Questions · Richard Baker

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of offenders sentenced to a work placement as part of a community service order completed the placement within (a) 7, (b) 8 to 14, (c) 15 to 21, (d) 22 to 31, (e) 31 to 62, (f) 63 to 93 or (g) longer than 93 days in 2010, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40242 on 14 March 2011. 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/Apps2/…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of offenders sentenced to a work placement as part of a community service order commenced actual work on the placement within (a) 7, (b) 8 to 14, (c) 15 to 21, (d) 22 to 31, (e) 31 to 62, (f) 63 to 93 or (g) longer than 93 days in 2010, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40242 on 14 March 2011. 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/Apps2…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33605 by Kenny MacAskill on 20 May 2010, when it will next publish an audit of community service.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The next audit of community service will be based on a snapshot of performance of community service during November 2010. The data is currently being compiled and the audit is expected to be published in May 2011.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners (a) was assessed as having a drug addiction and (b) received support for this in prison in 2010, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: This information is not available regarding the proportion of all prisoners with drug/alcohol problems. Prisoners do take the opportunit…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners (a) was assessed as having an alcohol addiction and (b) received support for this in prison in 2010, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: This information is not available regarding the proportion of all prisoners with alcohol problems. Prisoners do take the opportunity to d…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted for handling an offensive weapon with a bail aggravator in 2010, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information for 2010-11 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2010-11 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in December 2011. The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National St…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted for handling an offensive weapon with a bail aggravator in 2009, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on offence aggravations have been published and classified as data being developed alongside the 2009-10 Criminal Proceedings in Scotland statistical bulletin and therefore extreme caution needs to be applied to these figures. They are in…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted for an offence with a bail aggravator in 2010, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information for 2010-11 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2010-11 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in December 2011. The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National St…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted for an offence with a bail aggravator in 2009, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on offence aggravations has been published and classified as data being developed alongside the 2009-10 Criminal Proceedings in Scotland statistical bulletin and therefore extreme caution needs to be applied to these figures. They are ini…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there were for (a) rape, (b) attempted rape and (c) indecent assault in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The available information is given in the following table. Persons Convicted for Rape, Attempted Rape and Indecent Assault, where Main Offence, in 2009-10. <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowra…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37763 by Kenny MacAskill on 7 December 2010, what progress it has made in ending automatic early release.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Government remains committed to ending automatic early release, and officials have continued to work towards achieving that goal. The issue was, for example, discussed at the last meeting of the Director General''s Working Group on Prison Popula…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent police support staff were employed in May 2007 and are now employed, broken down by police force area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on police support staff is available as a snapshot figure at the end of each quarter. We therefore cannot provide data as at May 2007. Data provided below are as at 30 June 2007 and 31 December each year to 2010. Police support staff (FTE…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussion it has had with the UK Government since May 2007 on how prisoner voting might impact on the operation of the Scottish Prison Service.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Discussions took place in December 2010 prior to the UK Government''s announcement of its proposal that convicted prisoners serving sentences of four years or more would remain unable to vote. The UK Government undertook to consult the Scottish Government abo…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as breach of a sex offender order there were in each police force area in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Recorded crimes of breach of a sex offender order, by police force area, 2008-09 and 2009-10, <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=289 > <thead> <tr > <td width=145 nowrap valign=bottom > Police force area …

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from individuals in hospitals in 2010, broken down by (a) item and (b) hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from individuals in hospitals in 2009, broken down by (a) item and (b) hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from individuals entering prison in 2010, broken down by (a) item and (b) prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The following table illustrates the number of banned items seized from prisoners entering Scottish Prisons in 2010, broken down by item a…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many banned items were seized from individuals entering prison in 2009, broken down by (a) item and (b) prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The following table below illustrates the number of banned items seized from prisoners entering Scottish Prisons in 2009, broken down by …

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been in each prison in each month since January 2010, broken down by type of drug

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The following table illustrates the number of drug finds recorded in each month 2010 broken down by establishment. SPS does not carry out…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners attended the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in 2010, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The suite of Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) is delivered in four establishments “ HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP Peterhead…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners attended the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in 2009, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The suite of Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) is delivered in four establishments “ HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP Peterhead…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners accessed the (a) Violence Prevention, (b) Anger Management and (c) Controlling Anger Regulating Emotions Programme while serving a custodial sentence in 2010, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: Violence Prevention Programme and CARE are intensive programmes which an individual prisoner will complete in around 200 hours and 62.5 h…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners accessed the (a) Violence Prevention, (b) Anger Management and (c) Controlling Anger Regulating Emotions Programme while serving a custodial sentence in 2009, broken down by prison.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: Violence Prevention Programme and CARE are intensive programmes which an individual prisoner will complete in around 200 hours and 62.5 h…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of knife crime on policing since May 2007.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Knife crime has a substantial impact on policing, both in terms of the crime prevention work they do as well as the enforcement aspect of policing. Our police forces work extremely hard in often dangerous situations to prevent crime and keep our communities s…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) acute and (b) other occupied bed days across NHSScotland were associated with assault by a sharp object in 2010.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on acute occupied bed days due to assault by sharp object is not yet available for the time period requested. Statistics for the 2010 calendar year will be published in June. Provisional data may be available earlier in April or May.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) acute and (b) other occupied bed days across NHSScotland were associated with assault by a sharp object in 2009.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There were a total of 3,414 occupied bed days in acute hospitals in Scotland due to assault by a sharp object, for patients discharged in the year ending 31 December 2009. Of those occupied bed days, 2,190 were on an emergency basis with the other 1,224 on an…

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions due to assault by a sharp object there were in 2010.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on hospital admissions due to assault by sharp object is not yet available for the time period requested. Statistics for the 2010 calendar year will be available in June. Provisional data may be available earlier in April or May.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions due to assault by a sharp object there were in 2009.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There were a total of 1,606 admissions to general acute hospitals in Scotland due to assault by sharp object in the year ending 31 December 2009. Of those admissions, 1,309 were on an emergency basis with the other 297 on an elective basis.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of knife crime on NHS services since May 2007.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: No information is held on the impact of knife crime on NHS services.

3 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was following sentencing before offenders commenced (a) community sentence, (b) probation, (c) supervised attendance and (d) drug treatment and testing orders in 2009-10, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Data on average commencement times for community sentences are not collected. The Scottish Government has published an audit of speed and immediacy for community service based on a snapshot of performance of community service in November 2009. The findings of…