Gavin Brown

9 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for crimes of indecency in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Frank Mulholland: The following table shows the number of charges of public indecency where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure.</p> <p >These figures do not include direct measures which we…

9 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of alcohol poisoning there have been in the Lothians in each year since 1997, broken down by age group and sex.

Answer · Shona Robison: The number of discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol poisoning between 1997-98 and 2006-07 for patients resident in NHS Lothian by age group and sex are provided in the following table. Figures for 2006-07 are provisional.</p> <t…

9 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of alcohol poisoning there have been in the Lothians in each year since 1997, broken down by hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides information on the number of discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol poisoning between 1997-98 and 2006-07 for patients treated in NHS Lothian, by hospital. Provisional figures are provided for 2006-07.…

29 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on business support in each of the last five years and, of this, how much was spent on the administration of each support programmes.

Answer · Jim Mather: Within the Scottish Government, the Enterprise, Energy and Tourism portfolio has direct responsibility for business support and its schemes. Below are details of amounts it has spent on business support schemes and associated administration costs (where avail…

29 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all publicly-funded business support schemes, also detailing the (a) amount of funding allocated to each scheme in the current and next two financial years, (b) public body or agency responsible for its operation and (c) percentage of eligible businesses that made use…

Answer · Jim Mather: There is a range of publicly-funded business support schemes available from the Scottish Government, its non-departmental public bodies, local authorities, the UK Government and the European Union. Within the Scottish Government, the Enterprise, Energy and To…

7 Aug 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the analysis of submissions to its A Fairer Local Tax for Scotland consultation.

Answer · John Swinney: We expect to complete analysis of the responses to the consultation paper within the next month. Once this is done, we will make public the individual responses, where respondents have agreed to this, in the Scottish Government library and on our website and …

23 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of hand hygiene compliance has been by staff in hospitals in the Lothians in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Health Protection Scotland (HPS) began collecting information on the compliance of hand hygiene procedures of staff in January 2007, following the launch of Scotland''s Hand Hygiene Campaign, Germs. Wash your hands of them. The information collected by HPS is…

23 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in the Lothians region in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is provided in the following tables. In each case, the year in question runs from July to July.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=96 valign=top > <p align=center >East Lothian<…

23 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what out-of-hours emergency services are available for dental patients in the Lothians who are not registered with an NHS dentist.

Answer · Shona Robison: Out-of-hours emergency service arrangements are a matter for NHS boards. Full information on the arrangements in Lothian are not held centrally. The member should contact NHS Lothian on 0131 537 8444 for information on the arrangements they have in place.</p>…

21 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to improve the treatment in the Lothians region of patients suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The delivery of high quality, effective cancer care for patients in the Lothians region is a matter for NHS Lothian. The Edinburgh Cancer Centre currently offers the most up to date radiotherapy treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer in the form of Intensity Mod…

21 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is currently taken in the Lothians region to prevent the onset of nasopharyngeal cancer

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: We are currently unaware of a known preventative measure for nasopharyngeal cancer. It is widely accepted that early diagnosis and screening is vital to improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including nasopharyngeal cancer patients.</p>

21 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision there is in the Lothians region for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Treatment of Nasopharyngeal cancer is provided at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre in the Lothians. The centre offers combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy and is also the first in Scotland to offer nasopharyngeal cancer patients treatment using the most up to da…

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new sheriff court prosecutions there were in (a) April, (b) May and (c) June 2008, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The following table shows the number of accused persons for whom an initial decision was taken to commence Sheriff Court proceedings by month in April, May and June 2008.</p> <p >This table does not include any accused person for whom the initial decision wa…

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new sheriff court prosecutions there were before the implementation of summary justice reform in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The following table shows the number of accused persons for whom an initial decision was taken to commence Sheriff Court proceedings by month since April 2007. Information for periods prior to April 2007 is not currently available in the same format.</p> <p …

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The following tables show the number of accused persons reported to each Procurator Fiscal Office since April 2007 where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure. Information for…

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for domestic violence in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: Domestic violence is not a distinct offence in Scots'' law, but can cover a number of offences including assault and breach of the peace, and therefore the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service does not hold the statistical information requested. However…

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for assault in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The following tables show the number of accused persons reported to each Procurator Fiscal Office since April 2007 where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure. Information for…

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for crimes involving a knife in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the member to the question S3W-15015, answered on 12 August 2008. It shows the number of charges reported to Procurators Fiscal for offences under Section 49 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (offence of having in a public place …

15 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for carrying a knife in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has a robust policy on knife crime, including charges reported for offences under Section 49 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (offence of having in a public place an article with a blade or…

7 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 or over have been convicted of carrying knives or possessing an offensive weapon in each local authority area in the Lothians region in each of the last five years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available information is given in the following tables.</p> <p >Persons Aged Under 18 with a Charge Proved in Courts in the Lothian Region for Carrying Knives or Offensive Weapons¹, by Approximate Local Authority Area², 2002-03 to 2…

7 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many knives were handed in to police stations in the Lothians parliamentary region in each of the last five years, broken down by police division.

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

7 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been released from prison in Edinburgh under automatic early release in each of the last five years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p >Only information for 2006-07 is available and relates to prisoners released from custody by Sentence and Local Authority area (based on ho…

7 Jul 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes have been committed in the Lothians region by people released from prison under automatic early release in each of the last five years, broken down by type of crime.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally. The police recorded crime data is based on an aggregate return, and so does not have details of individual crimes, such as whether the perpetrator has previously been in prison. Reconviction rates of people released fro…

5 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13455 by Kenny MacAskill on 4 June 2008, how many people under the age of 18 have been caught with alcohol and voluntarily surrendered it to a police officer in the Lothians parliamentary region in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority…

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13455 on 4 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13010 by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 May 2008, how many attacks there have been on GPs and their staff in each practice in the Lothians in each year since 1997.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not available.</p>

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Class A drugs were seized in the Lothians parliamentary region in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) drug type and (b) value.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Data on Class A drugs is only available by police force area, and not by parliamentary region area.</p> <p >Figures for the years 2002 to 2006-07 are given in the publications listed below, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information…

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated for investment in affordable houses for rent in the Lothians parliamentary region in each financial year since 2004-05, broken down by local authority area and also expressed in real terms.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes…

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people within the Lothians parliamentary region it estimates will be helped by the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers in 2008-09.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Information on the number of people estimated to be helped by the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers in 2008-09 is not held by parliamentary region. Data is held at local authority level over this time period.</p> <p >The Scottish Government plans to …

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11408 by Shona Robison on 18 April 2008, how many of the 17 off-sales that failed during test purchases of alcohol in the Lothian and Borders police force area were re-tested and how many (a) passed and (b) failed and, of those that failed, how many …

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. However, information obtained from Lothian and Borders Police suggests that, in line with the arrangements laid down by Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland in the Manual of Guidance for the Test Purchase of…

4 Jun 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11408 by Shona Robison on 18 April 2008, how many of the 17 off-sales that failed during test purchases of alcohol within the Lothian and Borders police force area were within the Lothians parliamentary region, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. The information provided in response to question S3W-11408 was supplied by the Scottish Police Service and related to test purchase visits conducted to the end of March as part of the first phase of the roll-out in the …