Chamber and committees

The appointment of officersin Scottish police forces is the sole responsibility of chief constables or, atthe most senior levels, the police authority. Further advancement is determinedon merit under internal procedures which take account of qualifications andexperience. As an equal opportunities employer, the Scottish Police Service iscommitted to the principles of equality and diversity in relation to employment.Under the Scottish police service people strategy each force will be takingforward the gender equality action plan which is intended to ensure that allpolice employment policies are fairly designed and implemented. Specificmeasures taken by forces include:

adopting part-time working policies and flexibleworking arrangements;

encouraging female officers to pursue specialistposts;

organising leadership developmentprogrammes for women officers at the Scottish Police College; and

establishing networking and monitoring facilities.

A national conference for senior women in policing will beheld in Edinburgh later this year.

The information requested isshown in the following table. All new recruits are appointed to the rank ofpolice constable. The two officers newly seconded to the SDEA were also policeconstables.

Total Number of female officers recruited in 2002-03.

Force	Total Number of Female Recruits
Central	14
Dumfries and Galloway	3
Fife	20
Grampian	16
Lothian and Borders	33
Northern	12
Strathclyde	147
Tayside	12
SDEA	2
Total	257

Notes:

1. The source for figures for police forces is the annual statistical returns from forces for 2002-03. The figures for the SDEA were provided directly by that organisation.

2. Figures for forces include officers seconded to central service, including for example the Scottish Police College and the SDEA. As a result, officersin the SDEA appear twice in the table but the information provided in the annualstatistical returns does not identify these separately by force.

The information requested isshown in the following table:

Percentage of female officersas at 31 March 2003

	Chief Officer	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Constable
Central	33%	0	7%	7%	20%
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	6%	6%	24%
Fife	0	0	7%	4%	22%
Grampian	0	5%	5%	14%	22%
Lothian and Borders	0	3%	6%	9%	21%
Northern	0	0	2%	8%	22%
Strathclyde	12%	6%	7%	10%	22%
Tayside	0	14%	6%	7%	24%
SDEA (see note 2)	0	0	0	10%	14%

Notes:

1. The sourcefor figures for police forces is the annual statistical returns from forces for2002-03. The figures for the SDEA were provided directly by that organisation.

2. Figuresfor forces include officers seconded to central service, including for examplethe Scottish Police College and the SDEA. As a result, officersin the SDEA appear twice in the table but the information provided in the annualstatistical returns does not identify these separately by force.

3. Chiefofficer includes chief constable, deputy chief constable and assistant chiefconstable; superintendent includes chief superintendent; and inspector includeschief inspector.

The following table showsfor each NHS board the equivalent figures given in answer to S2W-4805. ISDScotland have no plans to publish arithmetic mean values for each board for thereason given earlier in the answer to S2W-4812.

All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.For in-patients and daycase, the data reported on includes all patients who are routinely admitted from the waiting list from home and therefore includes the total wait experienced by patients who are excepted from the national maximum waiting times guarantees because for example they have been unavailable for treatment for medical or social reasons.

	First Outpatient Appointments			Inpatients/Day Cases
	Median Wait (days)	Mean Wait (days)	Difference	Median Wait (days)	Mean Wait (days)	Difference
NHSScotland	54	86.9	-32.9	41	80.4	-39.4
Argyll and Clyde	52	79.4	-27.4	32	70.9	-38.9
Ayrshire and Arran	50	76.3	-26.3	48	82.9	-34.9
Borders	47	74.5	-27.5	35	70.1	-35.1
Dumfries and Galloway	54	74.3	-20.3	49	85.4	-36.4
Fife	66	89.3	-23.3	45	91.7	-46.7
Forth Valley	64	110.5	-46.5	49	90.8	-41.8
Grampian	55	86.6	-31.6	35	68.5	-33.5
Greater Glasgow	55	90.5	-35.5	34	74.9	-40.9
Highland	43	75.2	-32.2	40	75.5	-35.5
Lanarkshire	62	99.8	-37.8	50	86.6	-36.6
Lothian	49	82.9	-33.9	42	87.6	-45.6
Orkney Islands	23	37.5	-14.5	21	44.5	-23.5
Shetland Islands	46	58.3	-12.3	36	59.2	-23.2
Tayside	52	82.7	-30.7	43	83.2	-40.2
Western Isles	36	47.8	-11.8	45	72.9	-27.9

Notes:

1. Information relates to the quarter ending 30 September 2002 and should be considered provisional

2. In-patient /Day case data is sourced from the SMR01 dataset. Outpatient data is sourced from the SMR00 dataset, and covers referrals from a GMP/GDP to a consultant led outpatient clinic.

The following table showsfor each NHS board the equivalent information to that given in the answer toS2W-4809.

All answers to written questions are available on the Parliament’s website thesearch facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

For in-patients and daycase, the data reported on includes all patients who areroutinely admitted from the waiting list from home and therefore includes thetotal wait experienced by patients who are excepted from the national maximumwaiting times guarantees because for example they have been unavailable fortreatment for medical or social reasons.

	First Outpatient Appointments		Inpatients/Day Cases
	Minimum Value (days)	99th Percentile Value (days)	Minimum Value (days)	99th Percentile Value (days)
NHSScotland	0	489	0	446
Argyll and Clyde	0	469	0	432
Ayrshire and Arran	0	407	0	456
Borders	0	504	0	542
Dumfries and Galloway	0	418	0	447
Fife	0	451	0	523
Forth Valley	0	619	0	490
Grampian	0	413	0	375
Greater Glasgow	0	529	0	445
Highland	0	406	0	392
Lanarkshire	0	500	0	409
Lothian	0	469	0	506
Orkney Islands	0	208	1	316
Shetland Islands	0	315	0	280
Tayside	0	427	0	422
Western Isles	0	269	0	340

Notes:

1. The Scottish 99^thpercentile values have changed from those given in PQ S2W-4809, The SMR00 andSMR01 files are dynamic files with records continually being added. Informationrelates to the quarter ending 30 September 2003 and should be consideredprovisional.

2. In-patient /Day case datais sourced from the SMR01 dataset. Out-patient data is sourced from the SMR00dataset, and covers referrals from a GMP/GDP to a consultant led outpatientclinic.

The number of Senior CivilServants recruited through open competition to the Scottish Executive from 1 April 2002 – 31 March 2003 was 8.

Between January 2002 andJune 2003, 25 senior civil servants were required to cover supply and demandarising from retirals, leavers, promotions and the creation of new senior civilservice posts.

The number of senior civil serviceheads of division who have changed post each year since May 1999 is:

Year	Count
May 1999 – March 2000	6
April 2000 – March 2001	17
April 2001 – March 2002	10
April 2002 – March 2003	12

I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

Records of visitors held aresubject to the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998). For operational andsecurity reasons, the data maintained on visitors is:

Name

Address

Relationship to Prisoner

Records have historicallybeen kept in manual format but the use of electronic storage is increasing. Asthe information held is subject to extant Data Protection legislation, its useis strictly controlled.

Since 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, thenumber of successful candidates for posts in the Senior Civil Service in the Executivewere appointed from:

(a) within the former Scottish Office	0
(b) within the Executive	2
(c) elsewhere within the civil service	0
(d) public sector employment other than the civil service	3
(e) private sector	2
(f) unemployed	1

Below SCS level this information is not held centrally. The Scottish Executive does however fully comply with the requirements of the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Code which is founded on the principle of fair and open competition for externally advertised posts.