- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many males aged under 18 were victims of violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) police force or NHS area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 male population.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. The recorded crime statistics are based on an aggregate return, and sodetails of individual crimes, such as the age and gender of victim and perpetrator,are not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many females were convicted of drink driving in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of total drink-driving convictions in each year and broken down by police force area.
Answer
The available information isgiven in the following tables.
Females with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Drink Driving Offences1,2:
Number and Percentage ofTotal Persons with a Charge Proved for Drink Driving Offences, by Force Area, 1999-2000to 2004-05
Police Force Area | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Number |
Central | 36 | 43 | 29 | 99 | 55 | 70 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 16 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 32 |
Fife | 39 | 55 | 38 | 116 | 64 | 71 |
Grampian | 109 | 81 | 106 | 129 | 130 | 152 |
Lothian and Borders | 120 | 123 | 128 | 210 | 198 | 188 |
Northern | 75 | 20 | 72 | 77 | 77 | 88 |
Strathclyde | 215 | 236 | 235 | 415 | 368 | 401 |
Tayside | 64 | 78 | 68 | 88 | 105 | 110 |
Scotland | 674 | 662 | 697 | 1,158 | 1,021 | 1,112 |
| Percentage |
Central | 10.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.7 | 15.4 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 9.1 | 13.6 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 13.0 |
Fife | 11.9 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 14.5 | 11.3 | 14.3 |
Grampian | 10.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 16.0 |
Lothian and Borders | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 14.6 |
Northern | 9.4 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 12.4 |
Strathclyde | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 |
Tayside | 11.6 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 15.9 |
Scotland | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.9 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes driving or beingin charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs; driving or beingin charge of a motor vehicle with blood alcohol content above the prescribed limit;failure to provide a breath specimen at the roadside, and failure to provide a breath,blood or urine specimen at a police station.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many females aged under 18 were (a) cautioned for and (b) charged with violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) police force area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 female population.
Answer
The available information isshown in the following tables.
Females Under 18 Proceeded1Against for Serious Assault2 in Scottish Courts, by Age Group, 1999-2000to 2004-05
Police Force Area | Number Proceeded Against |
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Central | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Aged 17 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Aged 17 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Fife | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Grampian | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lothian and Borders | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Aged 17 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Northern | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Strathclyde | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Aged 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Tayside | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Scotland | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Aged 17 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
Police Force Area | Percentage of Total Female Population of that Age3 |
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Central | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.06 | - | - | - | 0.12 | 0.11 |
Aged 17 | - | - | 0.06 | - | 0.11 | - |
Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.12 | - | 0.11 | - | - | 0.10 |
Aged 17 | - | - | 0.11 | - | 0.12 | - |
Fife | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | 0.05 | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.05 | - | - |
Grampian | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lothian and Borders | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | - | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.04 |
Aged 17 | - | - | - | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Northern | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 0.11 | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | - | 0.12 | 0.06 | - | 0.06 | - |
Strathclyde | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Aged 17 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Tayside | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.13 | - | - | - | - | - |
Aged 17 | 0.08 | - | - | - | - | - |
Scotland | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Aged 17 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Notes:
1. A person may be proceededagainst more than once.
2. Where main offence.
3. Percentages for “16 and Under”rows are calculated based on the populations of 16 year olds only.
In this table: - = nil.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many females were convicted of being under the influence of a substance other than alcohol and in charge of a motor vehicle in each year since 1999, broken down by police force area.
Answer
The available information isgiven in the following table.
Females with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Being in Charge of a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence ofDrink/Drugs1,2, 1999-2000 to 2004-05.
Police Force Area | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Central | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Dumfries and Galloway | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
Fife | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Grampian | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Lothian and Borders | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Northern | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Strathclyde | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Tayside | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Scotland | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. The relevant legislation,Section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, does not distinguish between whether a personwas under the influence of drink or drugs while in charge of a motor vehicle. Caseswhich involved persons being convicted of being under the influence of drugs whilein charge of a motor vehicle cannot therefore be identified separately from thecharge information held on the Justice Department’s court proceedings database.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many males aged under 18 were (a) cautioned for and (b) charged with violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) police force area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 male population.
Answer
The available information isshown in the following tables.
Males Under 18 Proceeded1Against for Serious Assault2 in Scottish Courts, by Age Group, 1999-2000to 2004-05
Police Force Area | Number Proceeded Against |
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Central | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
Aged 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Aged 17 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Fife | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Aged 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
Grampian | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Aged 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Lothian and Borders | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Aged 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 12 |
Northern | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
Aged 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Strathclyde | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 25 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 33 |
Aged 17 | 52 | 40 | 55 | 49 | 54 | 44 |
Tayside | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Aged 17 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Scotland | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 38 | 27 | 45 | 56 | 54 | 58 |
Aged 17 | 91 | 76 | 80 | 112 | 110 | 90 |
Police Force Area | Percentage of Total Male Population of that Age3 |
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Central | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.06 | - | - | - | 0.38 | 0.37 |
Aged 17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.43 |
Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 | - | - |
Aged 17 | 0.12 | - | 0.23 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.20 |
Fife | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
Aged 17 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.52 |
Grampian | | | | | | |
16 and Under | - | - | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
Aged 17 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.18 |
Lothian and Borders | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
Aged 17 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.22 |
Northern | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.06 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.15 | 0.05 |
Aged 17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
Strathclyde | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.22 |
Aged 17 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.29 |
Tayside | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
Aged 17 | 0.27 | 0.56 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.16 |
Scotland | | | | | | |
16 and Under | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
Aged 17 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.27 |
Notes:
1. A personmay be proceeded against more than once.
2. Where mainoffence.
3. Percentagesfor “16 and Under” rows are calculated based on the populations of 16 year oldsonly.
In this table:- = nil.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many motorists convicted of a speeding offence were (a) female and (b) male in each year since 1999.
Answer
The available information isgiven in the following table.
Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Speeding Offences1,2, by Sex, 1999-2000 to 2004-05
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Female | 1,739 | 1,118 | 1,233 | 1,423 | 1,959 | 2,174 |
Male | 13,543 | 8,290 | 8,748 | 8,405 | 10,732 | 11,328 |
Total | 15,282 | 9,408 | 9,981 | 9,828 | 12,691 | 13,502 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes motorway and clearwayoffences.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals convicted of drink driving in each year since 1999 had been involved in a road traffic accident whilst under the influence of alcohol at the time of being charged, broken down by police force area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to each local authority has been of administering housing benefit in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested iscontained in the following table:
Housing BenefitAdministration - Net Expenditure1
Local Authority | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-042 | 2004-05 (2) |
Scotland | 17,913 | 20,077 | 22,351 | 23,481 | 13,658 | 12,143 |
Aberdeen City | 904 | 927 | 1,456 | 1,466 | 1,410 | 1,315 |
Aberdeenshire | 321 | 545 | 895 | 973 | 896 | 950 |
Angus | 350 | 352 | 509 | 565 | 396 | 464 |
Argyll and Bute | 265 | 233 | 286 | 335 | 259 | 30 |
Clackmannanshire | 155 | 146 | 4 | 140 | 102 | 111 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 139 | 328 | 331 | 403 | 423 | 0 |
Dundee City | 816 | 919 | 1,010 | 1,467 | 1,456 | 1,528 |
East Ayrshire | 903 | 1,014 | 825 | 1,071 | 341 | 148 |
East Dunbartonshire | 86 | 81 | 141 | 217 | 18 | -44 |
East Lothian | 261 | 298 | 297 | 366 | 72 | 2 |
East Renfrewshire | 270 | 232 | 236 | 261 | 138 | 211 |
Edinburgh City | 5,030 | 5,943 | 4,779 | 4,012 | 3,529 | 3,407 |
Eilean Siar | 63 | 75 | 119 | 137 | 92 | 139 |
Falkirk | 401 | 393 | 692 | 733 | 456 | 573 |
Fife | 872 | 1,128 | 1,062 | 1,446 | 808 | 1,279 |
Glasgow City | 2,914 | 2,974 | 3,060 | 3,074 | -276 | -508 |
Highland | 725 | 1,012 | 985 | 1,150 | 830 | 778 |
Inverclyde | 154 | 136 | 265 | 262 | 171 | 66 |
Midlothian | 293 | 271 | 576 | 591 | 136 | 213 |
Moray | 117 | 151 | 227 | 265 | 189 | 245 |
North Ayrshire | 208 | 256 | 514 | 544 | 277 | 52 |
North Lanarkshire | 9 | -148 | -89 | 486 | -522 | -274 |
Orkney Islands | 32 | 39 | 46 | 60 | 84 | 120 |
Perth and Kinross | 216 | 252 | 317 | 241 | 102 | 129 |
Renfrewshire | 753 | 709 | 968 | 837 | 561 | 110 |
Scottish Borders | 180 | 237 | 264 | 205 | 84 | 191 |
Shetland Islands | 133 | 121 | 102 | 114 | 76 | 62 |
South Ayrshire | 128 | 48 | 641 | 559 | 202 | 217 |
South Lanarkshire | 389 | 415 | 439 | 257 | 598 | 439 |
Stirling | 441 | 463 | 503 | 235 | 110 | 128 |
West Dunbartonshire | 275 | 236 | 226 | 364 | 201 | -21 |
West Lothian | 110 | 291 | 665 | 645 | 439 | 83 |
Source: Asreported on the Local Financial Return LFR 9 for Housing.
Notes:
1. NetRevenue Expenditure to be financed by Grants,RSG, Council Tax and NDR.
2. Thesudden decrease in net expenditure from 2002-03 onwards is due to the abolitionof the specific grant for HB Administration. The grant transferred to an"other government grant" and so counts towards net expenditure. Thisitem is deducted from expenditure from 2003-04 onwards and leads to negativefigures for some councils.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 14 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were placed for adoption in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is notcollected centrally in precisely this form. The number of children who wereadopted by non-relations in the years 1999–2005 is set out in the following table(but this does not include children who were placed for adoption but where anadoption order was not in the event made). Such children will have been placed withthe adopters by an adoption agency. Children adopted by relations (almostalways step-parents) will not usually have been placed with them by an adoptionorder.
Year | Number of Children Adopted by Non-Relations |
1999 | 238 |
2000 | 198 |
2001 | 264 |
2002 | 235 |
2003 | 283 |
2004 | 239 |
2005 | 283 |
Source: General RegisterOffice for Scotland Vital Events Reference Tables.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public appointments made by Scottish ministers were of individuals with known or declared membership of the Labour or Liberal Democrat parties in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of the total number of public appointments.
Answer
I refer the member to thequestion S2W-13115 answered on 2 February 2005 which provided thisinformation for the period from 1 April 2001 until 31 March 2004 and explainedwhy the annual data for the preceding period was not available. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
Regular returns on politicalactivity were supplied to the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments for periods preceding 31 May 2004 and, since 1 June 2004, havebeen provided to the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland. This information has been submitted by the Executive for inclusion in the Commissioners’ annual reports. The followingtable contains data taken from these returns and details the number of boardmembers of public bodies regulated by the Commissioner who, on appointment orreappointment between 1 April 2004 and 31 May 2006, have declared political activityon behalf of all parties:
| 1 April 2004 – 31 May 2004 | 1 June 2004 – 31 May 2005 | 1 June 2005 – 31 May 2006 |
Total number of appointments made in period (including reappointments) | 78 | 179 | 172 |
Total number of appointees declaring party political activity | 12 | 33 | 23 |
Conservative | 2 made to Executive NDPBs (2% of all new appointments and reappointments). 1 made to an NHS Body (1% of all new appointments and reappointments). | 5 made to Executive NDPBs (3%). | 2 made to Executive NDPBs (1%) |
Labour | 5 made to NHS Bodies (6% of all new appointments and reappointments). | 11 made to Executive NDPBs (6%). 1 made to a NHS Body (0.5%). | 7 made to Executive NDPBs (4%) 7 made to NHS Bodies (4%) |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 3 made to Executive NDPBs (2%). | 3 made to Executive NDPBs (2%) 2 made to NHS Bodies (1%) |
SNP | 2 made to Executive NDPBs (2% of all new appointments and reappointments). | 2 made to Executive NDPBs (1%). | |
Other | 2 made to Executive NDPBs (2% of all new appointments and reappointments). | 10 made to Executive NDPBs (6%). 1 made to an NHS Body (0.5%) | 2 made to a Nationalised Industry (1%) |
The Executive continues topublish details of the declared political activity of all current regulatedMinisterial appointments on its public appointments website which can be foundat:
www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies.