Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-03508

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) police board area.

The requested informationis shown in the following tables. The figures are for total crimes of assault, whichincludes serious assaults, minor assaults and – since 2005 – minor assaults of anemergency worker.

Number of AssaultsRecorded by the Police, by Local Authority, 1990 to 1994

Local Authority	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Aberdeen City	2,653	2,654	2,533	2,637	2,996
Aberdeenshire	1,363	1,517	1,511	1,573	1,852
Angus	824	716	857	822	819
Argyll and Bute	631	637	641	635	715
City of Edinburgh	3,860	4,305	4,292	4,187	4,655
City of Glasgow	9,086	9,828	10,497	9,670	9,930
Clackmannanshire	478	420	421	511	536
Dumfries and Galloway	939	926	1,101	1,045	1,105
Dundee City	1,293	1,431	1,496	1,330	1,431
East Ayrshire	1,129	1,080	1,136	1,078	1,086
East Dunbartonshire	550	597	609	658	703
East Lothian	484	453	422	446	567
East Renfrewshire	352	377	467	439	506
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	113	126	121	127	151
Falkirk	1,515	1,400	1,414	1,336	1,410
Fife	2,495	2,290	2,552	2,642	3,098
Highland	1,338	1,385	1,536	1,473	1,613
Inverclyde	804	863	812	834	995
Midlothian	616	609	658	592	646
Moray	793	812	767	789	864
North Ayrshire	1,222	1,359	1,365	1,217	1,177
North Lanarkshire	3,325	3,625	3,841	3,442	3,531
Orkney Islands	92	71	77	67	84
Perth and Kinross	892	946	935	891	913
Renfrewshire	1,600	1,702	1,879	1,681	1,974
Scottish Borders	537	567	501	479	589
Shetland Islands	81	84	100	94	92
South Ayrshire	748	745	786	869	896
South Lanarkshire	2,936	3,054	3,284	2,989	3,164
Stirling	645	606	617	675	769
West Dunbartonshire	902	1,010	950	977	994
West Lothian	1,044	1,124	1,127	933	1,139
Scotland	45,340	47,319	49,305	47,138	51,000

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority, 1995-96 to 2006-07

Local Authority	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Aberdeen City	3,075	2,813	3,100	3,225	3,467	3,233
Aberdeenshire	1,818	1,734	1,672	1,718	1,907	1,875
Angus	933	818	908	1,014	1,012	842
Argyll and Bute	733	758	660	675	776	702
City of Edinburgh	5,164	5,990	7,060	7,143	7,629	7,789
City of Glasgow	9,950	9,864	10,018	10,630	11,867	11,624
Clackmannanshire	550	510	443	423	428	434
Dumfries and Galloway	1,339	1,382	1,496	1,561	1,401	1,239
Dundee City	1,418	1,572	1,577	1,885	2,177	2,046
East Ayrshire	1,252	1,191	1,117	1,274	1,409	1,212
East Dunbartonshire	777	746	751	708	564	617
East Lothian	578	637	829	864	1,086	896
East Renfrewshire	515	465	414	404	431	374
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	138	199	171	154	138	151
Falkirk	1,522	1,336	1,256	1,429	1,579	1,533
Fife	3,330	3,313	3,279	3,214	3,506	3,528
Highland	1,779	1,886	1,931	2,146	1,857	2,017
Inverclyde	828	952	839	931	870	984
Midlothian	672	811	956	930	1,062	978
Moray	886	967	922	871	924	940
North Ayrshire	1,438	1,400	1,345	1,264	1,391	1,339
North Lanarkshire	3,606	3,378	3,107	3,215	3,228	3,405
Orkney Islands	96	91	101	120	101	80
Perth and Kinross	961	984	874	1,027	959	1,011
Renfrewshire	2,089	2,023	2,039	1,965	2,036	2,095
Scottish Borders	658	836	995	922	1,045	1,146
Shetland Islands	127	120	119	129	108	121
South Ayrshire	1,123	1,190	1,188	1,229	1,161	1,033
South Lanarkshire	3,176	2,756	2,888	2,766	2,991	2,783
Stirling	804	737	697	691	722	704
West Dunbartonshire	1,102	1,103	1,111	1,089	1,144	1,080
West Lothian	1,243	1,589	1,787	1,929	2,059	2,389
Scotland	53,680	54,151	55,650	57,545	61,035	60,200

Local Authority	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	3,580	3,171	3,300	4,387	4,626	4,415
Aberdeenshire	1,811	1,594	1,596	2,271	2,425	2,442
Angus	1,281	1,214	1,315	975	1,154	1,409
Argyll and Bute	640	795	842	1,182	1,207	1,259
City of Edinburgh	7,409	6,382	6,202	7,821	7,469	8,591
City of Glasgow	12,001	12,406	12,514	15,218	14,647	15,001
Clackmannanshire	587	580	628	730	714	959
Dumfries and Galloway	1,272	1,524	2,127	2,231	1,939	2,132
Dundee City	2,070	2,142	2,268	1,864	2,298	2,877
East Ayrshire	1,426	1,322	1,142	2,158	1,740	1,841
East Dunbartonshire	607	575	589	945	867	848
East Lothian	860	770	709	786	779	993
East Renfrewshire	400	387	477	624	557	632
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	120	179	197	308	323	346
Falkirk	1,706	1,728	1,891	2,097	1,923	2,085
Fife	3,710	3,985	4,264	5,919	5,637	5,982
Highland	2,240	2,291	2,426	2,971	2,874	3,303
Inverclyde	1,053	1,006	1,121	1,282	1,031	1,053
Midlothian	952	843	821	1,076	1,141	1,311
Moray	1,032	1,035	1,012	1,196	1,271	1,431
North Ayrshire	1,360	1,480	1,534	2,267	2,304	2,426
North Lanarkshire	3,670	3,794	4,203	5,758	5,485	5,539
Orkney Islands	87	84	116	107	158	118
Perth and Kinross	976	995	1,091	1,188	1,336	1,516
Renfrewshire	2,018	1,922	1,963	2,471	2,372	2,746
Scottish Borders	1,022	1,089	1,064	1,120	1,180	1,171
Shetland Islands	115	150	162	194	162	206
South Ayrshire	1,113	1,134	1,019	1,670	1,413	1,647
South Lanarkshire	2,931	2,972	3,230	4,201	3,942	4,119
Stirling	874	979	1,044	1,233	1,179	1,433
West Dunbartonshire	1,171	1,172	1,378	1,646	1,725	1,845
West Lothian	1,983	1,910	1,735	2,590	2,723	3,016
Scotland	62,077	61,610	63,980	80,486	78,601	84,692

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Force, 1990 to 1994

Police Force	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Central	2,638	2,426	2,452	2,522	2,715
Dumfries and Galloway	939	926	1,101	1,045	1,105
Fife	2,495	2,290	2,552	2,642	3,098
Grampian	4,809	4,983	4,811	4,999	5,712
Lothian and Borders	6,541	7,058	7,000	6,637	7,596
Northern	1,624	1,666	1,834	1,761	1,940
Strathclyde	23,285	24,877	26,267	24,489	25,671
Tayside	3,009	3,093	3,288	3,043	3,163
Scotland	45,340	47,319	49,305	47,138	51,000

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Force, 1995-96 to 2006-07

Police Force	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Central	2,876	2,583	2,396	2,543	2,729	2,671
Dumfries and Galloway	1,339	1,382	1,496	1,561	1,401	1,239
Fife	3,330	3,313	3,279	3,214	3,506	3,528
Grampian	5,779	5,514	5,694	5,814	6,298	6,048
Lothian and Borders	8,315	9,863	11,627	11,788	12,881	13,198
Northern	2,140	2,296	2,322	2,549	2,204	2,369
Strathclyde	26,589	25,826	25,477	26,150	27,868	27,248
Tayside	3,312	3,374	3,359	3,926	4,148	3,899
Scotland	53,680	54,151	55,650	57,545	61,035	60,200

Police Force	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹	2005-06	2006-07
Central	3,167	3,287	3,563	4,060	3,816	4,477
Dumfries and Galloway	1,272	1,524	2,127	2,231	1,939	2,132
Fife	3,710	3,985	4,264	5,919	5,637	5,982
Grampian	6,423	5,800	5,908	7,854	8,322	8,288
Lothian and Borders	12,226	10,994	10,531	13,393	13,292	15,082
Northern	2,562	2,704	2,901	3,580	3,517	3,973
Strathclyde	28,390	28,965	30,012	39,422	37,290	38,956
Tayside	4,327	4,351	4,674	4,027	4,788	5,802
Scotland	62,077	61,610	63,980	80,486	78,601	84,692

Note: 1. Figures from2004-05 onwards shows the impact of the implementation of the Scottish Crime RecordingStandard, which was expected to increase the numbers of minor crimes – includingminor assault – recorded by the police.

Question reference: S3W-03481

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of heroin addiction, broken down by age group, and what comparative information it has for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) each EU member state and (c) each OECD nation.

For estimated numbersof problem drug users (opiates and/or benzodiazepines only) in Scotland in 2000 and 2003, I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-3089 on 28 August 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Comparative informationfor the United Kingdom, EU member states and OECD nations is notheld centrally. Prevalence information on the use of opiate drugs internationallyis available in the United Nations 2007 World Drug Report, Chapter 3, StatisticalAnnex, Section 3.5: Consumption:

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/wdr07/WDR_2007_3.5.1_annual_prevalence.pdf.

Question reference: S3W-03093

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been convicted of being involved in the supply of illegal drugs in each year since 1970 and what proportion served a custodial sentence after conviction.

The available informationis given in the following table. Supply of illegal drugs offences cannot be identifiedseparately from other drug offences in the statistics available for years priorto 1985-86.

Persons with aCharge for Proved in Scottish Courts for Drug Supply Offences¹, 1985-86to 2005-06

Year	Total Number	% Receiving a Custodial Sentence
1985-86	244	72
1986-87	286	65
1987-88	335	53
1988-89	345	63
1989-90	394	53
1990-91	514	43
1991-92	610	43
1992-93	646	45
1993-94	904	46
1994-95	950	50
1995-96	1,151	53
1996-97	1,420	57
1997-98	1,551	53
1998-99	1,511	50
1999-2000	1,437	50
2000-01	1,274	52
2001-02	1,317	56
2002-03	1,464	52
2003-04	1,536	51
2004-05	1,689	47
2005-06	1,562	46

Note: 1. Where mainoffence.

Question reference: S3W-03086

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drugs-related deaths there have been in each year since 1970, broken down by class and type of substance.

This information canbe found in Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2006 published by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) in August 2007,copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib.number 43466).

A consistent seriesof figures on drug-related deaths is only available from 1996.

The paper may alsobe found on the GROS website at:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/drug-related-deaths-in-scotland-2006/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-03492

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it or any of its agencies has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03493

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact any Scottish police force has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03480

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of alcoholism, broken down by age group, and what comparative information it has for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) each EU member state and (c) each OECD nation.

The numbers of patientsdischarged from Scottish general acute hospitals in 2005-06 and psychiatric hospitalsin 2004-05 with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence (ICD10 code F10.2) by age groupis given in the following table.

Comparativeinformation for the United Kingdom, EU member states and OECD nations is not held centrally.

	General Hospitals 2005-06	Psychiatric Hospitals 2004-05
All ages	3,414	2,352
Under 15 years	2	0
15 to 19 years	20	20
20 to 24 years	68	70
25 to 29 years	103	159
30 to 34 years	180	267
35 to 39 years	312	368
40 to 44 years	433	430
45 to 49 years	470	358
50 to 54 years	471	268
55 to 59 years	400	194
60 years and over	955	218

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01 and SMR04).

Question reference: S3W-03482

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence was of poverty in (a) 1960, (b) 1970, (c) 1980, (d) 1990, (e) 2000 and (f) the most recent year for which figures are available and what comparative information it has for (i) the United Kingdom as a whole, (ii) each EU member state and (iii) each OECD nation.

The incidence of povertyin Scotland each year since 1994-95 is published in Scottish Households BelowAverage Income 2005-06 – Revised (Bib. number 43209). Information onthe incidence of poverty in Scotland prior to 1994-95 is not held centrally.

The incidence of povertyin the UK in 1979, 1981, 1987, 1998-99, 1990-91 – 1995-97 is published in HouseholdsBelow Average Income: An Analysis of the Income Distribution – 2005-06 (Revised)(Bib. number 42543).

Information on theincidence of poverty in each EU member state is included in the EU Survey on Incomeand Living Conditions published by the Central Statistics Office (Bib. number 43453).

Information on theincidence of poverty in each OECD nation is not held centrally, however informationcan be found at the OECD Family Database website:

http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3343,en_2649_34819_37836996_1_1_1_1,00.html.

Question reference: S3W-02876

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the total value of the housing stock to be, broken down into (a) privately owned homes, (b) council owned homes and (c) housing association homes.

The value of the housingstock varies considerably depending on market conditions. The latest estimates arebased on November 2006 valuations of the sample of 3,090 dwellings in the 2003-04Scottish House Condition Survey for which both a full social interview and a fullphysical survey were obtained. The estimates are shown in the following table.

Category	Tenure	Value (Billions)	Sub Tenure	Value (Billions)
a	Privately owned homes	£255	Owner-occupied stock	£234
a	Privately owned homes	£255	Private rented stock	£21
b	Local authority/other public sector stock	£28
c	Housing association/ housing co-operative stock	£18
Total		£301

The total value ofScotland’s housing stock was estimated, on this basis,to be £301 billion in November 2006.

Question reference: S3W-02647

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population lived in (a) an owned property and (b) a council house in (i) 1950, (ii) 1960, (iii) 1970, (iv) 1980, (v) 1990, (vi) 2000 and (vii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

The information requestedis provided in the following table. Data on tenure for Scotland are not available prior to the 1961 Census.

Population byTenure: Scotland 1961-2006

	Owner Occupied %	Rented			Total Population
	Owner Occupied %	Privately %	From Housing Association %	From Public Authority %
1961	23	30		48	5,179,432
1971	28	15		58	5,050,625
1981	35	8	1	55	4,954,328
1991	56	6	2	36	4,921,151
2001	66	7	5	21	4,976,005
2006	70	7	8	14	5,116,900

Sources: Census, 2006Scottish Household Survey and mid-year population estimates from the General RegisterOffice (Scotland).

Notes:

1. Private rentingincludes renting with a job or business.

2. 1971 and 1981 tenuredata do not include non-permanent accommodation.

3. Public authoritiesinclude local authorities, new towns and Scottish Homes (Scottish Special HousingAssociation prior to April 1998). Scottish Homes transferred ownership of its stockduring 2005.

4. Housing associationscame into operation in late 1970s.

5. 2001 data from2001 Census adjusted tenure tables on Housing Statistics branch reference site (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/18531/13575).

6. In 2003, Dumfries and Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils transferred their housing stock to housingassociations.

7. For 2006, percentagesare based on Scottish Household Survey household data, with total population fromGRO(S) mid-year estimates. Figures have been adjusted to take account of respondentsin local authorities with complete stock transfers who said they rented their accommodationfrom a public authority.

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