Chamber and committees

There are no plansat present, however, the future management of common good funds and assets willbe considered as part of a review of asset management across the public sector.

The available informationis shown in the following table. The available data on assaults does not give anyinformation about whether the officer was injured, nor does it identify the numberof officers, since it is possible that an officer may have been assaulted on morethan one occasion. There is no information held centrally on the number of policeofficers who are accidentally injured at work. Police officers are called upon to carry out difficulttasks which can run the risk of serious injury or, in some instances, death. IndividualChief Constables are acutely aware of these risks and ensure that the highest standardsof health and safety training and advice are provided to all their staff.

Assaults on policeofficers, 1999-2000 to 2006-07

	Central	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian and Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	Scotland
1999-2000	267	14	164	68	304	215	8,713	276	10,021
2000-01	262	11	221	279	299	223	6,670	270	8,235
2001-01	404	111	56	76	313	236	7,045	14	8,255
2002-03	407	176	381	238	269	249	7,506	117	9,343
2003-04	873	448	58	316	41	52	unknown	153	-
2004-05	934	398	356	unknown	205	284	unknown	168	-
2005-06	935	430	34	0	239	222	10,029	15	11,904
2006-07P	940	557	40	66	220	195	10,841	115	12,974

Source: HerMajesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary’s Annual Statistical Returns from policeforces.

Note: Data for 2006-07is provisional.

The statistics held centrally on crimes of fraud recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstancesof the fraud, such as whether the fraud involved use of the internet. No informationabout incidents reported to trading standards offices is held centrally.

The available informationis given in the following table. The charges relate to fraud or attempted fraudby electronic means (that is obtaining or attempting to obtain goods or servicesby computer, electronic or telephone means) and is not limited to transactions overthe internet.

Personswith a Charge Proved for Electronic Fraud Offences^1,2,3, 1999-2000to 2005-06

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Scotland	-	-	-	3	6	4	7

Note:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes AttemptedFraud (Electronic Means) and Fraud (Electronic Means)

3. Excludes any chargesrecorded under the offences of general fraud or credit and debit card fraud.

As I have alreadyindicated to the Parliament, I am committed to bringing forward Scottish marinelegislation and to consult on this issue. As part of this process, I am consideringthe range of options for improved delivery of public sector activities on the marineenvironment, including the establishment of a marine management organisation.

This information isnot held centrally.

Convictions of tradersresulting from investigations by trading standards officers cannot be separatelyidentified from other convictions of traders within the data held centrally.

None of theannual police budget is assigned to payments for information from covert humanintelligence sources and other sources. Operational responsibility for paymentsto covert human intelligence sources rests with chief constables.

The informationrequested is not held centrally.

Information onthe occupation of persons proceeded against in Scottish courts is not heldcentrally.