- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences under sections (a) 3(1), (b) 4(1) and (c) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 the police have recorded in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The recorded crime statistics collected centrally can not identify individual sections of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The most detailed crime categories available are shown in the table. These contain crimes recorded under various statutes and several different sections of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.Crimes Recorded by the Police by Council Area, Scotland, 1999-2001
| Council Area | Illegal Importation of Drugs | Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs | Supply, Possession with Intent to Supply of Drugs |
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1 | 4 | 140 | 115 | 137 | 8,514 | 8,645 | 10,152 |
| Aberdeen City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 446 | 402 | 435 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 161 | 152 | 201 |
| Angus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 80 | 102 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 64 | 79 | 56 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 101 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 302 | 215 | 280 |
| Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 144 | 188 | 237 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 227 | 264 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 83 | 99 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 99 | 56 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 110 | 63 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 930 | 824 | 1,111 |
| Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 217 | 290 |
| Fife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 439 | 448 | 623 |
| Glasgow City | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 2,104 | 2,408 | 2,449 |
| Highland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 323 | 154 | 280 |
| Inverclyde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 266 | 331 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 77 | 110 |
| Moray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 71 | 53 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 124 | 197 | 202 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 561 | 449 | 461 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Perth and Kinross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 291 | 255 | 253 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 371 | 351 | 344 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 208 | 239 | 221 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 37 |
| South Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 141 | 81 | 251 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 334 | 267 | 291 |
| Stirling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 124 | 305 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 183 | 200 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 244 | 291 | 407 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why no performance measure in schedule F of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock relates to the number of fires in the prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:It was not considered necessary or appropriate to have such a performance measure.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the accounting treatment has been in the Scottish Prison Service annual accounts of the waiver of an obligation on the contractor to secure insurance under paragraph 6.10 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28658 on 23 September 2002. 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.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27734 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002, whether it will detail all items worth #1,000 or over that comprised part of the fixtures, fittings and equipment of the buildings of former HM Prison Zeist and were removed for reuse by the Scottish Prison Service prior to the buildings' return to the Netherlands Government.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Security locks totalling £11,000 approximately.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the cost of civil court business, including judicial costs, was recovered by the Scottish Court Service through fees in each financial year since 1998-99.
Answer
The information requested is contained in the following table. The cost estimates for 2000-01 were affected by changes in the capital charges applying to the Scottish Court Service. The allocation of these charges was the subject of review and adjustments made in 2001-02. The basis of cost allocation is audited by external auditors annually.
| Year | Fees Recovered(£000) | Appropriate Share of Cost(£000) | Percentage of Cost Recovered in Fees |
| 1998-99 | £13,631 | £18,483 | 74% |
| 1999-2000 | £14,417 | £18,465 | 78% |
| 2000-01 | £14,053 | £21,073 | 67% |
| 2001-02 | £14,370 | £18,652 | 77% |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22602 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 February 2002, how many High Court cases in (a) Scotland and (b) each court have been postponed on the day of commencement due to technicalities or other reasons and what the estimated cost was resulting from such postponements in each case in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03 to date.
Answer
As I explained in the answer given to question S1W-22602 on 14 February 2002, the information is not available in the form requested. 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. Postponement of cases in the High Court is a statutory procedure which takes place before the start of a trial and no statistics of such postponements are collected. However, the following table sets out the number of indictments registered in the High Court for 2001-02 and 2002 to 31 August 2002, the number of cases which had a plea of guilty tendered before evidence was commenced, the number of cases which proceeded to have evidence led, and the balance of cases which did not proceed either prior to, or on the day of trial, for a variety of reasons. These reasons may include cases not proceeding due to witness unavailability, not called in court or deserted by the Crown, or cases where a warrant is issued for the accused among other things. No information on the costs of postponements is collected.
| | High Court |
| 2001-02 | 2002 (to 31 August) |
| Indictments registered | 1,489 | 547 |
| Guilty plea entered | 680 | 271 |
| Evidence-led trials | 397 | 186 |
| Balance of cases | 412 | 90 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to answer each of questions S1W-24120, S1W-24629, S1W-25174 and S1W-25568.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The answers to questions S1W-24120, S1W-24629 and S1W-25174 were not costed. Regarding the answer to question S1W-25568, I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28816 on 19 September 2002. 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.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its contracts for education services in each prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The provision of education service in prison is complex. Some suppliers have contracted for a single site provision. Other contractors operate across a number of sites.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under sections 68(1), (2), (3) and (5) and 69(1) and (2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service computer in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.
Answer
The information requested is not readily available in the format required and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The information systems operated by the department were designed for case tracking rather than for the production of statistical information. Systems currently in development will, in due course, facilitate the provision of data on a wider basis than is presently possible.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a table showing the number of people under 21 with a charge proved, for whom the disposal of the court was (a) custody in a young offenders institution, (b) detention of a child, (c) an insanity or hospital order, (d) a community service order, (e) probation, (f) a fine, (g) a compensation order, (h) admonition or caution, (i) remit to children's hearing and (j) an absolute discharge in each of the last five years, broken down by gender and the age groups (i) under-16s and (ii) 16-to 20-year-olds.
Answer
The available information is given in the following tables. Information for 2001 is not expected to be available until around November this year.
Males Aged Under 21 with a Charge Proved, by Age and Type of Sentence, 1996-2000
Main disposal1 | Year of sentence |
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Aged under 16 |
All sentences | 149 | 137 | 135 | 75 | 54 |
Custody in a YOI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Detention of a child | 40 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 11 |
Insanity or hospital order | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Community service order | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Probation2 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 6 |
Fine | 10 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 9 |
Compensation order | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Admonition or caution | 22 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 4 |
Remit to children's hearing | 43 | 54 | 52 | 21 | 21 |
Absolute discharge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other sentences3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Aged 16-20 |
All sentences | 31,704 | 31,310 | 29,311 | 26,927 | 24,338 |
Custody in a YOI | 4,637 | 4,425 | 4,227 | 4,202 | 3,981 |
Detention of a child | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insanity or hospital order | 15 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 |
Community service order | 2,129 | 2,005 | 1,737 | 1,566 | 1,512 |
Probation2 | 2,650 | 2,588 | 2,634 | 2,696 | 2,500 |
Fine | 17,708 | 17,554 | 16,227 | 14,248 | 12,911 |
Compensation order | 505 | 454 | 482 | 458 | 435 |
Admonition or caution | 3,589 | 3,741 | 3,526 | 3,232 | 2,623 |
Remit to children's hearing | 125 | 140 | 103 | 106 | 63 |
Absolute discharge | 126 | 109 | 71 | 78 | 71 |
Other sentences3 | 220 | 282 | 289 | 316 | 233 |
Females Aged Under 21 with a Charge Proved, by Age and Type of Sentence, 1996-2000
Main disposal | Year of sentence |
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Aged under 16 |
All sentences | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Custody in a YOI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Detention of a child | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Insanity or hospital order | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Community service order | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probation2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Compensation order | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Admonition or caution | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Remit to children's hearing | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Absolute discharge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other sentences3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aged 16-20 |
All sentences | 3,302 | 3,424 | 3,361 | 3,273 | 3,050 |
Custody in a YOI | 105 | 130 | 233 | 281 | 336 |
Detention of a child | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insanity or hospital order | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Community service order | 106 | 127 | 108 | 136 | 100 |
Probation2 | 284 | 320 | 373 | 439 | 419 |
Fine | 1,827 | 1,836 | 1,641 | 1,469 | 1,368 |
Compensation order | 61 | 73 | 66 | 60 | 45 |
Admonition or caution | 850 | 845 | 859 | 824 | 693 |
Remit to children's hearing | 21 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 17 |
Absolute discharge | 22 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 18 |
Other sentences3 | 25 | 43 | 43 | 36 | 51 |
Notes:
1. Inaccuracies in the source data on dates of birth of offenders can occasionally result in apparent inconsistencies between age and sentence type, e.g. custody in a Young Offfenders Institution or community service for under 16 year olds.
2. Includes restriction of liberty orders.
3. Includes cases where no order is made, orders relating to dogs and (in 2000) drug treatment and testing orders.
