- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled parking bays are enforceable, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many traffic regulation orders for disabled parking bays have been promoted by local authorities since 1999.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue existing funding streams beyond March 2008 to help support women experiencing domestic abuse.
Answer
Until the currentSpending Review is complete the Scottish government will not be in a position tomake any announcements about funding, including the possible extension of existingfunding streams. However, we will make a decision about the future of the fundingas soon as possible after the Spending Review outcomes are known.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29 by John Swinney on 30 May 2007, what travel, accommodation and subsistence allowances have been claimed by each special adviser since appointment.
Answer
The expenditure recordedin table A shows the total expenses incurred by special advisers since their appointmentin May. It includes accommodation and meals, travel expenses and personal incidentalexpenses. The expenditure was either incurred by the adviser and claimed back throughthe Scottish Government Travel & Subsistence system, booked through the officialtravel agency or paid directly to suppliers via the travel & subsistence chargecard.
Special Adviser expensesare incurred in the course of carrying out official business on behalf of the ScottishGovernment.
Table A
| | Accommodation | Air | Rail Travel | Taxi | Incidental |
| Special Advisers | £471 | £2,221 | £1,334 | £847 | £10 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will continue and develop the media campaign to challenge attitudes to domestic abuse.
Answer
The 2007-08 campaignwill commence on Boxing Day with the main aim of highlighting the unacceptabilityof domestic abuse in our society. This year’s focus will highlight the effects thatdomestic abuse has on children and young people. As in previous years the targetaudience will be women experiencing domestic abuse with the recognition that thecampaign will seek to influence the wider Scottish public.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will improve and develop services for women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis committed to addressing all forms of violence against women, including servicesfor women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
To assist in that process the Scottish Government is inthe process of developing a National Violence Against Women Strategy and actionplan for broader work on violence against women.
Furthermore, the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Groupfor Children and Young People is also working on a plan for addressing issues forchildren and young people affected by domestic abuse.
The Scottish Government will continue to work with keystakeholders on the National Group to Address Violence Against Women and the NationalDomestic Abuse Delivery Group for Children and Young People to ensure that effectiveprotection and support is available to those affected.
The exact detailsof how these services will be developed, beyond March 2008, will be made in an announcementfollowing the outcome of the spending review.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for (a) warrant sales, (b) reporting of poindings and (c) reports of sales were disposed of in the sheriff courts in each year since 2002.
Answer
The information requestedfor 2002 is given in table 5.2 of
Civil Judicial Statistics 2002, which canbe found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18897/33079.The Debt Arrangementand Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 replaced poindings and warrant saleswith the new diligence of attachment on 30 December 2002.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what recommendations for reform of civil judicial statistics have emerged following the review of civil judicial statistics and when these will be implemented.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis reviewing the scope, quality and presentation of statistics on the civil justicesystem, and will make and implement recommendations for change to ensure that accurate,relevant and timely statistics are collected in a consistent way across Scotland, are published in an appropriate format and are usedwith confidence.
As part of this review,research has recently been carried out with users of civil judicial statistics,to identify their data requirements and suggestions for a revised Civil JudicialStatistics publication. The report setting out the findings from this researchwas published on 5 October in Research with Users of Civil Judicial Statistics,and can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/04094856/0.In addition to this,it is believed that some of the data contained within the Civil Judicial Statisticspublication contain significant inaccuracies and as a result the publication hasbeen suspended whilst these inaccuracies are investigated. The latest availablepublication contains data for 2002.
The Scottish Court Service, the main provider of the data concerned, isworking with Justice Analytical Services to improve the accuracy and level of detailof the civil judicial statistics it collects. This work includes changes to theconfiguration and use of electronic systems for case management and data capturethroughout the civil courts, which will be in place by April 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for extensions of time to pay debts were made in the sheriff courts in each year since 2002, broken down by type of order.
Answer
The information requestedfor 2002 is given in table 5.1 of
Civil Judicial Statistics 2002, which canbe found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18897/33079.The number of applicationsfor extension of time to pay debts made, by type of order, in the sheriff courts,2003 to 2006, is provided in the following table.
| Nature of application | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Time to pay order (non summary cause) | 160 | 113 | 194 | 165 |
| Time to pay order (summary cause) | 174 | 151 | 270 | 148 |
Notes:
1. The data are managementinformation statistics which have not been subjected to the same quality assurancestandards as statistics produced by the Government Statistical Service. In addition,there are general concerns surrounding the accuracy of some of the civil judicialstatistics collected by the Scottish Government. Therefore, the data should be usedwith caution and it should be appreciated that firm conclusions cannot be drawnfrom the data provided.
2. Action is beingtaken to improve the accuracy and reliability of the civil judicial statistics collectedby the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many diligences were executed, including summary warrant, in each year since 2002.
Answer
The information requestedfor 2002 is given in tables 5.4 and 5.5 of
Civil Judicial Statistics 2002,which can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18897/33079.Information on diligencesexecuted, including summary warrant procedures, 2003 to 2006, is provided in thefollowing table. Implementation of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 resulted in changes being made to the datacollected on diligence from 2003 onwards.
| Diligence Executed1 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Summary Warrant |
| Council Tax | | | | |
| Attachments executed | 1,191 | 1,401 | 1,113 | 1,658 |
| Reports of attachments2,3 | - | 1,836 | 1,425 | 1,344 |
| Auction completed following attachment3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Exceptional attachments (EA) executed | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Auction completed following EA3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnings arrestments executed | 104,270 | 110,760 | 116,449 | 123,601 |
| Non-earnings arrestments executed | 130,436 | 155,481 | 162,762 | 226,037 |
| Community Charge | | | | |
| Attachments executed | 67 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Reports of attachments2,3 | - | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Auction completed following attachment3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Exceptional attachments (EA) executed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auction completed following EA3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnings arrestments executed | 4,180 | 2,617 | 952 | 1,686 |
| Non-earnings arrestments executed | 7,758 | 4,301 | 3,958 | 2,777 |
| Other Summary Warrant | | | | |
| Attachments executed | 2,037 | 2,044 | 1,221 | 1,964 |
| Reports of attachments2,3 | - | 1,521 | 991 | 1,001 |
| Auction completed following attachment3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
| Exceptional attachments (EA) executed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Auction completed following EA3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnings arrestments executed | 2,084 | 838 | 570 | 455 |
| Non-earnings arrestments executed | 12,327 | 9,369 | 8,787 | 11,679 |
| Non-Summary Warrant |
| Attachments executed | 2,741 | 3,345 | 4,234 | 4,547 |
| Reports of attachments2,3,4 | - | 2,913 | 2,037 | 3,350 |
| Auction completed following attachment3 | 170 | 178 | 204 | 187 |
| Exceptional attachments (EA) executed | 0 | 63 | 27 | 46 |
| Auction completed following EA3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnings arrestments executed | 10,627 | 11,057 | 11,295 | 9,289 |
| Current maintenance arrestments executed | 5,978 | 8,037 | 11,117 | 6,035 |
| Non-earnings arrestments (excluding admiralty) | | | | |
| Executed on the dependence | 572 | 492 | 732 | 507 |
| Executed in execution | 4,429 | 4,725 | 4,247 | 5,153 |
| Admiralty arrestments | | | | |
| Executed on the dependence | 12 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Executed in execution | 42 | 2 | 3 | 244 |
| Inhibitions | | | | |
| Executed on the dependence | 1,358 | 1,804 | 2,103 | 2,106 |
| Executed in execution | 2,232 | 2,829 | 3,318 | 5,700 |
| Other | | | | |
| Sequestrations for rent executed | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Decrees for maills and duties executed | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
1. This is not anexhaustive list of all diligences available, it includes only those for which the Scottish Government collects data.
2. Information isnot available for 2003.
3. Reports of attachmentsand auctions completed following attachment have been included here for completeness.
4. Information isnot available for quarters 3 and 4 of 2005.
5. The data have beenprovided by sheriff officers and Messengers-at-Arms and have not been subjectedto the same quality assurance standards as statistics produced by the GovernmentStatistical Service. The data are incomplete as not all data returns are completedand returned to the Scottish Government. In addition, there are general concernssurrounding the accuracy of some of the civil judicial statistics collected by the Scottish Government. Therefore, the data should be used with caution and it shouldbe appreciated that firm conclusions cannot be drawn from the data provided.
6. Action is beingtaken to improve the accuracy and reliability of the civil judicial statistics collectedby the Scottish Government.
