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Question reference: S3W-01593

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) have been recorded since 2002, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of ASBOs issued during that period.

Reliable data for breach ofantisocial behaviour orders is only held centrally for 2004-05 and 2005-06. Thisreveals that 140 and 153 orders were breached in these years, respectively. Theindependent research which provides us with this data expresses the number oforders breached each year as a proportion of the number of orders in force atthe end of each year rather than the number issued each year. This is a moreaccurate reflection the true breach rate because a high proportion of ASBOs arein force for more than one year. On thisbasis, the research estimated the ASBO breach rate at 26% in 2004-05 and 31% in2005-06.

Question reference: S3W-01596

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish its report on the implementation of civil antisocial behaviour orders.

Question reference: S3W-01835

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dispersal orders have been enforced since October 2004, broken down by local authority area and giving details of each order.

The information requested,covering the period from October 2004 to end-March 2007 (the latest period forwhich data is held centrally), is provided in the following table. Please notethat dispersal orders are a police power rather than a local authority one.

	Dispersal Order Location	Reason	Local Authority Area	Police Force Area	Dates
1.	Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen (stretch of road on beach front – residential)	‘Boy Racers’	Aberdeen City	Grampian	01.03.05 – 30.05.05
2	Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen (As above)	‘Boy Racers’	Aberdeen City	Grampian	31.05.05 – 28.08.05
3	Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (Square in city centre – residential & business)	Street drinking and aggressive begging	City of Edinburgh	Lothian and Borders	01.08.05 – 31.10.05
4	Millbank/Chestnut Rd, Dingwall (2 streets in residential area)	Large groups of young people (around 20) engaged in underage drinking, vandalism and illegal use of ‘mini-motos’	Highland	Northern	30.09.05 – 29.12.05
5	Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (As number 3)	Street drinking and aggressive begging	City of Edinburgh	Lothian and Borders	01.11.05 – 31.01.06
6	Mid Calder (Village – residential)	Large groups of young people (up to 60) engaged in underage drinking, shouting, littering. Plus violent incident.	West Lothian	Lothian and Borders	01.12.05 – 28.02.06
7	St Andrew’s Church, Dumfries (Church graveyard and Burns’ Mausoleum)	Groups of young people engaged in vandalism, graffiti, littering, underage drinking and drug taking.	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway	30.04.06 – 29.07.06
8	St Michael’s Church, Dumfries (Church graveyard)	Groups of young people engaged in vandalism, graffiti, littering, underage drinking and drug taking.	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway	30.04.06 – 29.07.06
9	Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (As number 3)	Street drinking and aggressive begging.	City of Edinburgh	Lothian and Borders	05.06.06 – 31.08.06
10	Moffat (Car park)	Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism.	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway	26.08.06 – 25.11.06
11	Lockerbie (Car park)	Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism.	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway	26.08.06 – 25.11.06
12	Knightswood, Glasgow (Residential area)	Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism.	Glasgow City	Strathclyde	01.09.06 – 30.11.06
13	Sauchie (Village – residential)	Since beginning of 2006 and order coming into force more than 800 complaints and 430 crimes were recorded. Generally young people engaged in vandalism, fighting, drinking and acting in an unacceptable manner.	Clackmannanshire	Central	18.09.06 – 17.12.06
14	Dennistoun, Glasgow (Residential area)	Increase in the number of incidents involving large groups of youths gang fighting, carrying knives, vandalising property, drinking and causing disorder.	Glasgow City	Strathclyde	13.10.06 – 11.01.07

Question reference: S3W-01836

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the success of each dispersal order.

The Scottish Executive doesnot monitor the success of each individual dispersal order; that is theresponsibility of the police force and partner agencies concerned. We are,however, conducting a study – as required under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland)Act 2004 – of the operational effectiveness and impact of dispersal powers, asevidenced by the first 14 dispersal orders to be enforced. This study will bepresented to Parliament by 29 October 2007.

Question reference: S3W-01838

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the evaluation of the implementation and impact of community warden schemes.

Question reference: S3W-01839

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the antisocial behaviour outcome agreements prepared by Glasgow City Council and its community planning partners.

Question reference: S3W-01834

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour notices have been served since April 2006, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-01354

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is given to denominational and non-denominational schools considering twinning arrangements.

In May 2006 the Executive,the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish Catholic EducationService ran a national seminar to promote twinning. This was followed in Decemberby publication of Building Friendships and Strengthening Communities: a guideto twinning between denominational and non-denominational schools, a copy ofwhich was sent to every school in Scotland. It is availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41267). A £100,000 fund was made available in 2006-07 to supportinnovative anti-sectarianprojects in schools, includingestablishing new twinning arrangements.

Question reference: S3W-01353

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take to encourage both shared campus and twinning initiatives between denominational and non-denominational schools.

The Centrefor Education forRacial Equality in Scotland has been commissioned to updateand augment the Executive’s anti-sectarianism education resource Don’t Give It,Don’t Take It. As part of that work a new section on twinning between denominationaland non-denominational schools is being added. It is also our intention to run fora second year a £100,000 fund to support anti-sectarian projects in schools, includingtwinning initiatives.

On sharedcampuses, it is entirely a matter for local authorities to decide the configurationof their school estate.

Question reference: S3W-01350

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many shared campus arrangements between denominational and non-denominational schools are being considered in each local authority area.