Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-09864

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 August 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes of robbery (a) were reported, (b) were proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

Information on crimes reported to (as opposed to recorded by) the police is not available centrally. Information on crimes of robbery recorded by the police broken down by police force area is published for each year in Table 4A of the relevant statistical bulletins “Recorded Crime in Scotland”, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 7079, 13119, 35186, 20798, 27678 and 33018).

The available information on the number of persons proceeded against is given in the table. Statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim, and a crime may be recorded in one year and proceedings taken in a subsequent year. Charges recorded by the police may also be altered as a result of the judicial process.

Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts For Robbery¹, by Police Force Area, 1998-2002

Police Force Area	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002³
Total number proceeded against:
Central	19	23	26	30	28
Dumfries and Galloway	7	13	22	22	23
Fife	35	46	42	58	41
Grampian	61	49	41	56	56
Lothian and Borders	101	109	99	90	122
Northern	13	9	2	6	7
Strathclyde	486	539	517	460	388
Tayside	58	60	41	42	38
Scotland	780	848	790	766²	703
Number with charge proved:
Central	17	20	20	25	23
Dumfries and Galloway	6	12	17	22	19
Fife	32	42	36	41	37
Grampian	55	40	33	50	50
Lothian and Borders	84	96	83	79	100
Northern	9	9	2	6	6
Strathclyde	389	425	403	376	344
Tayside	35	38	29	22	30
Scotland	627	682	623	623²	609

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes a small number of cases where the force area is unknown.

3. Figures may be underestimates due to time taken to record details of court disposals on SCRO.

Question reference: S2W-09817

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length was of sentences for crimes of indecency in each of the last five years, broken down by main offence and sheriff court district.

The available information is given in the table.

Persons given a Custodial Sentence in Scottish Courts for a Crime of Indecency¹, 1998-2002

Main offence	Average Sentence Length (Days)					Number of Persons
Main offence	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴
Sexual Assault²
High Court	2,137	2,054	2,113	2,201	1,839	58	49	45	59	42
Sheriff Courts³:
Aberdeen	-	731	-	-	365	-	1	-	-	1
Airdrie	1,096	547	-	912	-	1	1	-	1	-
Ayr	319	-	821	-	-	4	-	3	-	-
Banff	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Dingwall	-	-	-	90	91	-	-	-	1	1
Dumfries	-	-	-	731	-	-	-	-	1	-
Dundee	274	91	91	91	547	1	1	1	1	1
Dunfermline	-	274	548	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Dunoon	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh	494	328	91	568	-	4	5	1	3	-
Elgin	-	-	182	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	-	731	-	-	-	-	1
Forfar	730	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Glasgow	60	407	438	547	912	1	5	5	3	1
Greenock	122	182	-	547	274	1	1	-	1	1
Haddington	-	91	91	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Hamilton	-	-	-	1096	274	-	-	-	1	1
Inverness	60	914	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
Jedburgh	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Kilmarnock	91	274	274	-	365	1	2	3	-	1
Kirkcaldy	579	319	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
Lerwick	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Linlithgow	-	-	456	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Oban	-	-	-	122	-	-	-	-	1	-
Paisley	274	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Perth	-	220	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
Stirling	-	-	-	456	-	-	-	-	1	-
Stranraer	-	-	152	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Tain	-	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
All courts	1,724	1,416	1,558	1,880	1,616	76	78	66	73	50

Main offence	Average Sentence Length (Days)					Number of Persons
Main offence	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴
Lewd and Libidinous Behaviour
High Court	1,990	1,907	1,717	1,675	1,496	34	27	25	33	34
Sheriff Courts³:
Aberdeen	731	547	274	513	244	1	1	1	7	2
Airdrie	795	547	175	419	639	7	3	4	3	3
Alloa	91	912	638	-	1,461	2	1	1	-	1
Arbroath	91	426	324	42	304	1	3	3	1	3
Ayr	297	194	183	547	441	4	4	2	1	6
Banff	-	-	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-
Campbeltown	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Cupar	-	914	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Dingwall	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Dornoch	-	-	-	91	91	-	-	-	1	1
Dumbarton	913	912	-	91	91	4	1	-	2	1
Dumfries	426	-	487	487	-	3	-	3	3	-
Dundee	395	396	122	1,004	-	6	6	4	2	-
Dunfermline	426	319	-	90	548	3	2	-	1	3
Dunoon	-	-	-	731	-	-	-	-	1	-
Duns	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh	416	456	642	434	327	16	17	12	11	8
Elgin	263	-	299	76	-	3	-	3	2	-
Falkirk	136	81	563	-	502	4	3	6	-	4
Forfar	91	-	-	914	-	1	-	-	2	-
Glasgow	495	455	385	572	386	19	22	12	10	13
Greenock	-	912	60	609	-	-	1	1	2	-
Haddington	-	91	122	-	91	-	1	1	-	1
Hamilton	-	479	456	382	517	-	4	5	7	3
Inverness	152	493	547	319	324	3	5	1	2	3
Jedburgh	-	319	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Kilmarnock	416	294	237	457	-	6	3	5	2	-
Kirkcaldy	237	495	638	-	639	5	7	1	-	4
Kirkcudbright	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Lanark	60	181	912	81	-	1	1	1	3	-
Lerwick	-	-	547	-	60	-	-	1	-	1
Linlithgow	304	370	140	396	335	5	6	5	3	4
Lochmaddy	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Oban	91	-	-	1,096	472	1	-	-	1	4
Paisley	502	479	-	638	433	2	4	-	3	4
Perth	1,096	426	-	319	-	2	3	-	2	-
Peterhead	296	60	-	-	91	4	1	-	-	1
Selkirk	-	548	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Stirling	547	731	-	-	486	2	1	-	-	1
Stornoway	1,096	-	-	91	-	1	-	-	1	-
Stranraer	822	-	730	365	-	2	-	2	1	-
Tain	-	547	-	-	1,096	-	1	-	-	1
All courts	793	723	730	822	770	146	137	100	108	106

Main offence	Average Sentence Length (Days)					Number of Persons
Main offence	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002⁴
Other Crimes of Indecency
High Court	1,891	1,666	1,890	2,150	1,976	22	20	20	22	11
Sheriff Courts³:
Aberdeen	-	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Alloa	365	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Arbroath	-	45	-	91	-	-	2	-	1	-
Ayr	-	-	365	365	-	-	-	1	1	-
Dingwall	-	-	-	365	-	-	-	-	1	-
Dumfries	182	731	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Dundee	-	-	-	122	-	-	-	-	1	-
Edinburgh	228	-	274	-	1,096	2	-	2	-	1
Elgin	-	60	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Glasgow	-	182	-	639	502	-	1	-	2	2
Haddington	91	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Hamilton	-	-	365	-	365	-	-	1	-	1
Inverness	122	-	-	61	-	1	-	-	1	-
Jedburgh	365	456	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Kilmarnock	-	-	-	365	-	-	-	-	1	-
Kirkcaldy	547	639	60	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
Kirkcudbright	-	-	-	731	365	-	-	-	1	2
Lanark	-	-	152	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Oban	-	182	-	-	60	-	3	-	-	1
Paisley	-	-	-	-	61	-	-	-	-	1
Perth	91	-	182	-	882	1	-	1	-	1
Selkirk	-	-	365	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Stirling	-	-	365	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Tain	-	-	1,094	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
All courts	1,414	1,149	1,367	1,635	1,297	31	32	31	31	20

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes rape, attempted rape and indecent assault.

3. Includes a small number of persons sentenced in the district court.

4. Figures for 2002 may be underestimates due to late recording of disposals on SCRO.

Question reference: S2W-09816

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7347 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2004, how many people were on the sex offenders register in each of the last five years.

The numberof sex offenders recorded by the Scottish Criminal Record Office as being registeredwith Scottish Police Forces is available for the last four years, and isshown in the following table.

As at:	Number of Registrations
March 2001	1,480
March 2002	1,724
March 2003	1,926
March 2004	2,244

Question reference: S2W-09809

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people accused had more than one failure to appear warrant issued for the same charge in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S2W-09808

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many failure to appear warrants were issued in each of the last five years, broken down by sheriff court district.

The information requested is shown in the following table and does not include fines enquiry and initiating warrants.

Failure to Appear Warrants Issued in Each Sheriff Court

Court	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Aberdeen	2,455	2,984	2,685	3,295	3,020
Airdrie	1,149	998	1,240	1,512	1,483
Alloa	335	401	612	775	759
Arbroath	202	231	275	422	320
Ayr	1,041	1,320	1,149	1,291	1,453
Banff	90	145	110	89	99
Campbeltown	59	48	50	58	76
Cupar	149	277	296	274	244
Dingwall	88	97	106	106	130
Dornoch	16	30	31	23	28
Dumbarton	964	1,246	1,108	1,213	1,363
Dumfries	483	521	429	950	789
Dundee	1,585	2,172	2,499	2,881	3,218
Dunfermline	499	676	769	983	1,005
Dunoon	142	165	168	146	177
Duns	28	6	39	62	63
Edinburgh	5,166	5,521	6,038	5,742	5,029
Elgin	188	181	331	372	401
Falkirk	693	1,001	1,083	1,056	1,124
Forfar	130	158	192	256	269
Fort William	48	52	55	77	79
Glasgow	8,170	8,265	8,710	10,359	8,205
Greenock	951	977	945	1,174	1,239
Haddington	314	419	470	612	410
Hamilton	2,950	3,135	3,956	3,994	3,372
Inverness	565	633	748	669	675
Jedburgh	86	123	176	216	201
Kilmarnock	1,062	1,001	1,155	1,260	1,617
Kirkcaldy	1,058	1,324	1,627	2,154	2,422
Kirkcudbright	69	79	64	93	89
Kirkwall	17	26	12	10	14
Lanark	200	176	244	253	350
Lerwick	19	38	32	39	33
Linlithgow	1,020	1,669	1,931	1,658	1,230
Lochmaddy	8	10	9	5	5
Oban	48	55	61	48	90
Paisley	1,983	2,454	2,334	2,615	2,796
Peebles	33	33	48	63	32
Perth	572	610	672	725	1,042
Peterhead	230	246	357	401	229
Portree	4	5	7	16	11
Rothesay	20	37	57	50	101
Selkirk	66	152	171	233	180
Stirling	437	735	758	842	974
Stonehaven	85	123	141	143	95
Stornoway	27	45	34	39	27
Stranraer	180	218	215	197	226
Tain	146	146	173	206	96
Wick	27	33	15	17	27
Totals	35,857	40,997	44,387	49,674	46,917

Question reference: S2W-09896

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 August 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andrew Welsh on 27 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what percentage of products in the shop at Holyrood will be manufactured in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-09832

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have developed change and innovation plans and, of these plans, which have been (a) accepted and (b) referred back for revision and what the reasons were for such referrals

Eighteen NHS boards have developedchange and innovation Plans. Fifteen are Unified NHS boards and three arespecial boards (the State Hospital, National Services Scotland and the Scottish AmbulanceService).

All 2003-04 plans were acceptedwith only minor alterations being suggested or requested and none were sent backfor any significant revision.

All 2004-05 plans, other thanthat for the State Hospital, have been accepted. The State Hospital hasbeen asked to provide more detail in their change and innovation plan.

Question reference: S2W-09828

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new cases of sexually transmitted infections have been reported in each of the last five years in each NHS board area, broken down by disease.

The total number of laboratory reports of sexually transmitted infections in Scotland reported to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) from 1999 to 2003 by NHS board is as follows:

Genital Chlamydia	NHS Board	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Argyll and Clyde	283	375	524	832	1,014
	Ayrshire and Arran	290	275	356	814	888
	Borders	70	52	51	48	189
	Dumfries and Galloway	118	282	328	408	387
	Fife	1	512	524	858	1,002
	Forth Valley	328	355	442	373	596
	Grampian	731	1,164	1,236	1,348	1,429
	Greater Glasgow	1,353	1,691	2,406	2,295	3,113
	Highland	361	500	531	627	630
	Lanarkshire	254	401	731	895	888
	Lothian	1,297	1,207	2,433	2,744	2,974
	Orkney	2	10	41	45	55
	Shetland	6	8	24	33	41
	Tayside	596	822	953	1,069	1,192
	Western Isles	0	0	0	3	9
	Unspecified	0	0	56	0	0
	Total	5,690	7,654	10,636	12,392	14,407
Genital Herpes Simplex	NHS Board	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Argyll and Clyde	23	20	2	31	45
	Ayrshire and Arran	25	20	0	18	41
	Borders	5	5	3	18	22
	Dumfries and Galloway	10	15	0	17	28
	Fife	0	1	0	0	82
	Forth Valley	55	54	0	31	62
	Grampian	99	121	140	138	139
	Greater Glasgow	258	254	396	218	297
	Highland	65	64	100	77	92
	Lanarkshire	27	24	0	28	31
	Lothian	283	253	297	298	366
	Orkney	2	3	6	0	3
	Shetland	0	2	0	0	2
	Tayside	84	73	85	63	98
	Western Isles	1	1	2	3	2
	Unspecified	0	0	2	0	0
	Total	937	910	1,033	940	1,310
Gonorrhoea	NHS Board	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Argyll and Clyde	28	37	40	47	24
	Ayrshire and Arran	3	10	21	31	16
	Borders	0	0	0	7	1
	Dumfries and Galloway	28	42	21	13	27
	Fife	24	35	28	9	33
	Forth Valley	28	41	33	18	31
	Grampian	64	92	82	74	78
	Greater Glasgow	154	266	264	239	249
	Highland	24	33	43	34	13
	Lanarkshire	21	45	46	31	31
	Lothian	139	195	184	254	283
	Orkney	0	1	0	0	2
	Shetland	0	0	0	0	0
	Tayside	26	51	55	64	36
	Western Isles	0	0	0	0	1
	Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	539	848	817	821	825
Syphilis³	NHS Board	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Argyll and Clyde	n/a	0	1	3	3
	Ayrshire and Arran	n/a	0	0	1	0
	Borders	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Dumfries and Galloway	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Fife	n/a	0	3	1	0
	Forth Valley	n/a	0	1	0	0
	Grampian	n/a	0	0	0	6
	Greater Glasgow	n/a	4	8	24	39
	Highland	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Lanarkshire	n/a	0	0	0	4
	Lothian	n/a	0	0	14	15
	Orkney	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Shetland	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Tayside	n/a	0	0	0	2
	Western Isles	n/a	0	0	0	0
	Unspecified	n/a	0	0	0	2
	Total	n/a	4	13	43	71

Source: The Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health - August 2004.

Notes:

1. These data represent the total number of new laboratory confirmed diagnoses made for each organism on a yearly basis. It is not possible to extract data on new episodes of the same infection for any particular individual over the course of a year or over this five year period.

2. "NHS Board" refers to the board from which the patient was referred for testing.

3. Enhanced surveillance for infectious syphilis began in Scotland in late 2002, with data retrospectively collected to 2000. No data for Aberdeen GUM clinic were available for 2001 and 2002. There were also no data available from Edinburgh in 2001, although there were an estimated one to two cases.

It is against the background of the rise in sexually transmitted infections that the proposed National Sexual Health Strategy, which has been the subject of consultation, is being prepared. Other initiatives include Healthy Respect, the health demonstration project in Lothian, and the range of activities on sexual health carried out by NHS Health Scotland across its programme areas.

Question reference: S2W-09833

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been distributed through the Change and Innovation Fund in each of the last two years, broken down by NHS board and hospital.

The answer to the question askedis set out in the following table.

Information is not availablecentrally on how funding for change and innovation is distributed within NHS boardareas. Each board’s Change and Innovation Plan details the activity that they willundertake and, in some cases, this is identified by area.

NHS Board area	Total Funding for Change and Innovation in 2003-04	Total Funding for Change and Innovation in 2004-05
Argyll and Clyde	£2.153 million	£2.153 million
Ayrshire and Arran	£1.892 million	£1.892 million
Borders	£536,000	£536,000
Dumfries and Galloway	£783,000	£783,000
Fife	£1.631 million	£1.631 million
Forth Valley	£1.296 million	£1.296 million
Grampian	£2.292 million	£2.292 million
Greater Glasgow	£4.803 million	£4.803 million
Highland	£1.101 million	£1.101 million
Lanarkshire	£2.621 million	£2.621 million
Lothian	£3.444 million	£3.444 million
Orkney	£106,000	£106,000
Shetland	£127,000	£127,000
Tayside	£2,010 million	£2.010 million
Western Isles	£204,000	£204,000
National Services Scotland	£722,000	£722,000
Scottish Ambulance Service	£545,000	£545,000
The State Hospital	£106,000	£0
Total Funding	£26.372 million	£26.266 million

Question reference: S2W-09810

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of rape in each of the last 10 years had a previous conviction for the same offence in total and broken down into (a) police force area and (b) sheriff court district.

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