Answer · Tavish Scott: A trial of the Global Systemfor Mobile communications – Railways (GSM-R) is expected to be carried out in twoareas of Scotland later this year.</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of outpatient operations were cancelled in each NHS hospital in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on cancelled out-patient operations is notcollected centrally.</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what change there has been in the number of (a) NHS beds, (b) general and acute beds, (c) intermediate care beds, (d) non-residential intermediate care places and (e) adult critical care beds in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS hospital.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on average available staffed beds for each NHShospital and the yearly change in bed numbers for the years ending 31 March1999 to 2006 is contained in a document NHSScotland Average Available StaffedBeds (1999-2006) a copy of which has been placed …
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged, (c) prosecuted, (d) found guilty and (e) given a custodial sentence in cases involving (i) domestic violence, (ii) rape, (iii) violence against the person and (iv) burglary in each year from 1997 to 2006, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Data on numbers ofarrests and charges are not held centrally. The recorded crime statistics held centrallydo not contain information about the details of a crime, for instance the relationshipbetween the victim and the accused for crimes of violence. Informat…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions for (a) vehicle theft, (b) theft, (c) sexual offences, (d) robbery, (e) racially aggravated offences, (f) breach of the peace, (g) domestic burglary, (h) non-domestic burglary, (i) motoring offences, (j) fraud and forgery, (k) drug offences, (l) causing death by dang…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table. Causing injury by reckless driving is not an identifiableoffence in the available statistics.</p><p>Persons Aged 18 and UnderProceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences<sup>1</sup>, 2001…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug treatment and testing orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by offenders aged 18 and under in each year since 2001, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information ondrug treatment and testing orders imposed by Scottish courts on offenders aged 18and under is given in the following table. Information on breaches of drug treatmentand testing orders by age of offender is not included in the stati…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offenders in young offender institutions are held more than 50 miles from their home.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:</p><p>We currently publishinformation on the Community Justice Authority home area of prisoners incustody. The information last published for Young…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young offenders in custody committed (a) acts of self-harm and (b) suicide in each year since 2001.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p><p>(a) Information on acts of self-harmis not available.</p><p>(b)</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap …
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing graduates had not completed a preceptorship one year after their graduation in each of the last three years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally. NHS boards areresponsible for ensuring that newly qualified nurses and midwives are supportedinto the workforce. In addition, since January 2006, all newly qualified nursesand midwives who take up employment in NHS Scot…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were admitted to NHS hospitals for (a) drug-related and (b) alcohol-related illnesses and injuries in each year from 2002 to 2006, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Information on drug-related and alcohol-related hospitaldischarges is provided in Tables 1 to 4 of <i>discharges from NHS hospitalswith drug or alcohol related illnesses or injuries from 2002-2006 by NHS Board </i>acopy of which has been placed in the Scottis…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under the age of 12 were classified as (a) obese and (b) overweight in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The specific information requested is not availablecentrally.</p><p>However, the <i>Scottish HealthSurvey</i> gives estimates of the prevalence of obesity and overweight in boysand girls at Scotland level by age group for the years 1998 and 2003. Data atNHS b…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of midwives required by the NHS (a) currently and (b) over the next five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table refers to the anticipated number ofnursing and midwifery staff required to fill vacancies and meet projected need,so it includes both replacement and expansion demand.</p><p>Current and Projected Demand - Registered Midwives (Head Count)</…
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) underweight and (b) premature babies were born in the last year for which figures are available and how many were born in 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is given in table entitled <i>Low BirthWeight Babies 1997 and 2003</i>, which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42301).</p>
8 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many parenting orders arising from truancy and exclusion from school have been issued this year, broken down by local authority area; how many have been breached; how many prosecutions have been mounted against those breaching such orders, and how many such prosecutions have been succ…
Answer · Robert Brown: No parenting orders havebeen granted since they came into force on 4 April 2005by way of a three year national pilot. Parentingorders were always envisaged as a last resort where voluntary co-operation hadfailed.</p><p>Parenting orders areconcerned with the b…
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average (a) output of farm businesses by farm type and (b) change in output was in each year since 1997.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The information requested is given in the following table.The table uses data from the Farm Accounts Survey (FAS) which covers the farmtypes listed below but does not cover horticulture, specialist pigs and poultryfarms. The final column shows the number of f…
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of nursing vacancies in the NHS at the end of August 2007.
Answer · Andy Kerr: From analysis of NHS board workforce plans submitted inApril 2006, the number of qualified nursing and midwifery vacancies at the endof August 2007 is expected to range from 593.6 to 766.6 whole-time equivalent,or 1.5% to 2.0% of the expected establishment i…
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in nurses’ pay has been in each year since 1997.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested is set outin the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top><br clear=all > <p align=center>Year</p> </td> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Percentage Increase as at 1 …
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute beds there have been in each year since 1997, broken down by hospital.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on average available acutestaffed beds is given in Average available acute staffed beds by hospital; Financialyears ending 31 March 1998 - 2006 a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42281).</p><…
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women are diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, broken down by age.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is not available centrally.</p>
7 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many day nurseries have (a) closed and (b) opened since 2003, broken down into (i) private, voluntary and independent and (ii) maintained nurseries.
Answer · Robert Brown: This information is not availablein the format requested. Information on the number of nurseries by management sectorsince 2003 are published in the <i>Summary Results of the 2003 Pre-School and DaycareCensus</i>, and the 2004-06 versions of <i>Pre-School and…
7 Mar 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive to where staff and prisoners from HM Prison Low Moss will be moved after its closure.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Most prisoners will be liberatedfrom Low Moss, at the conclusion of their sentence, or moved to Open Prison priorto closure. Staff are being redeployed, mainly to the central belt, based on preferencesthey have previously expressed and to meet current vacanci…
5 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children committed suicide in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · George Lyon: In presenting statistics on suicidesit is conventional to combine deaths classified as intentional self-harm (suicides)with those classified as events of undetermined intent. This is because the majorityof the latter are likely to have been suicides. However,…
5 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of state-educated people with learning difficulties served prison sentences in each of the last 10 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>This information requested isnot available.</p>
5 Mar 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have broken the terms of their bail conditions in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isgiven in the following table. The figures for bail offences exclude reoffendingon bail. To provide context, the tablealso gives figures on the total number of bail offences with a charge provedexpressed as a percentage of the numbe…