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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-23671

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported incidents of domestic violence were recorded for (a) male perpetrator, female victim, (b) male perpetrator, male victim, (c) female perpetrator, male victim and (d) female perpetrator, female victim in each of the last 10 years.

The following table shows the number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the eight Scottish police forces, broken down by gender of victim/perpetrator, for the period 1999-2000 to 2007-08. Please note that the earliest available year of information is 1999-2000.

Domestic Abuse Incidents Recorded by the Police, 1999-2000 to 2007-08

	Male Perpetrator, Female Victim	Male Perpetrator, Male Victim	Female perpetrator, Male victim	Female Perpetrator, Female Victim	Not Recorded	Total
1999-2000	30,395	147	2,378	107	170	33,197
2000-01	32,122	173	2,696	121	14	35,126
2001-02	31,848	232	2,976	137	62	35,255
2002-03	31,971	286	3,245	232	160	35,894
2003-04	35,727	328	3,694	252	1,232	41,233
2004-05	37,509	380	4,534	362	848	43,633
2005-06	39,091	412	4,974	388	947	45,812
2006-07	41,498	452	5,489	430	932	48,801
2007-08	41,591	523	6,165	561	815	49,655

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

The information requested is taken from the series of statistical bulletins produced by the Scottish Government on domestic abuse. The latest publication, Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland 2007-08, is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47020).

Question reference: S3W-23471

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to identify children with mental health issues at nursery, primary and secondary school.

We are promoting early identification of, and early interventions to address, mental health issues in children and young people in all school settings.

The Framework for Promotion, Prevention and Care, our policy on children and young people''s mental health is underpinned by the principles of promoting good mental health, prevention and early detection of mental health issues across settings. A named mental health link worker is available to every school and is a key part of co-ordinating this activity.

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 places duties on education authorities to make provisions for the support needs of individual children and young people. Education authorities must identify, support and review the needs of all children with additional support needs, including children with mental health issues.

Getting it Right for Every Child is our overarching programme to improve outcomes for all children and young people and includes a commitment to a co-ordinated and unified approach across all agencies, including nursery, primary and secondary schools, to identify and address mental health issues. Working with and involving children and young people and their families and carers in meeting those aims is a key component of this. This approach emphasises joint working and information sharing between professional groups to identify children''s needs and risk factors.

The Early Years Framework reinforces attention to early intervention for children up to 8 years, including developing the ability of all professionals “ including nursery staff, teachers and school nurses - to detect issues of concern and to refer to specialists where appropriate.

We are also piloting the delivery of effective healthcare “ including mental health care “ in school settings, in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Forth Valley and West Lothian.

Question reference: S3W-23469

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people have been introduced to illegal drugs as a result of a residential stay in an NHS psychiatric unit.

Question reference: S3W-23467

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of people (a) dealing and (b) using illegal drugs have been reported in each psychiatric unit in each of the last 10 years.

This information is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government does not hold individualised data on any crimes or offences recorded by the eight police forces in Scotland, and as such does not hold information on the location at which the crime took place. As such it is not possible to identify how many incidents there have been of people dealing or using illegal drugs in psychiatric units in the last 10 years.

Question reference: S3W-23675

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the HIV action plan will be published.

Question reference: S3W-23799

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many unregistered landlords are unlawfully letting property for which local authorities pay out housing and council tax benefits.

Question reference: S3W-23802

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities request sight of tenancy agreements with regard to the National Registration Scheme for Private Landlords.

Question reference: S3W-23804

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many landlords have been found not to be a fit and proper person to act as a landlord as a result of the implementation of the National Registration Scheme for Private Landlords.

Question reference: S3W-23798

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that checks should be made on payments of housing benefit and council tax benefit to tenants to ensure that all privately rented properties receiving funding are managed by landlords registered under the National Registration Scheme for Private Landlords.

The Scottish Government guidance for local authorities on private landlord registration encourages landlord registration teams to make appropriate links with colleagues across other council departments including housing benefit and council tax benefit officers, to ensure that information is shared and any concerns about particular landlords are brought to the attention of the landlord registration team.

Question reference: S3W-23468

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been of people (a) dealing and (b) using illegal drugs in psychiatric units in each of the last 10 years.