Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-00922

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) capital cost and (b) annual operational cost (i) in total and (ii) per place will be of the 29 additional secure accommodation places referred to in its news release SEed228/2003 of 24 March 2003.

The capital costs will be around £45 million, which will cover both the development costs of the additional 29 places and the modernisation of 78 places. Current average weekly costs are around £3,000 for each child. Secure schools are responsible for managing their operational costs and setting their costs per place. The Executive has asked them to look to minimise their weekly costs while delivering a high level of care and education for the young people in their care.

Question reference: S2W-01081

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of fraud have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following table.Crimes Recorded by the Police of Fraud, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	18,608	21,188	17,410	16,627
Aberdeen City	3,088	2,491	2,131	1,398
Aberdeenshire	514	678	556	420
Angus	165	226	109	145
Argyll and Bute	113	146	184	109
Clackmannanshire	51	84	81	156
Dumfries and Galloway	476	307	423	491
Dundee City	559	511	337	367
East Ayrshire	371	371	258	269
East Dunbartonshire	132	122	76	121
East Lothian	260	383	261	157
East Renfrewshire	91	112	98	45
Edinburgh, City of	2,613	3,885	3,314	3,170
Eilean Siar	15	6	8	10
Falkirk	352	360	400	645
Fife	1,121	1,781	1,264	1,240
Glasgow City	2,498	2,437	2,133	1,951
Highland	681	928	632	981
Inverclyde	458	293	233	165
Midlothian	143	382	314	237
Moray	204	267	328	195
North Ayrshire	362	393	432	271
North Lanarkshire	768	771	606	532
Orkney Islands	12	32	46	31
Perth and Kinross	217	183	165	210
Renfrewshire	633	607	515	334
Scottish Borders	299	763	318	428
Shetland Islands	37	28	24	59
South Ayrshire	429	508	360	272
South Lanarkshire	841	529	473	509
Stirling	227	200	327	359
West Dunbartonshire	330	285	291	260
West Lothian	548	1,119	713	1,090

Question reference: S2W-01082

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of (a) forgery, (b) reset and (c) embe''lement have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Forgery", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,116	3,643	2,263	1,789
Aberdeen City	92	44	67	55
Aberdeenshire	46	70	43	24
Angus	55	67	30	59
Argyll and Bute	10	16	12	11
Clackmannanshire	30	30	22	23
Dumfries and Galloway	29	35	29	28
Dundee City	216	255	88	104
East Ayrshire	23	22	14	15
East Dunbartonshire	11	5	5	3
East Lothian	86	66	42	129
East Renfrewshire	8	8	7	6
Edinburgh, City of	1,816	1,805	694	453
Eilean Siar	19	0	2	3
Falkirk	158	73	136	94
Fife	67	75	112	65
Glasgow City	171	144	180	162
Highland	77	97	37	103
Inverclyde	3	9	7	8
Midlothian	136	103	88	64
Moray	16	12	5	8
North Ayrshire	17	33	10	9
North Lanarkshire	52	70	61	44
Orkney Islands	1	9	4	2
Perth and Kinross	78	114	57	40
Renfrewshire	13	15	26	22
Scottish Borders	305	106	190	47
Shetland Islands	1	7	3	6
South Ayrshire	24	14	11	7
South Lanarkshire	60	36	28	37
Stirling	131	55	75	53
West Dunbartonshire	20	16	107	12
West Lothian	345	232	71	93

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Reset", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,370	1,812	1,776	1,672
Aberdeen City	220	172	199	220
Aberdeenshire	62	43	43	29
Angus	15	10	6	7
Argyll and Bute	25	16	12	12
Clackmannanshire	14	12	24	11
Dumfries and Galloway	32	45	51	34
Dundee City	80	44	31	54
East Ayrshire	56	32	30	31
East Dunbartonshire	8	16	10	9
East Lothian	21	17	11	18
East Renfrewshire	22	24	6	7
Edinburgh, City of	399	336	415	320
Eilean Siar	0	2	1	7
Falkirk	34	31	38	47
Fife	90	105	97	97
Glasgow City	450	325	244	229
Highland	96	101	110	74
Inverclyde	60	37	19	28
Midlothian	28	22	26	38
Moray	58	42	44	33
North Ayrshire	70	51	31	32
North Lanarkshire	107	77	62	70
Orkney Islands	2	7	2	2
Perth and Kinross	15	15	10	17
Renfrewshire	85	36	57	33
Scottish Borders	22	20	27	36
Shetland Islands	6	8	8	2
South Ayrshire	43	36	23	21
South Lanarkshire	120	50	36	45
Stirling	34	20	30	21
West Dunbartonshire	33	30	26	36
West Lothian	63	30	47	52

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Embezzlement", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	948	753	977	736
Aberdeen City	37	30	25	26
Aberdeenshire	9	13	8	6
Angus	1	3	4	2
Argyll and Bute	2	4	3	5
Clackmannanshire	0	2	5	2
Dumfries and Galloway	19	9	3	227
Dundee City	6	11	5	17
East Ayrshire	9	9	6	9
East Dunbartonshire	6	4	2	5
East Lothian	1	116	159	4
East Renfrewshire	5	4	2	0
Edinburgh, City of	595	291	417	74
Eilean Siar	1	0	1	1
Falkirk	5	7	8	7
Fife	20	22	23	14
Glasgow City	85	61	43	44
Highland	23	61	115	34
Inverclyde	6	6	4	4
Midlothian	5	11	20	18
Moray	3	2	3	3
North Ayrshire	6	4	1	4
North Lanarkshire	18	16	14	17
Orkney Islands	1	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	4	9	3	10
Renfrewshire	24	11	9	7
Scottish Borders	6	19	45	91
Shetland Islands	0	0	1	3
South Ayrshire	2	9	13	3
South Lanarkshire	11	13	14	15
Stirling	5	4	4	5
West Dunbartonshire	8	1	6	3
West Lothian	25	0	11	76

Question reference: S2W-01083

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of fire-raising have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following table.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Fire-Raising", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,325	2,364	2,774	3,624
Aberdeen City	145	117	166	225
Aberdeenshire	70	107	115	142
Angus	49	62	64	89
Argyll and Bute	20	19	28	27
Clackmannanshire	8	22	19	21
Dumfries and Galloway	35	63	63	77
Dundee City	159	143	147	136
East Ayrshire	39	42	61	66
East Dunbartonshire	26	33	25	40
East Lothian	31	41	48	54
East Renfrewshire	11	21	23	20
Edinburgh, City of	319	296	250	352
Eilean Siar	0	1	2	11
Falkirk	67	49	82	88
Fife	117	134	216	230
Glasgow City	367	388	449	573
Highland	90	70	118	154
Inverclyde	46	43	59	91
Midlothian	47	30	33	47
Moray	29	60	77	62
North Ayrshire	51	56	58	71
North Lanarkshire	148	114	155	211
Orkney Islands	1	2	4	2
Perth and Kinross	48	36	64	66
Renfrewshire	83	98	106	104
Scottish Borders	37	33	55	72
Shetland Islands	5	7	8	5
South Ayrshire	21	26	37	41
South Lanarkshire	85	55	74	219
Stirling	14	29	21	36
West Dunbartonshire	52	61	67	127
West Lothian	105	106	80	165

Note: A High Court ruling on crimes of fire-raising led to a switch in recording practice between 2001 and 2002. Many cases which previously would have been recorded as vandalism are now recorded as fire raising.

Question reference: S2W-01086

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences have been committed under section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following table. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence, the figures given in the table include all crimes of vandalism, including offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Vandalism", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	75,575	79,059	90,181	89,808
Aberdeen City	4,507	4,310	4,382	3,982
Aberdeenshire	2,958	3,080	2,894	2,355
Angus	1,833	1,852	2,032	2,020
Argyll and Bute	789	782	928	868
Clackmannanshire	563	719	778	737
Dumfries and Galloway	1,797	1,755	2,091	2,766
Dundee City	3,275	3,213	3,532	3,754
East Ayrshire	1,440	1,468	1,977	1,941
East Dunbartonshire	1,145	1,177	1,125	962
East Lothian	1,143	884	985	1,066
East Renfrewshire	561	595	763	861
Edinburgh, City of	9,226	9,503	9,653	9,883
Eilean Siar	124	176	169	167
Falkirk	1,851	1,612	1,547	1,622
Fife	5,590	5,893	6,915	6,850
Glasgow City	11,546	13,186	15,607	15,180
Highland	2,721	3,043	3,075	2,986
Inverclyde	888	1,089	1,527	1,595
Midlothian	1,223	1,162	1,028	1,070
Moray	1,261	1,125	1,288	1,124
North Ayrshire	1,332	1,679	2,446	2,538
North Lanarkshire	3,888	4,728	6,273	5,171
Orkney Islands	101	131	128	138
Perth and Kinross	1,790	1,689	1,999	2,103
Renfrewshire	2,719	3,075	3,591	3,123
Scottish Borders	1,281	1,222	1,479	1,623
Shetland Islands	138	166	256	196
South Ayrshire	1,003	1,251	1,907	1,824
South Lanarkshire	3,644	4,025	4,582	4,998
Stirling	820	694	698	858
West Dunbartonshire	1,615	1,487	1,986	2,142
West Lothian	2,803	2,288	2,540	3,305

Note: Includes all offences of vandalism recorded under the common law and all offences recorded under the British Telecommunications Act 1981 section 46, the Criminal Damage Act 1971, the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 section 52, the Electric Lighting Act 1882 section 22, Local Police Acts (malicious damage), the Postal Services Act 2000 section 85(1) (not explosives), the Post Office Act 1953 section 60 (not explosives) and section 61 and the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 section 3.

Question reference: S2W-01084

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of (a) perjury, (b) resisting arrest, (c) wasting police time and (d) and how many bail offences other than absconding and re-offending have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Perjury", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	31	17	18	28
Aberdeen City	1	1	2	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	2	0
Angus	0	0	0	3
Argyll and Bute	0	0	1	0
Clackmannanshire	0	2	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	1	0	0
Dundee City	0	0	1	3
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	2
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	4	2	1	10
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	2	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	2	1
Glasgow City	13	2	1	5
Highland	2	5	3	1
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	1	0
Moray	0	0	0	1
North Ayrshire	1	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	2	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	1	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	2	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	2	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	4	1	0	1
Stirling	1	1	1	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Resisting Arrest", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	5,764	5,810	6,568	6,847
Aberdeen City	240	225	246	262
Aberdeenshire	123	112	123	125
Angus	80	79	90	78
Argyll and Bute	139	162	358	233
Clackmannanshire	44	48	89	97
Dumfries and Galloway	144	116	119	172
Dundee City	192	148	126	153
East Ayrshire	153	143	128	155
East Dunbartonshire	64	49	64	62
East Lothian	60	57	52	81
East Renfrewshire	66	56	54	58
Edinburgh, City of	551	563	628	607
Eilean Siar	17	9	24	11
Falkirk	146	123	174	192
Fife	309	333	349	399
Glasgow City	1,303	1,291	1,451	1,591
Highland	206	220	261	279
Inverclyde	77	112	136	140
Midlothian	90	76	95	66
Moray	70	56	86	84
North Ayrshire	150	144	127	167
North Lanarkshire	379	374	402	489
Orkney Islands	7	5	10	6
Perth and Kinross	66	93	37	77
Renfrewshire	218	214	210	210
Scottish Borders	76	92	89	98
Shetland Islands	14	5	12	6
South Ayrshire	87	97	115	163
South Lanarkshire	337	359	419	369
Stirling	79	106	128	107
West Dunbartonshire	140	168	161	138
West Lothian	137	175	205	172

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Wasting Police Time", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,577	996	919	1,019
Aberdeen City	32	33	31	56
Aberdeenshire	23	15	19	17
Angus	64	48	44	63
Argyll and Bute	51	9	15	10
Clackmannanshire	12	7	10	22
Dumfries and Galloway	29	28	21	23
Dundee City	136	140	93	124
East Ayrshire	73	31	15	17
East Dunbartonshire	24	3	4	14
East Lothian	9	13	4	8
East Renfrewshire	36	5	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	76	69	85	83
Eilean Siar	4	0	1	2
Falkirk	30	42	35	29
Fife	73	78	71	89
Glasgow City	949	127	113	103
Highland	37	39	44	40
Inverclyde	46	11	13	5
Midlothian	7	18	11	11
Moray	16	15	9	16
North Ayrshire	105	18	14	23
North Lanarkshire	168	29	31	28
Orkney Islands	4	2	3	3
Perth and Kinross	76	55	64	62
Renfrewshire	114	26	12	18
Scottish Borders	26	31	22	26
Shetland Islands	2	1	2	2
South Ayrshire	71	20	24	32
South Lanarkshire	150	28	28	23
Stirling	19	12	35	37
West Dunbartonshire	96	12	17	10
West Lothian	19	31	29	23

Note: From 2000, Strathclyde police force changed their recording practices and now record many crimes previously recorded as "wasting police time" under the crime category of "General attempts to defeat/pervert the course/ends of justice".Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Bail Offences (other than Absconding or Re-Offending)", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	1,821	2,172	2,206	3,588
Aberdeen City	40	5	28	129
Aberdeenshire	34	4	35	42
Angus	21	50	36	34
Argyll and Bute	22	15	17	37
Clackmannanshire	64	69	18	93
Dumfries and Galloway	18	20	25	24
Dundee City	227	383	169	205
East Ayrshire	34	28	32	46
East Dunbartonshire	16	33	22	33
East Lothian	8	16	21	45
East Renfrewshire	12	7	21	23
Edinburgh, City of	223	266	184	387
Eilean Siar	1	6	0	1
Falkirk	103	130	111	251
Fife	99	168	97	312
Glasgow City	423	428	582	821
Highland	22	14	46	90
Inverclyde	7	5	9	7
Midlothian	31	29	30	40
Moray	9	3	124	80
North Ayrshire	18	6	22	28
North Lanarkshire	57	38	76	181
Orkney Islands	0	0	2	0
Perth and Kinross	22	35	48	70
Renfrewshire	36	58	98	138
Scottish Borders	53	41	61	85
Shetland Islands	4	2	1	1
South Ayrshire	17	18	57	49
South Lanarkshire	64	104	92	121
Stirling	55	68	31	78
West Dunbartonshire	33	44	38	36
West Lothian	48	79	73	101

Question reference: S2W-01085

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences have been committed under sections 47 as amended and 49 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, and sections 139 and 141 as amended of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence, some of the figures given in the tables may include offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Possession of an Offensive Weapon" Under Section 47 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,805	5,196	5,478	5,687
Aberdeen City	162	154	178	216
Aberdeenshire	92	138	117	93
Angus	80	95	76	43
Argyll and Bute	40	38	39	49
Clackmannanshire	36	24	62	74
Dumfries and Galloway	121	135	73	106
Dundee City	229	266	194	105
East Ayrshire	87	92	116	151
East Dunbartonshire	54	40	61	65
East Lothian	44	62	61	64
East Renfrewshire	41	42	41	56
Edinburgh, City of	283	408	467	448
Eilean Siar	7	4	6	3
Falkirk	95	88	108	123
Fife	270	332	297	193
Glasgow City	1,429	1,486	1,543	1,749
Highland	211	164	196	215
Inverclyde	76	122	178	176
Midlothian	46	49	44	49
Moray	62	56	73	77
North Ayrshire	85	104	136	168
North Lanarkshire	282	241	327	356
Orkney Islands	3	5	7	2
Perth and Kinross	119	116	87	59
Renfrewshire	155	155	156	197
Scottish Borders	50	71	70	77
Shetland Islands	3	5	14	6
South Ayrshire	96	97	87	93
South Lanarkshire	335	348	324	307
Stirling	42	50	76	92
West Dunbartonshire	104	98	119	136
West Lothian	66	111	145	139

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point" 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	3,089	2,953	3,186	4,002
Aberdeen City	60	51	56	85
Aberdeenshire	52	30	35	43
Angus	14	14	11	12
Argyll and Bute	45	52	34	44
Clackmannanshire	15	10	19	26
Dumfries and Galloway	21	17	31	49
Dundee City	92	66	40	55
East Ayrshire	69	53	65	92
East Dunbartonshire	27	34	34	38
East Lothian	9	16	15	28
East Renfrewshire	42	29	26	41
Edinburgh, City of	158	161	135	187
Eilean Siar	3	5	3	2
Falkirk	30	25	44	61
Fife	59	86	137	94
Glasgow City	1,267	1,243	1,290	1,627
Highland	41	45	45	57
Inverclyde	80	102	174	196
Midlothian	18	14	18	20
Moray	7	9	25	12
North Ayrshire	91	97	106	114
North Lanarkshire	149	146	168	182
Orkney Islands	6	0	1	1
Perth and Kinross	21	26	19	17
Renfrewshire	213	154	165	238
Scottish Borders	33	23	24	38
Shetland Islands	3	4	1	8
South Ayrshire	59	36	35	59
South Lanarkshire	263	262	286	382
Stirling	15	22	26	37
West Dunbartonshire	91	93	85	112
West Lothian	36	28	33	45

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, sections 49 and 49A and the Carrying of Knives etc (Scotland) Act 1993, section 1.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Restriction of Offensive Weapons" 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	7	4	7	2
Aberdeen City	0	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	1	0	0	0
Angus	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	1
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	1	0	1
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	2	1	4	0
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	0	0
Glasgow City	0	2	1	0
Highland	0	0	0	0
Inverclyde	1	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	2	0
Moray	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	2	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	1	0	0	0
Stirling	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Criminal Justice Act sections 141 and 141A and the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959.

Question reference: S2W-01087

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of (a) petty assault, (b) breach of the peace and (c) drunkenness have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Petty Assault", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	53,989	54,751	54,870	54,726
Aberdeen City	3,117	3,096	3,222	3,164
Aberdeenshire	1,728	1,803	1,752	1,542
Angus	939	902	994	1,151
Argyll and Bute	685	634	566	648
Clackmannanshire	378	397	508	533
Dumfries and Galloway	1,456	1,209	1,073	1,379
Dundee City	2,081	2,073	1,829	2,012
East Ayrshire	1,198	1,024	1,149	1,162
East Dunbartonshire	504	541	516	483
East Lothian	921	981	785	711
East Renfrewshire	359	314	322	314
Edinburgh, City of	7,000	7,677	7,167	6,147
Eilean Siar	147	129	131	133
Falkirk	1,383	1,441	1,484	1,608
Fife	3,167	3,322	3,421	3,518
Glasgow City	9,718	9,784	9,836	9,985
Highland	1,808	1,707	1,982	2,096
Inverclyde	731	786	888	854
Midlothian	970	910	918	766
Moray	847	859	982	986
North Ayrshire	1,177	1,134	1,138	1,285
North Lanarkshire	2,918	2,857	3,181	3,382
Orkney Islands	114	70	86	66
Perth and Kinross	908	933	944	912
Renfrewshire	1,761	1,766	1,829	1,591
Scottish Borders	921	1,051	1,021	983
Shetland Islands	120	89	95	125
South Ayrshire	1,006	974	908	973
South Lanarkshire	2,520	2,400	2,598	2,556
Stirling	639	674	756	871
West Dunbartonshire	964	917	932	949
West Lothian	1,804	2,297	1,857	1,841

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Breach of the Peace", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	71,028	69,986	72,601	74,169
Aberdeen City	4,090	3,405	3,826	3,777
Aberdeenshire	2,666	2,445	2,431	2,263
Angus	1,254	1,162	1,240	1,607
Argyll and Bute	1,218	1,449	1,722	1,408
Clackmannanshire	492	538	674	666
Dumfries and Galloway	1,778	1,529	1,423	1,639
Dundee City	3,027	2,918	2,714	2,976
East Ayrshire	1,857	1,571	1,658	1,638
East Dunbartonshire	716	748	772	822
East Lothian	537	489	521	515
East Renfrewshire	531	571	522	496
Edinburgh, City of	3,450	3,585	3,658	4,072
Eilean Siar	359	269	254	297
Falkirk	1,952	1,901	1,952	2,242
Fife	3,716	3,669	3,954	4,361
Glasgow City	15,602	16,390	16,077	15,493
Highland	3,589	3,439	3,733	3,864
Inverclyde	1,414	1,352	1,380	1,224
Midlothian	575	581	611	643
Moray	1,644	1,655	1,945	2,038
North Ayrshire	2,022	1,774	1,868	2,010
North Lanarkshire	4,643	4,705	5,093	5,615
Orkney Islands	132	97	157	124
Perth and Kinross	1,364	1,256	1,288	1,369
Renfrewshire	2,246	2,247	2,146	2,012
Scottish Borders	774	854	931	1,158
Shetland Islands	178	112	159	156
South Ayrshire	1,611	1,482	1,359	1,607
South Lanarkshire	4,266	4,232	4,614	3,976
Stirling	765	927	1,166	1,170
West Dunbartonshire	1,513	1,530	1,546	1,596
West Lothian	1,047	1,104	1,207	1,335

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Drunkenness", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	7,785	7,810	7,920	7,083
Aberdeen City	46	47	33	36
Aberdeenshire	80	59	53	38
Angus	70	55	44	60
Argyll and Bute	343	351	252	229
Clackmannanshire	43	16	12	7
Dumfries and Galloway	77	108	71	51
Dundee City	386	400	424	369
East Ayrshire	207	171	179	158
East Dunbartonshire	57	74	92	89
East Lothian	23	23	26	11
East Renfrewshire	32	33	28	18
Edinburgh, City of	57	132	261	230
Eilean Siar	88	66	60	60
Falkirk	86	72	83	60
Fife	313	365	388	428
Glasgow City	1,889	1,864	1,999	1,834
Highland	772	757	761	696
Inverclyde	322	257	207	190
Midlothian	22	24	23	18
Moray	142	105	98	107
North Ayrshire	272	280	279	212
North Lanarkshire	689	678	642	552
Orkney Islands	26	11	19	12
Perth and Kinross	122	219	155	136
Renfrewshire	257	290	310	311
Scottish Borders	39	39	71	59
Shetland Islands	47	33	31	40
South Ayrshire	159	154	163	171
South Lanarkshire	606	619	606	427
Stirling	96	69	67	58
West Dunbartonshire	340	351	373	306
West Lothian	77	88	110	110

Question reference: S2W-01080

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) conspiracy and (b) explosive offences have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Conspiracy", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	32	14	27	17
Aberdeen City	3	2	1	0
Aberdeenshire	3	1	1	1
Angus	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	1	1	0	1
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	0	0
Dundee City	0	1	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	1	1
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	1	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	1
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	1
Edinburgh, City of	6	1	7	3
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	1	0
Glasgow City	8	2	2	4
Highland	0	2	5	0
Inverclyde	0	0	1	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0
Moray	0	0	1	0
North Ayrshire	1	1	0	1
North Lanarkshire	0	0	1	2
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	1	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	2	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	1	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	4	2	2	1
Stirling	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	1	2	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Explosive Offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	42	43	65	64
Aberdeen City	1	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	1	0
Angus	0	0	1	6
Argyll and Bute	5	3	0	0
Clackmannanshire	1	0	2	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	2	0	0
Dundee City	2	2	2	6
East Ayrshire	1	0	4	2
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	2
East Lothian	0	2	0	1
East Renfrewshire	1	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	4	1	7	2
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	2	0	0
Fife	1	0	5	4
Glasgow City	13	13	12	18
Highland	2	2	6	1
Inverclyde	1	2	4	2
Midlothian	0	0	2	0
Moray	0	0	2	1
North Ayrshire	3	1	2	2
North Lanarkshire	0	3	5	6
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	2
Renfrewshire	0	2	0	0
Scottish Borders	1	0	7	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	1	3	2	2
Stirling	0	1	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	2	4	1	4
West Lothian	2	0	0	1

Question reference: S2W-00940

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 103(1)(b), (b) 87(1), (c) 143(2), (d) 47 and (e) 165(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 29 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail specified. In consequence some of the figures given in the tables may include offences recorded under legislation other than that requested in the question:Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving While Disqualified from Holding or Obtaining a Licence", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,366	4,463	4,392	5,124
Aberdeen City	294	327	287	311
Aberdeenshire	147	139	125	139
Angus	61	46	99	102
Argyll and Bute	42	45	51	48
Clackmannanshire	17	32	28	54
Dumfries and Galloway	90	128	139	148
Dundee City	216	199	237	291
East Ayrshire	94	124	105	145
East Dunbartonshire	39	28	28	46
East Lothian	41	45	46	39
East Renfrewshire	59	47	45	28
Edinburgh, City of	426	497	425	510
Eilean Siar	14	15	30	7
Falkirk	106	109	113	183
Fife	270	342	315	406
Glasgow City	855	784	745	865
Highland	113	127	122	171
Inverclyde	49	42	63	47
Midlothian	68	66	67	87
Moray	90	88	83	101
North Ayrshire	97	90	107	108
North Lanarkshire	274	301	302	303
Orkney Islands	7	3	1	3
Perth and Kinross	85	83	82	135
Renfrewshire	164	139	114	185
Scottish Borders	58	56	53	73
Shetland Islands	4	9	2	5
South Ayrshire	84	77	79	90
South Lanarkshire	226	214	207	201
Stirling	72	64	62	99
West Dunbartonshire	79	75	71	47
West Lothian	125	122	159	147

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Section 103(1).Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving Without a Licence (Including Under Age)", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	12,528	13,463	14,584	16,942
Aberdeen City	743	650	716	984
Aberdeenshire	449	396	459	435
Angus	196	188	227	297
Argyll and Bute	179	240	227	263
Clackmannanshire	52	65	117	137
Dumfries and Galloway	469	550	533	645
Dundee City	450	550	547	644
East Ayrshire	287	294	271	377
East Dunbartonshire	118	144	142	219
East Lothian	119	110	138	157
East Renfrewshire	140	104	99	139
Edinburgh, City of	927	1,053	1,147	1,176
Eilean Siar	23	30	51	46
Falkirk	208	215	369	377
Fife	743	978	1,017	1,323
Glasgow City	2,709	2,831	2,945	3,747
Highland	291	386	462	530
Inverclyde	255	278	209	193
Midlothian	167	146	182	180
Moray	144	165	267	273
North Ayrshire	279	324	316	324
North Lanarkshire	882	1,090	1,095	1,225
Orkney Islands	7	24	23	19
Perth and Kinross	227	267	462	410
Renfrewshire	447	417	442	540
Scottish Borders	133	173	172	169
Shetland Islands	19	33	14	29
South Ayrshire	302	306	294	361
South Lanarkshire	801	717	751	732
Stirling	151	99	188	268
West Dunbartonshire	309	198	218	242
West Lothian	302	442	484	481

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 94A, 87 (1 and 2) and 110 (1 and 2).Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failure to Insure Against Third Party Risks', 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	23,269	25,010	26,965	30,068
Aberdeen City	1,259	1,324	1,423	1,862
Aberdeenshire	819	746	871	825
Angus	393	342	496	595
Argyll and Bute	320	397	410	414
Clackmannanshire	114	151	275	317
Dumfries and Galloway	740	768	781	923
Dundee City	926	974	1,029	1,371
East Ayrshire	484	513	480	612
East Dunbartonshire	231	229	239	309
East Lothian	233	245	291	279
East Renfrewshire	260	202	209	222
Edinburgh, City of	1,939	2,183	2,124	2,268
Eilean Siar	72	62	97	69
Falkirk	495	507	899	887
Fife	1,308	2,256	2,209	2,478
Glasgow City	4,589	4,754	4,943	5,773
Highland	722	801	883	979
Inverclyde	415	396	344	315
Midlothian	385	396	337	404
Moray	317	326	439	523
North Ayrshire	499	513	565	542
North Lanarkshire	1,639	1,830	1,980	2,033
Orkney Islands	34	44	45	56
Perth and Kinross	528	556	723	808
Renfrewshire	800	695	718	929
Scottish Borders	282	367	335	383
Shetland Islands	51	68	48	72
South Ayrshire	540	514	523	597
South Lanarkshire	1,341	1,312	1,356	1,305
Stirling	335	270	516	588
West Dunbartonshire	506	350	356	356
West Lothian	693	919	1,021	974

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 143 and 165.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Using a Motor Vehicle Without a Test Certificate", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	12,589	13,658	14,450	15,043
Aberdeen City	463	489	579	782
Aberdeenshire	438	390	476	397
Angus	229	193	247	291
Argyll and Bute	188	255	253	223
Clackmannanshire	102	94	178	199
Dumfries and Galloway	465	451	391	431
Dundee City	466	517	512	692
East Ayrshire	262	237	249	290
East Dunbartonshire	137	140	127	179
East Lothian	137	147	158	143
East Renfrewshire	131	102	125	120
Edinburgh, City of	1,006	1,091	1,083	1,028
Eilean Siar	29	23	36	30
Falkirk	327	341	595	454
Fife	665	1,211	1,214	1,074
Glasgow City	2,515	2,670	2,729	2,966
Highland	349	423	433	535
Inverclyde	250	243	200	181
Midlothian	228	236	186	200
Moray	116	130	164	211
North Ayrshire	265	289	282	227
North Lanarkshire	914	1,122	1,170	1,192
Orkney Islands	19	22	21	25
Perth and Kinross	332	319	346	426
Renfrewshire	398	343	383	420
Scottish Borders	161	180	163	185
Shetland Islands	38	29	17	33
South Ayrshire	341	306	282	352
South Lanarkshire	774	784	787	724
Stirling	237	178	323	340
West Dunbartonshire	251	175	180	186
West Lothian	356	528	561	507

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 47(1), 53(1 and 3) and 165.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failing to Provide Information to Identify the Driver of a Motor Vehicle", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	455	393	643	625
Aberdeen City	29	34	35	46
Aberdeenshire	47	39	46	59
Angus	8	6	12	15
Argyll and Bute	10	5	4	3
Clackmannanshire	2	5	5	7
Dumfries and Galloway	6	2	12	13
Dundee City	43	19	12	30
East Ayrshire	7	4	6	9
East Dunbartonshire	3	4	3	4
East Lothian	2	0	2	6
East Renfrewshire	7	1	5	4
Edinburgh, City of	32	30	22	77
Eilean Siar	7	4	3	8
Falkirk	7	12	25	32
Fife	49	56	67	68
Glasgow City	53	38	36	37
Highland	36	19	31	45
Inverclyde	2	4	7	5
Midlothian	2	1	2	3
Moray	17	14	196	27
North Ayrshire	3	3	5	11
North Lanarkshire	20	16	25	9
Orkney Islands	1	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	9	12	24	24
Renfrewshire	5	9	13	7
Scottish Borders	2	3	17	7
Shetland Islands	7	1	0	3
South Ayrshire	9	4	5	3
South Lanarkshire	8	18	8	13
Stirling	10	25	9	31
West Dunbartonshire	5	3	1	3
West Lothian	7	2	5	16

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 165 and 172.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Vehicle Excise Licence Offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	19,956	23,775	23,208	19,354
Aberdeen City	932	1,084	1,013	1,114
Aberdeenshire	655	739	704	541
Angus	308	279	238	233
Argyll and Bute	214	392	375	312
Clackmannanshire	136	210	220	290
Dumfries and Galloway	528	753	604	370
Dundee City	786	1,032	871	969
East Ayrshire	369	414	398	439
East Dunbartonshire	146	174	216	199
East Lothian	294	344	272	20
East Renfrewshire	192	149	215	171
Edinburgh, City of	1,182	1,809	1,343	86
Eilean Siar	46	22	29	60
Falkirk	460	703	880	692
Fife	1,863	2,671	1,976	2,093
Glasgow City	3,004	3,829	4,413	4,375
Highland	926	780	697	734
Inverclyde	409	414	416	266
Midlothian	419	395	299	27
Moray	175	186	181	259
North Ayrshire	391	405	437	390
North Lanarkshire	1,695	1,988	2,433	2,180
Orkney Islands	45	56	33	58
Perth and Kinross	548	541	469	423
Renfrewshire	617	665	638	634
Scottish Borders	227	309	223	21
Shetland Islands	21	46	24	17
South Ayrshire	621	585	638	566
South Lanarkshire	1,143	1,183	1,357	1,042
Stirling	381	358	483	516
West Dunbartonshire	394	223	244	227
West Lothian	829	1,037	869	30

Note:Includes all offences recorded under various sections of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

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