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Question reference: S1W-10765

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for any wide differences across local authorities in financial allocations and unit costs with respect to criminal justice social work.

Question reference: S1W-10763

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial allocation was made to local authorities in total and to each local authority for court services and voluntary throughcare in the years 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

Question reference: S1W-10762

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial allocation was made to local authorities in total and to each individual local authority for criminal justice social work in the years 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

Financial allocations to local authorities for the 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 financial years for criminal justice social work are detailed below.

Allocations by Local Authority 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01

LocalAuthority	Total 1998-99	Total 1999-2000	Total 2000-01
	£	£	£
Aberdeen City	2,344,650	2,186,064	2,125,297
Aberdeenshire	701,792	729,695	914,185
Angus	749,043	770,115	776,641
Argyll & Bute	354,366	394,787	408,191
City of Edinburgh	3,430,537	3,583,846	3,693,483
Clackmannanshire	297,600	347,993	395,686
Dumfries & Galloway	1,046,698	1,114,517	1,100,855
Dundee City	1,737,279	1,970,592	2,089,458
East Ayrshire	784,660	835,461	888,902
East Dunbartonshire	348,250	358,979	342,736
East Lothian	429,964	426,515	459,921
East Renfrewshire	361,089	357,661	339,395
Falkirk	800,480	872,568	960,305
Fife	2,315,582	2,560,446	3,196,227
Glasgow City	6,620,202	7,528,326	8,581,145
Highland	1,412,500	1,486,407	1,522,563
Inverclyde	836,723	925,128	980,060
Midlothian	383,477	400,400	445,943
Moray	352,396	376,738	382,259
North Ayrshire	828,800	890,116	874,315
North Lanarkshire	1,803,563	1,897,919	2,052,972
Perth & Kinross	811,645	865,350	864,893
Renfrewshire	1,602,244	1,225,200	1,393,923
Scottish Borders	577,750	641,417	600,292
South Ayrshire	608,841	642,382	702,879
South Lanarkshire	2,109,844	2,227,341	2,396,297
Stirling	613,580	681,602	688,393
West Dunbartonshire	761,873	806,299	883,802
West Lothian	784,627	779,750	802,884
Orkney	324,455	289,900	297,147
Shetlands	203,877	196,040	200,944
Western Isles	108,043	123,924	128,048
TOTAL	36,446,430	38,493,478	41,490,041

Question reference: S1W-10761

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial allocation was made to local authorities in total and to each individual local authority in the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000 for (i) probation, (ii) community service, (iii) social enquiry reports, (iv) throughcare, (v) home circumstances reports and (vi) supervised attendance orders.

Question reference: S1W-10760

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the service out-turns were for each local authority for the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000 for (i) probation, (ii) community service, (iii) social enquiry reports, (iv) throughcare, (v) home circumstances reports and (vi) supervised attendance orders.

Service outturns for each local authority for 1998-99 are shown in the table below. Outturn figures for 1999-2000 are presently being received from local authorities and will be made available shortly.

Table 5: Service Outturns by Local Authority for 1998-99

Local Authority	Probation*	Community Service*	Social Enquiry Report	Throughcare	Home Circumstances report	Supervised Attendance Orders
Aberdeen City	293	320	1,877	34	32	140
Aberdeenshire	155	96	826	19	9	75
Angus	117	140	843	24	26	127
Argyll & Bute	91	77	301	10	22	13
City of Edinburgh	523	605	2,066	131	44	135
Clackmannanshire	55	52	252	9	5	42
Dumfries & Galloway	165	219	733	24	28	122
Dundee City	264	440	1,952	21	18	236
East Ayrshire	141	174	610	7	21	189
East Dunbartonshire	64	75	313	5	27	6
East Lothian	48	104	321	13	9	31
East Renfrewshire	57	78	248	9	15	14
Falkirk	165	120	613	16	37	98
Fife	320	299	2,092	57	70	116
Glasgow City	1,078	1,129	7,578	237	340	107
Highland	142	272	955	28	36	88
Inverclyde	167	123	1,031	12	22	110
Midlothian	76	93	335	10	12	16
Moray	53	75	270	8	9	57
North Ayrshire	102	190	608	60	46	98
North Lanarkshire	358	228	2,133	48	78	140
Orkney	18	9	72	4	2	0
Perth & Kinross	162	118	474	26	13	121
Renfrewshire	202	285	1,155	41	46	55
Scottish Borders	73	106	408	3	4	47
Shetland	10	16	75	2	2	5
South Ayrshire	126	162	595	11	25	119
South Lanarkshire	335	373	1,703	38	38	101
Stirling	92	74	475	24	9	105
West Dunbartonshire	150	121	982	21	52	64
West Lothian	148	176	528	11	27	88
Western Isles	18	21	77	6	4	0
Totals	5,768	6,370	32,501	969	1,128	2,665

* Denotes the number of individuals given orders rather than number of orders.

Question reference: S1W-10327

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to Her Majesty's Government on why Articles 1 and 13 of ECHR, which deal with the securing and enforcement of citi'ens rights, were not included in the Human Rights Act 1998 which came into force on 2 October 2000 and whether this will have any implications for the legal and court system in Scotland.

No. Article 1 provides simply that the contracting parties to the Convention "shall secure to everyone within their jurisdiction the rights and freedoms defined in section 1 of this Convention". That objective is achieved by the Human Rights Act itself. Article 13 provides that anyone whose Convention rights and freedoms are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority. The Human Rights Act gives effect to Article 13 by establishing a scheme under which Convention rights can be raised before domestic courts, and remedies given. Nevertheless, Scottish and other UK courts may have regard to the case law on Article 13 in considering cases brought before them.

There are no specific and distinctive implications for the legal and court system in Scotland by comparison with the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S1W-10326

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 October 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in implementing the requirements of the Child Strategy Statement.

Question reference: S1W-09691

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact any proposed relocation of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Collection and Co-ordination Unit in Paisley would have on its efforts to tackle drug problems in the north east of Scotland, in particular as regards any implications any such proposal would have for the co-ordination between agencies of local intelligence relating to drugs, and whether it has received any reassurances from Her Majesty's Government on these issues.

Question reference: S1W-09337

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 26 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual spend on mental health services in Scotland was in each of the last five years.

Health boards and local authority Social Work departments incur expenditure in relation to mental health.In terms of NHS expenditure, mental illness is equated with the specialties of general psychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, child psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry.The figures for the years up to and including 1998-99 are provided in the publication Scottish Health Service Costs for each of the years. Figures relating to expenditure by health boards are not yet available for 1999-2000.The table below sets out the expenditure by local authority Social Work departments on services for people with mental health problems. There is a discontinuity in the data between 1996-97 and 1997-98.

Net Revenue Expenditure ^1,2 on Adults with Mental Health Problems (£ million)
	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98³	1998-99
Net Expenditure to be financed from grants, non-domestic rates, council taxes and balances.	23.1	30.1	34.7	33.4	38.2

Source: As reported by councils on the statistical return Local Financial Return for Social Work (LFR3).

Notes:

1. Excludes Loan Charges.

2. Data for 1998-99 are provisional and will be subject to change.

3. Data prior to 1997-98 includes senior management and purchasing, day centres, residential homes fully staffed, and other supported accommodation. From 1997-98, data includes day centres, residential and nursing homes and other services for adults with mental health problems.

Question reference: S1W-07726

Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2000
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 26 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4663 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 31 May 2000, what action will be taken to distribute lottery funding more evenly next year.