- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8971 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 June 2004, when the review of the current guidance for continuing care criteria in Management Executive Letter (1996) 22 will be concluded, when the results will be published and which personnel are conducting the review.
Answer
The review, which is currently being carried out by the Community Care Division is expected to be completed within the next few months. Revised guidance will then follow.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8994 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 June 2004, which NHS boards applied for approval for schemes to assist eligible patients with travel expenses in order to access primary NHS dental treatment and, of these, how many applications were successful in (a) 1999-00, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04 and how the availability of these schemes was publicised.
Answer
No NHS boards have applied to the Executive in the years indicated seeking approval to put in place arrangements to assist patients with travel expenses to access primary care NHS dental services.
NHS boards are aware that they can apply, under section 33 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, to put in place a range of measures to assist with access to NHS dental services.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital beds there are in each health board area per 1,000 head of population.
Answer
Information on average available staffed beds, rate per 1,000 population in each NHS board area for the year ending 31 March 2004 is shown in the table below.
NHSScotland - Average Available Staffed Beds, Rate Per 1,000 Population1,2; by Health Board Area: Year Ending 31 March 2004P
| Scotland | 5.9 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 6.5 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5.6 |
| Borders | 6.1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway3 | 5.6 |
| Fife | 5.0 |
| Forth Valley | 4.9 |
| Grampian3 | 6.0 |
| Greater Glasgow | 7.1 |
| Highland | 6.1 |
| Lanarkshire | 5.4 |
| Lothian | 5.4 |
| Orkney | 4.9 |
| Shetland | 4.6 |
| Tayside | 6.4 |
| Western Isles | 8.7 |
Source: ISD Scotland [FormISD(S)1].
PProvisional.
Notes:
1. Includes joint-user and contractual hospitals.
2. Crude rates per 1,000 mid-year population forecast at 30 June 2003. These figures should be considered with caution as they take no account of cross boundary flow, ie, beds will not necessarily serve only the local population.
3. Some information is estimated.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the revised business case for the Borders railway and when it will be published.
Answer
The Scottish Executive received the revised and final outline business case for the Borders railway on 9 June 2004. The business case is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/com-wav-bill/docs/wr04-bc-00.htm.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure per mile was on roads maintenance in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-7615 on 4 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes of indecency were reported in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area and, of these, how many were successfully prosecuted in each year.
Answer
Information on crimes reported to (as opposed to recorded by) the police is not available centrally. Information on crimes of indecency 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, 20798, 27678 and 33018).
The available information on persons with a charge proved in court where a crime of indecency was the main offence is given in the following 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, while 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 with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for a Crime of Indecency1, 1998-2002
| Police Force Area | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 20023 |
| Central | 24 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 18 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 11 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 5 |
| Fife | 37 | 57 | 32 | 41 | 44 |
| Grampian | 99 | 66 | 38 | 41 | 42 |
| Lothian and Borders | 99 | 129 | 85 | 94 | 80 |
| Northern | 21 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 33 |
| Strathclyde | 637 | 548 | 385 | 306 | 289 |
| Tayside | 47 | 55 | 46 | 52 | 49 |
| Scotland2 | 975 | 910 | 658 | 617 | 560 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes a small number of cases where force area is not known.
3. Figures may be underestimates due to recording delays.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8361 by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2004, how many of the recorded rape cases were prosecuted in each police force area and, of these, in how many cases the outcome was (a) a successful prosecution, (b) not proven and (c) not guilty, in (i) 1999-00, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02, (iv) 2002-03 and when similar figures for 2003-04 will be available.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. It is planned to publish summary statistics for calendar year 2003 in November 2004. 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 with a Charge of Rape1 Proved in Scottish Courts, by the Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2002-03
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-023 | 2002-033,4 |
| Charge proved: | |
| Central | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Fife | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Grampian | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lothian and Borders | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| Northern | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Strathclyde | 8 | 11 | 18 | 13 |
| Tayside | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Scotland | 27 | 28 | 43 | 34 |
| Charge found not proven: | |
| Central | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grampian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lothian and Borders | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathclyde | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Tayside | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Other charge found not guilty2 : | |
| Central | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fife | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Grampian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lothian and Borders | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Strathclyde | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Tayside | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Scotland | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes acquittal not guilty, plea not guilty accepted and case deserted simpliciter.
3. Figures may be underestimates due to recording delays.
4. Provisional data.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8940 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of drug offences that were (a) solved by the police, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted in (i) 1999-00, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02, (iv) 2002-03 and (v) 2003-04.
Answer
The available information on drug offences which were recorded by the police and on persons proceeded against for drug offences is given in the following tables. 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.
Drugs Offences Cleared up by the Police, 1999-2000 to 2003-04P
| Type of Offence | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04P |
| Illegal importation of drugs | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs | 106 | 131 | 139 | 196 | 251 |
| Supply, possession with intent to supply etc. of drugs | 7,977 | 8,999 | 10,080 | 9,772 | 9,178 |
| Possession of drugs | 21,693 | 22,525 | 26,125 | 30,319 | 32,259 |
| Drugs, money laundering related offences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs, other offences | 450 | 457 | 282 | 272 | 274 |
| Total | 30,234 | 32,113 | 36,630 | 40,562 | 41,964 |
Note:
Data for 2003-2004 are provisional.
Persons Proceeded Against for Drug Offences1, 1999-2000 to 2002-03
| Type of Offence | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-022 | 2002-032,3 |
| Total proceeded against: | |
| Illegal importation of drugs | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs | 93 | 59 | 55 | 59 |
| Supply, possession with intent to supply etc. of drugs | 2,003 | 1,730 | 1,768 | 1,559 |
| Possession of drugs | 5,259 | 4,549 | 5,091 | 4,548 |
| Drugs, money laundering related offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs, other offences | 11 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Total | 7,366 | 6,349 | 6,927 | 6,187 |
| Charge proved: | |
| Illegal importation of drugs | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs | 77 | 49 | 45 | 52 |
| Supply, possession with intent to supply etc. of drugs | 1,433 | 1,268 | 1,292 | 1,334 |
| Possession of drugs | 4,636 | 3,946 | 4,540 | 4,308 |
| Drugs, money laundering related offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs, other offences | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Total | 6,154 | 5,273 | 5,888 | 5,714 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence
2. Recording delays mean that cases where the charge was not proved may be under-stated in the totals for persons proceeded against.
3. Provisional data.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting period was for summary cases in each sheriff court district in each of the last five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-8941 on 23 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under 16 were held in adult prisons in each of the last three years and for how long they were held.
Answer
The figures for sentenced young people under 16 are as follows:
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 |
In each case, the individuals were held in Scottish Prison Service premises for only a few days while awaiting a place in secure accommodation.
Over the same time period, the number of under 16-year-olds remanded on Unruly certificates and the time spent in custody is in the following table:
| Time in Custody | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 (Prov) |
| 7 days and under | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 days and under | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 30 days and under | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 60 days and under | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 18 | 18 |
In most cases those detained were held in Young Offenders Institutions, all of those who were placed in adult prisons remained there for a few days only.
