- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests were made for offences of vandalism in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons arrested were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The requested information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in each of the past 12 months police were required to attend a young persons' residential care facility in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency (a) to conduct inquiries pertaining to persons reported missing by staff and (b) in the course of criminal investigations.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions were instigated for drug-related offences in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons prosecuted were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information held centrally on persons prosecuted, cannot be broken down by parliamentary constituency. The available information relates to persons proceeded against by court and is given in the following table. The statistics identify persons proceeded against where the main offence involved the illegal importation, cultivation, supply or possession of drugs. Other offences may be drug-related, such as those committed to fund a drug habit, but these cannot be separately identified within the statistics held centrally. Data for the year 2001 are not yet available.Persons proceeded against where the main offence was a drugs offence, Airdrie Sheriff Court and North Lanarkshire District Court, 2000:
Age | Month of sentence or acquittal in 2000 |
Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
Under 21 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 103 |
21 & Over | 15 | 41 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 259 |
TOTAL | 22 | 59 | 45 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 362 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests were made in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency for drink-related offences in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons arrested were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally. The information in the following table relates to crimes recorded by the police for each quarter of 2000 for North Lanarkshire Council area. Data for the year 2001 is not yet available."Drink Related" Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in North Lanarkshire, 2000:
Crime/offence | Quarter 1 Jan - March | Quarter 2 April - June | Quarter 3 July - Sept | Quarter 4 Oct - Dec | Total for 2000 |
Culpable homicide - Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drunkenness | 144 | 171 | 183 | 180 | 678 |
Offences by licensed persons | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
Other offences against liquor licensing laws | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
Consumption of alcohol in designated places | 219 | 289 | 231 | 208 | 947 |
Drunk driving etc | 165 | 190 | 174 | 208 | 737 |
Total | 535 | 675 | 594 | 599 | 2,403 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cautions were given for offences of vandalism in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons cautioned were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information requested is not available. Scotland does not have a system of formal police cautions, as used by police forces in England and Wales.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cautions were given for drug-related offences in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons cautioned were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information requested is not available. Scotland does not have a system of formal police cautions, as used by police forces in England and Wales
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests were made in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency for drug-related offences in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons arrested were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The available information is given in the following table. This relates to crimes recorded by the police for each quarter of 2000 for North Lanarkshire Council area. Data for the year 2001 is not yet available.Drugs Crimes Recorded by the Police in North Lanarkshire, 2000:
Period | Crimes |
Quarter 1 Jan - March | 426 |
Quarter 2 April - June | 482 |
Quarter 3 July - Sept | 449 |
Quarter 4 Oct - Dec | 460 |
Total for 2000 | 1,817 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of vandalism were reported to police in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months.
Answer
The requested information is not held centrally. The available information is given in the table. This relates to crimes recorded by the police for each quarter of 2000 for North Lanarkshire Council area. Data for the year 2001 is not yet available.Crimes of "Vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief" recorded by the police in North Lanarkshire, 2000
Period | Crimes |
Quarter 1 Jan - March | 1,101 |
Quarter 2 April - June | 972 |
Quarter 3 July - Sept | 983 |
Quarter 4 Oct - Dec | 1,672 |
Total for 2000 | 4,728 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions were instigated for offences of vandalism in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each of the past 12 months, broken down by whether the persons prosecuted were juvenile or adult.
Answer
The information held centrally on persons prosecuted cannot be broken down by parliamentary constituency. The available information relates to persons proceeded against by court and is given in the table. Data for the year 2001 are not yet available.Persons proceeded against where the main offence was vandalism, Airdrie Sheriff Court and North Lanarkshire District Court, 2000
Age | Month of sentence or acquittal 2000 |
Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
Under 21 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 88 |
21 & Over | 17 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 143 |
Total | 24 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 231 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what policies it has to ensure the attraction, creation and retention of company headquarters to and in Scotland.
Answer
Following the launch of the Global Connections Strategy in October 2001, Scottish Development International continues to work to attract inward investment to Scotland. Scottish Enterprise's Global Companies Development Programme assists Scottish companies, especially in key high technology areas, to grow by assisting them test, refine and implement international development strategies. The key economic drivers I announced in Scotland's Economic Future on 12 February are aimed at creating the right conditions for company headquarters in Scotland.