Gavin Brown

3 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in each month between 1 February and 31 May 2009, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Frank Mulholland: The following tables show the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the procurator fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure.</p> <p >The figures show that 7.6 per ce…

1 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of persons accused in homicide cases in (a) the Lothian and Borders police force area and (b) Scotland was under the influence of (i) alcohol or (ii) drugs at the time of the alleged offence in each year since 2000.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Persons Accused in Homicide Cases¹, By Percentage Drunk and/or Under Influence of Drugs, Lothian and Borders, 2000-01 to 2007-08</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=62 nowrap valign=bottom > <p ali…

1 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executivewhat percentage of crimes in the Lothian and Borders police force area has been committed by people under the influence of (a) alcohol or (b) drugs in each of the last five years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on the percentage of crimes committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not held centrally.</p> <p >Data available for crimes/offences related to alcohol or drugs is where the involvement of alcohol or drugs is implicit in the …

1 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executivewhat the average response time has been to an emergency call to the ambulance service in the NHS Lothian area in each of the last five years.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Both the average response times for emergency calls and the average response times for Category A calls (serious and life-threatening) for NHS Lothian are set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > …

1 Jun 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police operations in the Lothian and Borders police force area have taken place against persons known or believed to be armed in each of the last three years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.</p>

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23867 by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009, whether it will provide an answer that specifically addresses the issue raised in the question.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.</p>

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23866 by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009, whether it will provide an answer that specifically addresses the issue raised in the question.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.</p>

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug addicts have re-entered drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each year since 1999.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: This information is not held centrally. The Scottish Drug Misuse Database collects data on new patients/clients who attend a service for assessment of drug misuse problems. An enhanced system, introduced April 2006, is being rolled out and will enable the mon…

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people referred to drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each of the last five years entered such a programme.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: This information is not held centrally. However, we do hold information on the number of clients offered treatment, but not all of those offered may enter treatment. This information is available from the Drug Treatment Waiting Times Framework from October 20…

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to drug treatment programmes in the Lothians region in each year since 1999.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Funding is allocated to health boards for drug treatment and rehabilitation services. The following table sets out the funding that has been made available to NHS Lothian from 1998-99 to 2009-10.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> …

28 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fires there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Lothians region in each of the last 10 years and what proportion of these was started deliberately.

Answer · Keith Brown: The detailed information requested is currently being collated and I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and a copy will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48305).</p>

26 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive for how many deaths (a) heroin, (b) ecstasy and (c) amphetamines have been recorded as causes in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) NHS board, (ii) local authority and (iii) parliamentary constituency.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information is not available on the types of drugs which caused deaths but the General Registry Office for Scotland (GROS) publish data annually on the types of drugs involved in deaths. For more detail on this distinction, please refer to the annual GROS pub…

26 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients confirmed as having (a) Clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA in the Lothians region were transferred from another hospital in the last 12 months.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not routinely collected by NHS Lothian; nor is the information held centrally.</p>

26 May 2009 · Written Question

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

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Patients could be treated for tobacco-related illness in different hospital settings including accident and emergency (A&amp;E), outpatients and acute inpatients and day cases. Information on A&amp;E attendances and outpatients is not available as diagnosis i…

21 May 2009 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its three main priorities are in respect of external affairs.

Answer · Michael Russell: Our priority is to ensure efforts in external affairs, as in all other areas of government, are focused on creating a more successful country with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish through increasing sustainable economic growth.</p> <p >The Scot…

20 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the conviction rate has been of people accused of (a) drug dealing, (b) possession of drugs, (c) drug trafficking, (d) employing others to deal in drugs and (e) living off immoral earnings in the Lothians region in each of the last five years.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The available information is given in the following table. Employing persons to deal in drugs is not identifiable separately from the data held on the Scottish Government Court Proceedings database.</p> <p >Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Offences<…

20 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) under the age of 18 and (b) 18 and over were diagnosed with (i) depression and (ii) anxiety in each of the three years to March 2009.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on number of people diagnosed with depression and anxiety is not held centrally.</p> <p >Estimates of the number of people aged less than 18 years and 18 years and over who have consulted a member of the practice team (either GP or practice-emplo…

20 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many under-18s have been diagnosed with eating disorders in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information which is available on the total number of people aged under 18 diagnosed with an eating disorder (for example, anorexia, bulimia, or other psychological eating disorders) is shown in the following tables.</p> <p >Numbers of patients with an eatin…

18 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) longest and (b) shortest sentence has been for anyone convicted of (i) drug dealing, (ii) possession of drugs, (iii) drug trafficking, (iv) employing others to deal in drugs and (v) living off immoral earnings in the Lothians region in each of the last five years.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The available information is given in the following table. Employing persons to deal in drugs is not identifiable separately from the data held on the Scottish Government Court Proceedings database. There were no persons receiving a custodial sentence in Loth…

18 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the housing stock in the Lothians region was affordable housing in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Alex Neil: Information is not recorded in a form which would provide a direct answer to the question.</p> <p >The Scottish Government holds information on housing stock by tenure for the period requested. It can be assumed that stock in the local authority and housing …

18 May 2009 · Written Question

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

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available information is given in the following tables:</p> <p >Number of Males with a Charge Proved¹ in Edinburgh Courts, by the 10 Most Common Offences² Resulting in a Custodial Sentence, by Age Group and Number of Offences, 2003-…

13 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many higher education students in the Lothians region have been declared bankrupt or have petitioned for bankruptcy in each of the last 10 years.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The following table shows Scottish domiciled Student Loans Company (SLC) borrowers from the Lothians who have declared sequestration (been declared bankrupt) in each financial year from 1998-99 to 2007-08. This table includes both those who are currently unde…

13 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of sheriff court convictions of men were in respect of an offence related to misuse of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available information in given in the following table:</p> <p >Men with a Charge Proved in Scottish Sheriff Courts for Drug and Alcohol-Related Offences¹, 2005-06 to 2007-08, Expressed as a Percentage of the Total Number of Men with a Charge P…

13 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of sheriff court convictions of women were in respect of an offence related to misuse of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available information in given in the following table:</p> <p >Women with a Charge Proved in Scottish Sheriff Courts for Drug and-Alcohol Related Offences¹, 2005-06 to 2007-08, Expressed as a Percentage of the Total Number of Women with a Char…

11 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests for drug-related offences have been made in the Lothian and Borders police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on the number of arrests made by the police is not held centrally, only the number of crimes recorded. The following table shows the number of drug-related crimes and offences recorded by Lothian and Borders Police Force from 1998-99 to 2007-08:</…

11 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices in the Lothians region have stopped accepting NHS patients since May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Shona Robison: Dentists are not obliged under their NHS terms of service to advise NHS boards of any waiting lists they may hold. NHS Lothian may hold information on those waiting to register with their salaried dental service.</p> <p >The number of patients registered wit…

11 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices in the Lothians region have started accepting NHS patients since May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Shona Robison: Dentists are not obliged under their NHS terms of service to advise NHS boards of any waiting lists they may hold. NHS Lothian may hold information on those waiting to register with their salaried dental service.</p> <p >The number of patients registered wit…

7 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) crimes and (b) violent crimes were committed in the Lothian and Borders Police area in each year since 2004.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on the total number of crimes committed in Scotland is not available as not all crimes are detected or reported to the police. However, the following table gives information on the number of crimes and violent crimes recorded by the police in the …

7 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults there have been on police officers in the Lothian and Borders Police area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.</p> <p >The Scottish Government does not hold individualised data on any crimes or offences recorded by the eight police forces in Scotland, and as such does not hold information on the victims of crimes.</p> <p >Foll…

7 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were treated by NHS Lothian for wounds caused by (a) a knife, (b) a dagger, (c) a sword, (d) other types of bladed article and (e) a firearm in each year since 1999 and, of these, what proportion was represented by (i) men and (ii) women and how many were admitted to …

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Patients who are injured as a result of contact with sharp objects or the discharge of firearms may receive treatment at GP practices, accident and emergency departments or as admitted patients in acute hospitals.</p> <p >Information about patients treated i…