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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S5W-02099

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of alleged hate crime have been reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each of the last three years.

The following table contains the total number of hate crime charges reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) from April 2013 to March 2016. All figures provided are based on data extracted from the COPFS case management system on 6 May 2016, which was the basis of the 2016 report on hate crime in Scotland.

Financial Year

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Total

5855

5398

5588

16841

Table one. All hate crime charges reported to COPFS during the last three financial years.

Question reference: S5W-02100

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of alleged hate crime have been taken to court in each of the last three years.

The following table contains the total number of hate crime charges reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) from April 2013 to March 2016 where court proceedings were commenced. All figures provided are based on data extracted from the COPFS case management system on 6 May 2016, which was the basis of the 2016 report on hate crime in Scotland.

Financial Year

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Total

5104

4677

4740

14521

Table one. All hate crime charges taken to court during the last three financial years.

Question reference: S5W-03484

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02503 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, how the use of spit hoods by the police is (a) monitored and (b) evaluated.

Question reference: S5W-03482

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02503 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, how many times spit hoods have been used by the police in each of the last three years, and how many complaints there have been about their use.

Question reference: S5W-03488

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02503 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries have been attributed to the use of spit hoods by the police, and what other data on their use is collected by (i) Police Scotland and (ii) the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.

This information is not held by the Scottish Government. Operational policing is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland, under the oversight of the Scottish Police Authority. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) advises that it has no management information on the use of spit hoods use as they are not a ‘weapon’ as defined by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Investigations Procedure, Serious Incidents and Specified Weapons) Regulations 2013. PIRC has never investigated a death or serious injury attributable to the use of a spit hood.

Question reference: S5W-03486

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02503 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, what procurement criteria are used by the police when sourcing spit hoods, and which companies supply these.

Question reference: S5W-03483

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to quesiton S5W-02503 by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2016, what (a) technical and (b) medical evaluation has been carried out regarding the use of spit hoods by Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-03425

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many domestic abuse cases have been heard by each (a) domestic abuse and (b) other court in each of the last five years, and how many convictions there were.

The Scottish Government does not hold specific information about the number of domestic abuse cases heard in each domestic abuse court.

Statistics on the number of people proceeded against and the numbers convicted, in all types of courts in Scotland, with a domestic abuse aggravator recorded are presented in the following table.

Total persons proceeded against and convicted for offences¹ with a Domestic Abuse aggravator recorded

Year	Total proceedings	Convicted
2010-11	10,046	8,565
2011-12	10,502	8,873
2012-13	10,909	9,291
2013-14	13,593	11,074
2014-15	15,619	12,432

1 - Where main charge in a case

Source: Criminal proceedings database

Question reference: S5W-03632

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) revenue and (b) capital budget has been for (i) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, (ii) the Scottish Prison Service and (iii) legal aid in each of the last five years.

Details are as follows:

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

RDEL

CDEL

Total

RDEL

CDEL

Total

RDEL

CDEL

Total

£m

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service	105.5	2.7	108.2	104.5	3.6	108.1	104.5	3.6	108.1
Scottish Prison Service	318.0	47.5	365.5	325.1	75.5	400.6	342.0	22.5	364.5
Legal Aid	153.9	0.2	154.1	155.7	0.1	155.8	149.2	0.1	149.3

2014-15

2015-16

RDEL

CDEL

Total

RDEL

CDEL

Total

£m

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service	105.1	3.6	108.7	108.5	3.6	112.1
Scottish Prison Service	368.9	13.4	382.3	356.2	40.0	396.2
Legal Aid	142.3	0.5	142.8	146.7	0.1	146.8

*Source: Draft Budgets

Question reference: S5W-03631

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) revenue and (b) capital budget has been for (i) Police Scotland, (ii) the Scottish Police Authority and (iii) the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in each of the last three years.

Details are as follows:

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

RDEL

CDEL

Total

RDEL

CDEL

Total

RDEL

CDEL

Total

£m

Police Central Government	96.1	17.9	114.0	101.3	0.0	101.3	88.1	10.0	98.1
Scottish Police Authority (Includes Police Scotland)	1068.1	18.3	1086.4	1057.4	25.2	1082.6	1035.8	28.1	1063.9
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service	277.8	15.3	293.1	310.2	0.0	310.2	283.9	25.3	309.2

*Source: Draft Budgets