Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-24253

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 27 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average fee per patient is, as recorded by the NHS Dental Practice Board.

Question reference: S2W-24009

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S2W-23326 by Hugh Henry on 3 March 2006, whether it will provide the number of motor vehicle seizures and warnings issued by police under the recent anti-social behaviour legislation, broken down by local authority area.

Seizure of vehicles is apolice power and data is collected by police constabulary area, as presented inthe following table. The data covers the period from commencement of themeasure in March 2005 to October 2005. Statistics on the use of the measures inthe Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 will be collected on a six-monthlybasis.

Force	Seizure of Vehicles Warning Notices	Seizure of Vehicles Vehicles
Central Scotland Police	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary	3	0
Fife Constabulary	173	9
Grampian Police	135	8
Lothian and Borders Police	0	0
Northern Constabulary	1	0
Strathclyde Police	0	0
Tayside Police	32	0
Total	344	17

Question reference: S2W-23318

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) retailers and (b) licensees have been prosecuted for selling alcohol to under age customers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following table. No breakdown of these figures into prosecutions ofretailers and licensees is available from the data held centrally. The court proceedingsstatistics for 2004-05 are planned for publication in spring 2006.

Persons Proceeded Against forSelling Alcohol to Persons Under 18¹, by Local Authority Area 1999-2003

Local Authority Area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Aberdeen City	2	3	-	3	4
Aberdeenshire	4	4	1	2	-
Angus	2	-	1	-	2
Argyll and Bute	1	1	-	1	-
Clackmannanshire	-	4	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	3	-	-	-	2
Dundee City	2	2	2	3	1
East Ayrshire	2	3	3	2	9
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	1	-	-
East Lothian	-	1	3	-	-
East Renfrewshire	-	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	1	2	3	6	4
Falkirk	2	2	3	4	4
Fife	1	8	2	-	5
Glasgow City	3	14	8	4	4
Highland	1	3	2	2	-
Inverclyde	-	-	1	-	-
Midlothian	-	1	1	-	-
Moray	1	-	2	-	1
North Ayrshire	5	-	-	1	3
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	13	1	-	1	-
Renfrewshire	-	-	2	-	6
Scottish Borders	3	2	3	5	-
Shetland Islands	-	1	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	1	2	5	4	-
South Lanarkshire	8	5	4	4	-
Stirling	1	-	-	1	2
West Dunbartonshire	2	2	-	-	2
West Lothian	-	1	-	-	-
Scotland	58	62	48	44	50

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-23319

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) retailers and (b) licensees have been prosecuted for selling tobacco products to under age customers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following table. No breakdown of these figures into prosecutions ofretailers and licensees is available from the data held centrally. The court proceedingsstatistics for 2004-05 are planned for publication in spring 2006.

Persons Proceeded Against forSelling Tobacco to Persons Under 16¹, by Local Authority Area 1999-2003

Local Authority Area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Aberdeenshire	2	-	-	-	1
Edinburgh, City of	1	-	-	-	2
North Lanarkshire	-	-	1	-	-
Renfrewshire	1	-	-	-	-
Scotland	4	-	1	-	3

Note: 1. Where main offence.

Question reference: S2W-24151

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will discuss with the UK Government plans for restrictions on the imports of all poultry and poultry products from countries where there have been confirmed cases of avian flu.

Question reference: S2W-23444

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a timetable of action in respect of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, including details of when it anticipates the public inquiry to take place, when the final route will be agreed, when the land required will be acquired, when it anticipates compensation claims will be settled and when the route will be fully operational.

Outline programme informationis available on the Transport Scotland website www.transportscotland.gov.uk.

Following my announcement of the preferred route on 1 December detailed engineering and environmental work isnow underway with the aim of narrowing down the road corridor in April and thenpublishing a draft special road scheme setting out the line proposed for the AberdeenWestern Peripheral Route (AWPR) and link to Stonehaven this is part of the AWPR,and an Environmental Statement at the end of 2006. Other road orders and a CPO willfollow.

I would expect a Public LocalInquiry to be held towards the end of 2007. Following the Reporter’s recommendations,if it is then decided to proceed with the scheme, line orders and compulsory purchaseorders would be expected to be made in 2008. Settlement of compensation claims forland acquired would normally follow the making of these orders.

Subject to the satisfactory completionof these procedures the earliest start for construction is 2009 with the road openingto traffic late 2011.

This is an operational matterfor Transport Scotland who can be contacted for further information if required.

Question reference: S2W-23676

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialist paediatric dentists are in post, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-23325

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been prosecuted for (a) drug dealing and (b) drug possession in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables.

Persons Proceeded Against forSupply or Possession with Intent to Supply Drugs¹, by Approximate AuthorityArea², 1999-2003

Local authority area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³
Aberdeen City	96	63	56	75	64
Aberdeenshire	16	12	28	24	32
Angus	17	27	19	18	17
Argyll and Bute	15	22	29	11	6
Clackmannanshire	27	13	13	16	29
Dumfries and Galloway	32	38	29	49	39
Dundee City	30	31	19	48	42
East Ayrshire	58	55	68	67	117
East Lothian	8	3	4	2	7
Edinburgh, City of	132	113	127	114	129
Eilean Siar	6	2	2	7	3
Falkirk	33	31	48	53	42
Fife	76	43	63	61	73
Glasgow City	564	393	405	273	355
Highland	32	32	46	45	63
Inverclyde	54	45	43	39	51
Midlothian	-	1	-	-	-
Moray	14	11	12	7	12
North Lanarkshire	69	48	44	39	33
Orkney Islands	8	1	4	-	6
Perth and Kinross	65	49	60	67	55
Renfrewshire	62	50	39	25	26
Scottish Borders	9	18	9	16	21
Shetland Islands	3	-	5	8	1
South Ayrshire	47	41	49	36	62
South Lanarkshire	110	108	148	80	71
Stirling	18	13	33	28	31
West Dunbartonshire	43	30	32	21	33
West Lothian	31	34	16	32	31
Other⁽⁴⁾	446	395	386	318	374
Scotland⁽⁵⁾	2,121	1,723	1,836	1,579	1,825

Persons ProceededAgainst for Possession of Drugs¹, by Approximate Local Authority Area², 1999-2003

Local Authority Area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³
Aberdeen City	301	220	300	303	405
Aberdeenshire	156	102	169	125	155
Angus	116	109	76	85	99
Argyll and Bute	89	87	115	84	101
Clackmannanshire	34	30	35	36	60
Dumfries and Galloway	123	93	64	95	105
Dundee City	217	198	205	222	254
East Ayrshire	179	171	173	158	212
East Dunbartonshire	23	16	14	20	34
East Lothian	38	23	39	34	33
East Renfrewshire	10	10	17	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	401	370	351	237	234
Eilean Siar	33	12	15	29	20
Falkirk	100	111	133	149	144
Fife	225	127	98	131	99
Glasgow City	1,179	996	902	902	1,081
Highland	218	209	246	291	296
Inverclyde	222	208	163	220	300
Midlothian	13	13	21	8	10
Moray	74	41	67	36	59
North Ayrshire	60	36	56	35	51
North Lanarkshire	345	314	307	248	426
Orkney Islands	7	7	3	5	6
Perth and Kinross	108	89	125	117	135
Renfrewshire	222	161	139	119	149
Scottish Borders	64	90	93	87	63
Shetland Islands	12	17	15	12	16
South Ayrshire	243	257	231	222	305
South Lanarkshire	342	357	425	425	459
Stirling	55	46	90	121	137
West Dunbartonshire	156	91	103	94	219
West Lothian	113	87	93	61	72
Other⁴	11	11	12	10	11
Scotland⁵	5,489	4,709	4,897	4,736	5,766

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

3. Includes estimated data.

4. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

5. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

Question reference: S2W-23320

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many retailers have been prosecuted for selling solvents to under age customers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-23356

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects new and re-opened suburban railway stations to be operational in Aberdeen.

With the support of ScottishExecutive funding, NESTRANS are currently undertaking detailed feasibility workon the Aberdeen Crossrail proposals which will consider the opening of newstations between Stonehaven and Inverurie, and Aberdeenshire Council are finalisingdetailed feasibility work for the proposed re-opening of Laurencekirk Station. Decisionswill be taken once all relevant information is available and in the light of the rail strategy that is being developed.

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