- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual cost to society is of domestic violence.
Answer
This information isnot available.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of drunkenness were recorded in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each year since 1997, also showing the rates per head of population.
Answer
The informationrequested is shown in the following tables.
Offences ofdrunkenness recorded by the police in Angus and the City of Dundee, 1996-97 to2006-07
Number of Incidents
| Year | Angus | Dundee City |
| 1997-98 | 93 | 243 |
| 1998-99 | 67 | 354 |
| 1999-2000 | 76 | 386 |
| 2000-01 | 76 | 386 |
| 2001-02 | 48 | 419 |
| 2002-03 | 62 | 399 |
| 2003-04 | 54 | 463 |
| 2004-05 | 52 | 377 |
| 2005-06 | 63 | 429 |
| 2006-07 | 62 | 320 |
Rate Per 100,000 Population
| Year | Angus | Dundee City |
| 1997-98 | 85 | 161 |
| 1998-99 | 61 | 237 |
| 1999-2000 | 69 | 261 |
| 2000-01 | 70 | 263 |
| 2001-02 | 44 | 288 |
| 2002-03 | 57 | 277 |
| 2003-04 | 50 | 323 |
| 2004-05 | 48 | 265 |
| 2005-06 | 58 | 301 |
| 2006-07 | 57 | 225 |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breathalyser tests were administered in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus following road accidents in each year since 1997 and what percentage of these were recorded as failed.
Answer
Data about injuryroad accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executiveusing the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidentsin which one or more people were injured and which become known to the police. Thereturns do not cover damage only accidents or accidents of which the police areunaware because they were not reported by the public.
The following tablegives the number of reported injury road accidents which were identified in theSTATS 19 returns occurring within (a) Dundee and (b) Angus Councilareas since 1997 where a breathalyser test was administered with positive/refusedand negative readings and the percentage of the total which failed.
It should be notedthat as well as drivers and riders of motor vehicles, the figures also include asmall number of cases where pedal cyclists or horse riders were breath tested.
(a) Dundee
| Year | Positive or Refused | Negative | Drivers or Riders Breath-Tested | Positive or Refused % of Breath-Tested |
| 1997 | 17 | 496 | 513 | 3.3% |
| 1998 | 16 | 469 | 485 | 3.3% |
| 1999 | 16 | 490 | 506 | 3.2% |
| 2000 | 12 | 524 | 536 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 9 | 541 | 550 | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 8 | 481 | 489 | 1.6% |
| 2003 | 15 | 424 | 439 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 11 | 408 | 419 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 9 | 342 | 351 | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 20 | 430 | 450 | 4.4% |
(b) Angus
| Year | Positive or Refused | Negative | Drivers or Riders Breath-Tested | Positive or Refused % of Breath-Tested |
| 1997 | 17 | 483 | 500 | 3.4% |
| 1998 | 11 | 484 | 495 | 2.2% |
| 1999 | 18 | 422 | 440 | 4.1% |
| 2000 | 10 | 447 | 457 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 13 | 416 | 429 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 25 | 436 | 461 | 5.4% |
| 2003 | 11 | 350 | 361 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 7 | 427 | 434 | 1.6% |
| 2005 | 15 | 391 | 406 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 12 | 351 | 363 | 3.3% |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of breathalyser tests administered following road accidents in each year since 1997 were recorded as failed.
Answer
Data about injuryroad accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executiveusing the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidentsin which one or more people were injured and which become known to the police. Thereturns do not cover damage only accidents or accidents of which the police areunaware because they were not reported by the public.
The following tablegives the number of reported injury road accidents which were identified in theSTATS 19 returns occurring on Scottish roads since 1997 where a breathalyser testwas administered with positive/refused and negative readings and the percentageof the total which failed.
It should be notedthat as well as drivers and riders of motor vehicles, the figures also include asmall number of cases where pedal cyclists or horse riders were breath tested.
| Year | Positive or Refused | Negative | Drivers or Riders Breath-Tested | Positive or Refused % of Breath-Tested |
| 1997 | 587 | 17,750 | 18,337 | 3.2% |
| 1998 | 549 | 17,650 | 18,199 | 3.0% |
| 1999 | 515 | 16,200 | 16,715 | 3.1% |
| 2000 | 530 | 15,537 | 16,067 | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 511 | 14,782 | 15,293 | 3.5% |
| 2002 | 512 | 14,239 | 14,751 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 504 | 13,474 | 13,978 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 487 | 13,220 | 13,707 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 475 | 12,174 | 12,649 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 511 | 12,132 | 12,643 | 4.0% |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of drink driving were recorded in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each year since 1997, also showing the rates per head of population.
Answer
The information requestedis shown in the following tables.
Offences of DrinkDriving Recorded by the Police in Angus and the City of Dundee, 1996-97 to 2006-07
Number ofIncidents
| | Angus | Dundee City |
| 1997-98 | 227 | 392 |
| 1998-99 | 200 | 337 |
| 1999-2000 | 202 | 397 |
| 2000-01 | 168 | 369 |
| 2001-02 | 279 | 448 |
| 2002-03 | 226 | 445 |
| 2003-04 | 265 | 465 |
| 2004-05 | 263 | 383 |
| 2005-06 | 318 | 368 |
| 2006-07 | 291 | 368 |
Rate Per 100,000Population
| | Angus | Dundee City |
| 1997-98 | 206 | 259 |
| 1998-99 | 182 | 225 |
| 1999-2000 | 184 | 268 |
| 2000-01 | 154 | 252 |
| 2001-02 | 257 | 308 |
| 2002-03 | 209 | 309 |
| 2003-04 | 247 | 325 |
| 2004-05 | 243 | 269 |
| 2005-06 | 292 | 258 |
| 2006-07 | 266 | 259 |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of drunkenness were recorded per head of population in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requestedis shown in the following tables.
Offences of DrunkennessRecorded by the Police, Scotland, 1996-97 to 2006-07
Rate per 100,000Population
| | Scotland |
| 1997-98 | 190 |
| 1998-99 | 165 |
| 1999-2000 | 150 |
| 2000-01 | 154 |
| 2001-02 | 153 |
| 2002-03 | 144 |
| 2003-04 | 149 |
| 2004-05 | 142 |
| 2005-06 | 137 |
| 2006-07 | 130 |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 22 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will promote to enhance the economic development of Scottish cities.
Answer
The GovernmentEconomic Strategy sets out how the Scottish Government will focus on creating amore successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainableeconomic growth. The strategy highlights the importance of Scotland’s cities ascentres of growth and prosperity and sets a framework for the cities to realisetheir full potential.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers will be added to the 1,141 officers working in Tayside Police force as at March 2007 as a result of Tayside Police receiving its proportionate share of “the equivalent of 1,000 additional police officers”, as outlined in Principles and Priorities: The Government's Programme for Scotland.
Answer
Recruitment plansare the responsibility of Chief Constables, but as a result of the Government’sannouncement on 12 November, Tayside Police will be able to recruit anadditional 11 police officers this financial year, over and above therecruitment plans developed under the previous administration.
Furtheradditional officers will be recruited by Tayside police in subsequent years asa result of the Government’s commitment to increase policing capacity.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the 43 police officers recruited by Tayside Police from April to September 2007 are to be included in Tayside Police’s proportionate share of “the equivalent of 1,000 additional police officers”, as outlined in Principles and Priorities: The Government's Programme for Scotland.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-6105 on 14 November 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS sight tests and eye examinations were carried out in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) NHS Grampian in the (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07 financial years.
Answer
The information requestedis shown in the following table.
The Number of SightTest and Eye Examinations1 by NHS Board for Year Ending 31 March
| | Grampian | Tayside |
| 2006 | 94,103 | 79,355 |
| 20072 | 169,323 | 128,179 |
Source: These data are extracted from the ophthalmicpayment system OPTIX.
Notes:
1. On 1 April 2006, a new nhs eye examination was introduced andentitlement was extended to all in Scotland. Thetraditional NHS sight test was replaced by a comprehensive eye examinationappropriate to the patient’s needs. An initial eye examination is carried out(primary eye examination) and where necessary this is followed by a further eyeexamination (supplementary eye examination).
2. These figures includeboth primary and supplementary NHS Eye examinations.
