- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the proportion of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area that are able to live independently by increasing home care opportunities since 1997.
Answer
Councils' expenditure on home care services is funded through the general local government settlement. Between 1997-98 and 2001-02, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire Councils' net expenditure on home care services increased by 26% to £3.7million and by 28% to £3.0 million respectively. The following tables show the number of clients in receipt of care at home in each of these areas from 1997. Argyll and Bute Home Care Clients
| Year | No. of Clients | No. of Clients over 65 |
| 1997 | 1,033 | 855 |
| 1998 | 1,007 | 906 |
| 1999 | 949 | 814 |
| 2000 | 972 | 829 |
| 2001 | 927 | 786 |
| 2002 | 957 | 827 |
Source: SEHD H1 Home Care Return.West Dunbartonshire Home Care Clients
| Year | No. of Clients | No. of Clients over 65 |
| 1997 | 1,641 | 1,490 |
| 1998 | 1,699 | 1,449 |
| 1999 | 1,760 | 1,388 |
| 2000 | 1,767 | 1,387 |
| 2001 | 1,558 | 1,244 |
| 2002 | 1,647 | 1,300 |
Source: SEHD H1 Home Care Return.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #250 million for free personal care and nursing care was allocated to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council.
Answer
Argyll and Bute Council was allocated £2.655 million for 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and £3.547 million for 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004.West Dunbartonshire Council was allocated £1.591 million for 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and £2.101 million for 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, to tackle drug misuse in the (a) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency, (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area and (c) West Dunbartonshire local authority area and how much money has been allocated to each area for this purpose.
Answer
The Scottish Executive's drugs strategy,
Tackling Drugs in Scotland: Action in Partnership,
is backed by around £130 million in new resources for 2001-02 to 2003-04. All areas of Scotland have benefited from these additional resources in terms of new drug treatment and rehabilitation services, improved support for young people and families, improved treatment provision in prisons, more criminal justice interventions, strengthened enforcement activity, enhanced drugs education in schools and in the community and better improved information on drugs.However, the planning and delivery of local activities and initiatives is the responsibility of local drug action teams and partner agencies. drug action teams are required to report to the Scottish Executive on actions undertaken and planned in their annual corporate action plans. These can be found on the national drugs website at
www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org The plans show evidence of enhanced service provision in the areas requested, particularly in terms of services for vulnerable young people, the further development of integrated services, and the provision of training and employment opportunities for recovering drug users. A Drug Treatment and Testing Order has also recently come into operation in the Argyll and Clyde area.Information on drug-related expenditure is not held on a constituency basis. The main components of drugs specific expenditure allocated to NHS boards and local authorities in the areas requested is outlined in the following tables. The areas may also be benefiting from other resources which are not drug specific, but which impact on the problem. Drug Treatment
| NHS Board | 2001-02(£000) | 2002-03(£000) | 2003-04(£000) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1,111 | 1,338 | 1,338 |
| Greater Glasgow | 4,387 | 4,488 | 4,488 |
Rehabilitation
| Council Area | 2001-02(£000) | 2002-03(£000) | 2003-04(£000) |
| Argyll and Bute | 119 | 119 | 119 |
| West Dunbaronshire | 126 | 126 | 126 |
Drugs Education in Schools
| Council Area | 2001-02(£000) | 2002-03(£000) |
| Argyll and Bute | 17.5 | 17.5 |
| West Dunbaronshire | 21 | 21 |
Changing Children's Services Fund (for work with young people and families)
| Council Area | 2001-02 to 2003-04(£000) |
| Argyll and Bute | 259 |
| West Dunbaronshire | 510 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the additional #0.5 billion announced to be spent on police forces, fire brigades and the prison services will be spent in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area on the (i) police, (ii) fire service and (iii) prison service.
Answer
The amount of additional funding, provided from the spending review in 2002 over the three years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06, was as follows:
| | £ million |
| Police | 317 |
| Fire | 72 |
| Prisons | 15 |
The breakdown for Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire is not available as it is a matter for the relevant Chief Constable, Fire Master or Chief Executive (in conjunction with the Prison Board) to decide how much is allocated within each area. However, the amounts added to Strathclyde Police and Strathclyde Fire Brigade Grant Aided Expenditure, following the spending review were as follows.
| 2003-04(£ million) | 2004-05(£ million) | 2005-06(£ million) |
| Police | 18 | 41 | 71 |
| Fire | 5 | 10 | 16 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will evaluate drink-driving rehabilitation programmes as a method of educating those found guilty of drink-driving.
Answer
The statutory scheme of drink-drive rehabilitation courses is a reserved matter. The Department for Transport, which administers the scheme, has commissioned research into the operation of these courses and their effectiveness in discouraging reoffending since the creation of a permanent scheme in January 2000. The research will cover Scotland and the Scottish Executive will have access to the results of that evaluation as soon as they are available. Monitoring of the pilot scheme, which ended in 1999, found that those offenders who had attended a course were between two and three times less likely to re-offend than those who had not.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to reduce crime rates in disadvantaged areas in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area since 1996.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has actively encouraged the establishment of community safety partnerships led by the local authority and the police and involving the public, private and voluntary bodies to tackle community safety issues at a local level. Community Safety Partnerships are encouraged to focus on the main themes of improved crime prevention; tackling alcohol and drug related crime; changing attitudes and modifying behaviour; diverting young people away from criminal and anti-social behaviour, and reducing the fear of crime.Crime prevention spend by the Scottish Executive in Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire is outlined in the answer given to question S1W-33835 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.Both council areas also benefit from Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) and Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) funding.Under BNSF Argyll and Bute has been awarded £2.7 million and West Dunbartonshire has been awarded £9 million over a three-year period 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04. Although the Local Outcome Agreements for neither area are specifically aimed at preventing crime, Argyll and Bute do include activities aimed at reducing the fear of crime among older people and West Dunbartonshire is providing a range of information, services and activities for young people to make it less likely that they will become involved in crime.Since 1997 the Argyll and Bute SIP has funded various crime prevention projects totalling £204,000. Although in West Dunbartonshire few project allocations by the SIP have been for direct crime prevention work, they have provided £1 million funding for projects which have an impact on crime prevention and reduction, such as young person's befriending schemes, action against vandalism, domestic violence, crimestoppers, youth diversion schemes and other similar schemes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on crime prevention by (a) central government, (b) Argyll and Bute Council and (c) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1997.
Answer
Spend by a local authority on crime prevention is a matter for that local authority. The information is not held centrally.Under the Make our Communities Safer Challenge Competition, which ended in March 2002, the awards detailed in the following tables were made:Argyll and Bute
| 1996-97 | Campbeltown Town Centre CCTVDunoon Town Centre CCTVHelensburgh Town Centre CCTV | £11,700£76,288£23,544 |
| 1997-98 | Oban Town Centre CCTV | £71,000 |
| 1998-99 | Rothesay Town Centre CCTV | £63,300 |
| 1999-2000 | | £0 |
| 2000-01 | Campbeltown CCTV | £9,500 |
| 2001-02 | Dunoon New Community Schools | £8,100 |
West Dunbartonshire
| 1996-97 | Clydebank Town Centre CCTV | £108,490 |
| 1997-98 | Clydebank Town Centre CCTVDumbarton CCTV | £27,000£63,000 |
| 1998-99 | | £0 |
| 1999-2000 | Dumbarton Town Centre CCTV | £160,000 |
| 2000-01 | New Bonhill CCTV | £140,000 |
| 2001-02 | Clydebank Trust CCTVYouth Shelters | £129,440£18,500 |
On 1 April 2002, we introduced a new Community Safety Partnership Award Programme for all council-led Community Safety Partnerships. For 2002-03, Argyll and Bute Community Safety Partnership were awarded £84,127 to address local community safety priorities, West Dunbartonshire Community Safety Partnership were awarded £118,491.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any assets sei'ed from illegal drug dealing have been redistributed to the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area.
Answer
None of the recovered criminal assets we have redistributed so far have been provided specifically to West Dunbartonshire or Argyll and Bute. However, £180,000 from recovered criminal assets has been earmarked to support families across Scotland affected by drug misuse. A national network of family support groups is being established, and this is being driven by a steering group of family members. This will determine, in due course, how these resources can best be used to support the families of drug misusers, including those in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the monetary value is of drugs sei'ed by the L Division of Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency since the inception of the policy to reinvest assets recovered from illegal drug dealing.
Answer
During 2001-02, the estimated street value of controlled drugs seized in all operations involving the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (including those involving Scottish police forces) was £19.9 million. Equivalent figures for individual divisions of police forces are only available on a calendar year basis. The estimated street value of controlled drugs seized by L Division of Strathclyde Police in the calendar years 2001 and 2002 was £686,000. The estimated value of drugs seized is of course different from the value of assets recovered.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community safety partnerships there are currently in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency and when each partnership was established.
Answer
Each local authority area has a community safety partnership. Therefore there are two partnerships in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency area, one led by Argyll and Bute Council and the other led by West Dunbartonshire Council.The community safety partnership in Argyll and Bute was established on 4 June 1999. The West Dunbartonshire community safety partnership was established on 22 January 1999.
