- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of cleaners to beds was in the NHS in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on the ratio ofcleaners to beds in the NHS is not centrally available.
- 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 Tavish Scott on 26 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any external finance limits were overshot by public bodies within its responsibility in the last financial year and, if so, by which bodies and what action was taken in response.
Answer
External Finance Limits (EFL) apply to cash accounting and as the Scottish Executive has operated on a resource accounting system since 2002-03 they no longer apply.
I am pleased to report that all of the non-departmental public bodies spent within their agreed final budgets. There are however, four health boards who are expected1 to exceed their Revenue Resource Limit:
NHS Argyll and Clyde
NHS Grampian
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Western Isles
NHS boards are clear that any such overspends are carried forward to the next year, and that we expect plans to eliminate them to be in place.
The audited annual accounts for NHS boards are not yet available and the number of boards with deficits may change.
- 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: 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: 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, 30 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for carrying knives in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on persons chargedby the police is not held centrally. The information available on persons proceededagainst in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship betweensheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts deal with offendersfrom more than one local authority area.
Persons Proceeded Against inScottish Courts for Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point1,by Court, 1998-2002
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 20023 |
| Sheriff courts: | |
| Aberdeen | 26 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 31 |
| Airdrie | 15 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 33 |
| Alloa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Arbroath | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Ayr | 22 | 23 | 34 | 26 | 25 |
| Banff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Campbeltown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Cupar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dornoch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 49 | 50 | 43 | 64 | 35 |
| Dumfries | 7 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Dundee | 47 | 45 | 38 | 47 | 49 |
| Dunfermline | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Dunoon | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Duns | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 125 | 109 | 94 | 99 | 119 |
| Elgin | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 15 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 |
| Forfar | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Fort William | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Glasgow | 430 | 513 | 546 | 686 | 511 |
| Greenock | 42 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 76 |
| Haddington | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| Hamilton | 77 | 113 | 147 | 135 | 126 |
| Inverness | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Jedburgh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Kilmarnock | 73 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 61 |
| Kirkcaldy | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 |
| Kirkcudbright | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Kirkwall | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lanark | 8 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
| Lerwick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Linlithgow | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 27 |
| Lochmaddy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oban | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Paisley | 112 | 93 | 100 | 103 | 76 |
| Peebles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perth | 12 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 15 |
| Peterhead | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Rothesay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Selkirk | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Stirling | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Stonehaven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stornoway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Stranraer | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tain | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Wick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sub-total | 1,183 | 1,268 | 1,346 | 1,567 | 1,381 |
| District and stipendiary magistrates courts: | |
| Aberdeen City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Fife | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Highland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 17 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 15 |
| All courts2 | 1,201 | 1,291 | 1,364 | 1,593 | 1,396 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes persons proceededagainst in the High Court and where court type not known.
3. Recording delays mean thatcases where the charges were not proved may be under-stated in the totals for personsproceeded against.
Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point1,by Court, 1998-2002
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Sheriff courts: | |
| Aberdeen | 25 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 29 |
| Airdrie | 13 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 27 |
| Alloa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Arbroath | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Ayr | 16 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 23 |
| Banff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Campbeltown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cupar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dornoch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 39 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 30 |
| Dumfries | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Dundee | 32 | 36 | 33 | 38 | 42 |
| Dunfermline | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Dunoon | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Duns | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Edinburgh | 120 | 96 | 86 | 88 | 106 |
| Elgin | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Falkirk | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 |
| Forfar | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Fort William | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Glasgow | 323 | 396 | 433 | 529 | 469 |
| Greenock | 39 | 37 | 52 | 43 | 73 |
| Haddington | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| Hamilton | 63 | 88 | 119 | 108 | 108 |
| Inverness | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Jedburgh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Kilmarnock | 63 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 60 |
| Kirkcaldy | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 21 |
| Kirkcudbright | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Kirkwall | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lanark | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
| Lerwick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Linlithgow | 16 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 25 |
| Lochmaddy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oban | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Paisley | 92 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 65 |
| Peebles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perth | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Peterhead | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Rothesay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Selkirk | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Stirling | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Stonehaven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stornoway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Stranraer | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Tain | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Wick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sub-total | 962 | 992 | 1,087 | 1,247 | 1,241 |
| District and stipendiary magistrates courts: | |
| Aberdeen City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Fife | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Highland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 13 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 15 |
| All courts2 | 976 | 1,008 | 1,101 | 1,270 | 1,256 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes persons proceededagainst in the High Court and where court type not known.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for driving without insurance in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. The information available on offences proceeded against in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship between sheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts deal with offenders from more than one local authority area.
Offences of Driving Without Insurance Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts, by Court, 1998-2002
| Court | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 3 |
| Sheriff courts: | |
| Aberdeen | 1,088 | 1,102 | 887 | 1,129 | 1,486 |
| Airdrie | 407 | 539 | 496 | 535 | 551 |
| Alloa | 102 | 111 | 118 | 157 | 212 |
| Arbroath | 271 | 171 | 217 | 229 | 299 |
| Ayr | 478 | 411 | 517 | 466 | 588 |
| Banff | 96 | 162 | 96 | 148 | 175 |
| Campbeltown | 22 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 29 |
| Cupar | 167 | 156 | 169 | 163 | 186 |
| Dingwall | 86 | 83 | 50 | 69 | 93 |
| Dornoch | 27 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| Dumbarton | 415 | 399 | 447 | 383 | 362 |
| Dumfries | 398 | 492 | 481 | 442 | 525 |
| Dundee | 775 | 732 | 753 | 792 | 1,116 |
| Dunfermline | 436 | 390 | 466 | 594 | 729 |
| Dunoon | 73 | 59 | 53 | 53 | 62 |
| Duns | 33 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 44 |
| Edinburgh | 2,066 | 1,801 | 1,962 | 1,861 | 2,291 |
| Elgin | 283 | 279 | 201 | 318 | 316 |
| Falkirk | 400 | 438 | 466 | 608 | 736 |
| Forfar | 139 | 133 | 137 | 154 | 200 |
| Fort William | 47 | 49 | 20 | 53 | 65 |
| Glasgow | 2,099 | 1,592 | 1,287 | 1,269 | 1,272 |
| Greenock | 271 | 265 | 269 | 220 | 250 |
| Haddington | 178 | 164 | 157 | 179 | 248 |
| Hamilton | 1,202 | 1,206 | 1,329 | 1,450 | 1,541 |
| Inverness | 220 | 243 | 135 | 300 | 342 |
| Jedburgh | 61 | 77 | 94 | 95 | 105 |
| Kilmarnock | 586 | 575 | 545 | 657 | 610 |
| Kirkcaldy | 596 | 530 | 611 | 755 | 879 |
| Kirkcudbright | 72 | 83 | 68 | 39 | 76 |
| Kirkwall | 29 | 45 | 11 | 29 | 49 |
| Lanark | 144 | 191 | 194 | 250 | 261 |
| Lerwick | 27 | 36 | 28 | 37 | 43 |
| Linlithgow | 478 | 492 | 632 | 729 | 981 |
| Lochmaddy | 16 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 10 |
| Oban | 44 | 64 | 47 | 35 | 50 |
| Paisley | 642 | 615 | 608 | 535 | 598 |
| Peebles | 28 | 15 | 10 | 35 | 33 |
| Perth | 412 | 361 | 395 | 515 | 668 |
| Peterhead | 205 | 127 | 142 | 162 | 198 |
| Portree | 17 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 24 |
| Rothesay | 3 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 14 |
| Selkirk | 78 | 75 | 41 | 69 | 88 |
| Stirling | 236 | 272 | 260 | 327 | 417 |
| Stonehaven | 158 | 167 | 101 | 160 | 163 |
| Stornoway | 43 | 53 | 25 | 37 | 46 |
| Stranraer | 157 | 148 | 125 | 182 | 176 |
| Tain | 94 | 67 | 19 | 81 | 120 |
| Wick | 48 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 54 |
| Sub-total | 15,953 | 15,122 | 15,6102 | 16,473 | 19,410 |
| District and stipendiary magistrate courts: | |
| Aberdeen City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angus | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Falkirk | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fife | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Glasgow City | 1,050 | 1,051 | 885 | 1,504 | 1,590 |
| Highland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Inverclyde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Perth and Kinross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stirling | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 1,078 | 1,085 | 902 | 1,521 | 1,602 |
| All courts1 | 17,096 | 16,251 | 16,570 | 18,026 | 21,030 |
Notes:
1. Includes offences proceededagainst in the High Court and where court type not known.
2. Includes 803 offences wherecourt location not known.
3. Recording delays mean thatoffences which were not proved may be under-stated in the totals for offences proceededagainst.
Offences of Driving WithoutInsurance with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts, by Court, 1998-2002
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Sheriff Courts: | |
| Aberdeen | 994 | 970 | 778 | 1,021 | 1,343 |
| Airdrie | 346 | 472 | 422 | 468 | 491 |
| Alloa | 89 | 91 | 110 | 137 | 194 |
| Arbroath | 229 | 158 | 195 | 201 | 262 |
| Ayr | 448 | 373 | 472 | 424 | 531 |
| Banff | 90 | 157 | 89 | 141 | 173 |
| Campbeltown | 21 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| Cupar | 155 | 144 | 152 | 144 | 161 |
| Dingwall | 74 | 68 | 42 | 65 | 83 |
| Dornoch | 19 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 24 |
| Dumbarton | 356 | 332 | 383 | 326 | 316 |
| Dumfries | 330 | 410 | 387 | 349 | 443 |
| Dundee | 687 | 640 | 666 | 701 | 950 |
| Dunfermline | 384 | 359 | 416 | 535 | 622 |
| Dunoon | 68 | 56 | 49 | 45 | 56 |
| Duns | 31 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 39 |
| Edinburgh | 1,917 | 1,647 | 1,779 | 1,744 | 2,038 |
| Elgin | 263 | 239 | 172 | 278 | 276 |
| Falkirk | 373 | 409 | 430 | 560 | 660 |
| Forfar | 135 | 121 | 128 | 131 | 174 |
| Fort William | 43 | 47 | 13 | 50 | 61 |
| Glasgow | 1,911 | 1,440 | 1,153 | 1,166 | 1,199 |
| Greenock | 248 | 242 | 254 | 209 | 238 |
| Haddington | 161 | 147 | 142 | 168 | 223 |
| Hamilton | 1,069 | 1,063 | 1,188 | 1,297 | 1,379 |
| Inverness | 195 | 209 | 116 | 269 | 292 |
| Jedburgh | 58 | 70 | 90 | 85 | 96 |
| Kilmarnock | 555 | 538 | 508 | 604 | 550 |
| Kirkcaldy | 555 | 495 | 559 | 677 | 798 |
| Kirkcudbright | 57 | 70 | 51 | 33 | 59 |
| Kirkwall | 27 | 42 | 9 | 29 | 48 |
| Lanark | 118 | 168 | 171 | 201 | 191 |
| Lerwick | 25 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 36 |
| Linlithgow | 439 | 464 | 520 | 668 | 842 |
| Lochmaddy | 13 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
| Oban | 39 | 58 | 43 | 32 | 50 |
| Paisley | 605 | 544 | 545 | 490 | 551 |
| Peebles | 26 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 31 |
| Perth | 357 | 309 | 327 | 441 | 538 |
| Peterhead | 186 | 117 | 126 | 145 | 171 |
| Portree | 15 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 23 |
| Rothesay | 2 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 13 |
| Selkirk | 72 | 71 | 41 | 65 | 79 |
| Stirling | 210 | 245 | 237 | 279 | 385 |
| Stonehaven | 155 | 159 | 93 | 155 | 146 |
| Stornoway | 40 | 44 | 19 | 33 | 40 |
| Stranraer | 130 | 107 | 103 | 146 | 146 |
| Tain | 84 | 60 | 18 | 72 | 101 |
| Wick | 46 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 47 |
| Sub-total | 14,450 | 13,535 | 13,8532 | 14,808 | 17,204 |
| District and stipendiary magistrate courts: | |
| Aberdeen City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Falkirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fife | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Glasgow City | 933 | 903 | 769 | 1,368 | 1,477 |
| Highland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Inverclyde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stirling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 959 | 926 | 781 | 1,382 | 1,488 |
| All courts1 | 15,412 | 14,461 | 14,645 | 16,198 | 18,701 |
Notes:
1. Includes offences proceeded against in the High Court and where court type not known.
2. Includes 694 offences where court location not known.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers were (a) charged, (b) proceeded against and (c) had a charge proved for driving while disqualified in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. The information available on offences proceeded against in court is given in the tables. There is no simple relationship between sheriff court and local authority areas as some sheriff courts deal with offenders from more than one local authority area.
Offences of Driving while Disqualified Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts, by Court, 1998-2002
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 20023 |
| Sheriff courts: | | | | | |
| Aberdeen | 231 | 259 | 273 | 283 | 278 |
| Airdrie | 84 | 97 | 88 | 93 | 105 |
| Alloa | 17 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 34 |
| Arbroath | 77 | 34 | 23 | 37 | 50 |
| Ayr | 84 | 68 | 94 | 87 | 102 |
| Banff | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 21 |
| Campbeltown | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cupar | 21 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 22 |
| Dingwall | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| Dornoch | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Dumbarton | 74 | 76 | 70 | 95 | 54 |
| Dumfries | 72 | 66 | 101 | 100 | 86 |
| Dundee | 186 | 174 | 176 | 200 | 262 |
| Dunfermline | 95 | 90 | 106 | 122 | 147 |
| Dunoon | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Duns | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 436 | 427 | 461 | 428 | 566 |
| Elgin | 44 | 62 | 75 | 62 | 71 |
| Falkirk | 97 | 83 | 86 | 101 | 131 |
| Forfar | 21 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 36 |
| Fort William | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| Glasgow | 771 | 712 | 699 | 648 | 613 |
| Greenock | 62 | 49 | 31 | 39 | 39 |
| Haddington | 26 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 46 |
| Hamilton | 216 | 208 | 282 | 214 | 275 |
| Inverness | 30 | 29 | 50 | 56 | 64 |
| Jedburgh | 16 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 21 |
| Kilmarnock | 150 | 143 | 142 | 145 | 156 |
| Kirkcaldy | 116 | 94 | 137 | 152 | 154 |
| Kirkcudbright | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Kirkwall | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Lanark | 29 | 31 | 34 | 45 | 43 |
| Lerwick | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 85 | 93 | 90 | 149 | 144 |
| Lochmaddy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Oban | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Paisley | 198 | 191 | 146 | 138 | 176 |
| Peebles | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Perth | 58 | 67 | 63 | 87 | 101 |
| Peterhead | 27 | 32 | 49 | 36 | 39 |
| Portree | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rothesay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Selkirk | 14 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Stirling | 48 | 59 | 48 | 59 | 84 |
| Stonehaven | 15 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 31 |
| Stornoway | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Stranraer | 31 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 30 |
| Tain | 17 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| Wick | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Sub-total | 3,543 | 3,461 | 3,6192 | 3,686 | 4,099 |
| District and stipendiary magistrates courts: | |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Lothian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| All courts1 | 3,554 | 3,464 | 3,624 | 3,691 | 4,136 |
Notes:
1. Includes offences proceeded against in the High Court and where court type not known.
2. Includes seven offences where court location not known.
3. Recording delays mean that offences which were not proved may be under-stated in the totals for offences proceeded against.
Offences of Driving while Disqualified with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts, by Court, 1998-2002
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Sheriff courts: | |
| Aberdeen | 218 | 232 | 247 | 264 | 259 |
| Airdrie | 76 | 89 | 74 | 79 | 91 |
| Alloa | 17 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 33 |
| Arbroath | 62 | 32 | 21 | 35 | 42 |
| Ayr | 80 | 65 | 89 | 78 | 98 |
| Banff | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 21 |
| Campbeltown | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cupar | 20 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 20 |
| Dingwall | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| Dornoch | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Dumbarton | 67 | 69 | 66 | 84 | 48 |
| Dumfries | 67 | 61 | 93 | 90 | 79 |
| Dundee | 166 | 149 | 149 | 180 | 227 |
| Dunfermline | 89 | 85 | 103 | 115 | 131 |
| Dunoon | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Duns | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Edinburgh | 416 | 412 | 450 | 408 | 499 |
| Elgin | 42 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 66 |
| Falkirk | 84 | 79 | 79 | 95 | 118 |
| Forfar | 21 | 23 | 19 | 30 | 34 |
| Fort William | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| Glasgow | 719 | 659 | 629 | 595 | 581 |
| Greenock | 59 | 47 | 29 | 34 | 38 |
| Haddington | 25 | 28 | 34 | 41 | 46 |
| Hamilton | 197 | 189 | 257 | 197 | 263 |
| Inverness | 27 | 26 | 40 | 51 | 53 |
| Jedburgh | 16 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 20 |
| Kilmarnock | 142 | 139 | 137 | 138 | 139 |
| Kirkcaldy | 103 | 89 | 120 | 141 | 144 |
| Kirkcudbright | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Kirkwall | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lanark | 26 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 41 |
| Lerwick | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 84 | 93 | 87 | 139 | 136 |
| Lochmaddy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Oban | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Paisley | 186 | 167 | 129 | 128 | 170 |
| Peebles | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Perth | 47 | 60 | 55 | 76 | 85 |
| Peterhead | 23 | 30 | 42 | 33 | 33 |
| Portree | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rothesay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Selkirk | 14 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Stirling | 43 | 57 | 46 | 56 | 80 |
| Stonehaven | 15 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 29 |
| Stornoway | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Stranraer | 30 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 28 |
| Tain | 17 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 |
| Wick | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Sub-total | 3,287 | 3,203 | 3,2982 | 3,414 | 3,765 |
| District and stipendiary magistrates courts: | |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Lothian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| All courts1 | 3,297 | 3,205 | 3,303 | 3,419 | 3,802 |
Notes:
1. Includes offences proceeded against in the High Court and where court type not known.
2. Includes seven offences where court location not known.
