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Question reference: S2W-19802

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered cattle are still in storage as a result of BSE regulations; where such rendered cattle is stored, and what amount is stored in each location.

Question reference: S2W-19364

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 5 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensed premises there have been in Mid Scotland and Fife in each year from 1999 to 2005, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) licence type.

The information available is given in the following tables.

Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Total number of liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	364	360	362	367	372	361	366	365	384	402
Clackmannanshire	135	125	125	136	155	133	135	135	139	134
Dundee City	445	455	460	466	479	472	434	441	446	449
Falkirk	421	457	453	450	433	415	400	400	398	401
Fife	1,094	1,150	1,110	1,103	1,098	1,104	1,102	1,097	1,100	1,085
Perth and Kinross	673	671	678	683	691	694	696	688	691	674
Stirling	415	419	434	442	450	425	436	432	464	450

Hotel Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of hotel liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	68	67	64	65	67	61	60	61	60	61
Clackmannanshire	17	16	15	15	16	14	14	12	13	13
Dundee City	20	22	22	22	21	22	20	20	23	23
Falkirk	33	38	33	31	32	31	33	31	30	29
Fife	157	164	160	153	153	149	146	144	142	141
Perth and Kinross	196	193	193	192	190	191	189	183	174	168
Stirling	97	97	95	96	92	92	90	89	85	85

Restricted Hotel Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of restricted hotel licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	6
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee City	14	13	12	13	13	13	11	11	7	8
Falkirk	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Fife	20	20	22	21	22	23	22	21	19	20
Perth and Kinross	41	41	40	39	39	38	40	39	39	36
Stirling	24	22	22	22	20	15	15	14	15	15

Public House Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of public house liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	115	116	118	121	122	117	117	115	120	132
Clackmannanshire	36	35	34	36	38	36	36	35	37	38
Dundee City	165	164	163	168	171	164	161	165	163	161
Falkirk	127	137	131	128	128	118	116	122	122	119
Fife	338	357	327	336	335	342	340	340	337	339
Perth and Kinross	120	121	127	129	136	132	140	144	150	148
Stirling	97	99	99	100	106	94	98	98	99	100

Restaurant Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of restaurant liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	31	31	30	32	29	29	31	33	38	40
Clackmannanshire	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	8
Dundee City	51	52	52	53	53	51	40	42	45	50
Falkirk	29	32	35	32	30	32	30	32	25	29
Fife	62	64	70	65	67	69	71	71	67	69
Perth and Kinross	68	62	65	68	78	70	67	64	66	66
Stirling	37	38	41	42	41	37	40	41	40	40

Entertainment Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of entertainment liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	20	22
Clackmannanshire	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Dundee City	35	36	40	38	37	41	37	37	35	36
Falkirk	26	29	30	29	26	26	26	26	23	23
Fife	51	59	51	51	48	48	49	45	45	43
Perth and Kinross	12	11	12	11	11	8	8	9	9	8
Stirling	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15

Refreshment Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of refreshment liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	12	11	13	12	12	14	13	14	18	16
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee City	9	10	17	19	20	17	10	10	10	10
Falkirk	2	2	4	4	3	4	2	6	3	3
Fife	13	13	15	13	15	21	22	23	25	26
Perth and Kinross	23	28	28	28	27	33	33	32	34	36
Stirling	6	9	12	15	18	21	23	28	34	34

Off-sale Liquor Licences in Force in Fife and Mid Scotland by Council Area, at 31 December 1995-2004

Council Area	Number of on-sale liquor licences in force, at 31 December
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Angus	116	114	115	117	121	118	121	118	122	125
Clackmannanshire	72	65	66	75	90	73	75	78	78	69
Dundee City	151	158	154	153	164	164	155	156	163	161
Falkirk	200	215	216	223	211	201	190	181	194	197
Fife	453	473	465	464	458	452	452	453	465	447
Perth and Kinross	213	215	213	216	210	222	219	217	219	212
Stirling	139	139	151	152	157	151	155	147	176	161

Question reference: S2W-19357

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive who has responsibility for undertaking the strategic needs assessment in respect of ME and what level of support is available to carry out the assessment effectively.

The Executive is committed to carrying out an assessment of needs for ME services. It has, however, proved difficult to identify the best means of taking this forward. The former Scottish Needs Assessment Programme has been in abeyance for some years and the infrastructure which supported it no longer exists. After consideration of all options the Executive has decided that the work must be put out to tender. This will be done as soon as the financial resources to support it can be identified.

Question reference: S2W-19356

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the strategic needs assessment it is undertaking in respect of ME.

Question reference: S2W-19362

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions due to alcohol abuse there have been in each year from 1999 to 2005 in the (a) NHS Fife, (b) NHS Tayside and (c) NHS Forth Valley area.

Tables are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Table 1 (Bib. number 37547) shows the combined figures for acute and psychiatric hospital discharges with an explicit diagnosis of alcohol related conditions in Fife, Tayside and Forth Valley NHS areas for the period 1998-99 to 2001-02. This has been reported as discharge information because the detail is drawn from two datasets and one of these datasets records discharge data only. Complete data on psychiatric discharges are unavailable for 2002-03 to 2004-05.

Table 2 (Bib. number 37548) provides information on discharges from acute hospitals only for the period requested. For acute hospitals, only discharge data exists. The 2004-05 figures are provisional.

Question reference: S2W-19358

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the strategic needs assessment in respect of ME to be completed and how it will publish the results.

Question reference: S2W-19360

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of support is provided by each NHS board for ME sufferers.

Question reference: S2W-19359

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of financial resources it makes available to NHS boards to help treat those who are affected by ME.

Question reference: S2W-19361

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of alcohol-related crime has been in each year from 1999 to 2005 in the (a) Fife Constabulary, (b) Tayside Police and (c) Central Scotland Police area.

The statistics available centrally on crimes recorded by the police do not generally distinguish the circumstances of the crime, such as the involvement of alcohol. The available information for the crime categories which specifically relate to alcohol is given in the following tables.

Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas 1999

Crime category	Central	Fife	Tayside
Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs	-	-	-
Drunkenness	225	313	578
Offences by licensed persons	26	20	19
of which: Sale of drink to person under 18	4	19	12
Other offences against liquor licensing laws	17	60	63
of which: Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	2	5	19
: Purchasing excise liquor for consumption by person under 18	6	7	12
Consumption of alcohol in designated places	180	134	101
Drunk driving	573	587	858

Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas 2000

Crime category	Central	Fife	Tayside
Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs	-	-	-
Drunkenness	157	365	674
Offences by licensed persons	10	8	11
of which: Sale of drink to person under 18	5	7	9
Other offences against liquor licensing laws	16	10	45
of which: Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	2	3	6
: Purchasing excise liquor for consumption by person under 18	5	6	14
Consumption of alcohol in designated places	371	253	133
Drunk driving	580	654	903

Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas 2001

Crime category	Central	Fife	Tayside
Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs	-	-	-
Drunkenness	162	388	623
Offences by licensed persons	58	14	13
of which: Sale of drink to person under 18	53	13	9
Other offences against liquor licensing laws	46	23	50
of which: Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	15	2	6
: Purchasing excise liquor for consumption by person under 18	17	12	30
Consumption of alcohol in designated places	576	411	151
Drunk driving	678	662	961

Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas 2002

Crime category	Central	Fife	Tayside
Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs	-	1	-
Drunkenness	125	428	565
Offences by licensed persons	15	28	19
of which: Sale of drink to person under 18	12	28	17
Other offences against liquor licensing laws	9	19	47
of which: Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	2	2	11
: Purchasing excise liquor for consumption by person under 18	3	9	13
Consumption of alcohol in designated places	366	406	144
Drunk driving	705	840	976

Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas 2003

Crime category	Central	Fife	Tayside
Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs	-	1	-
Drunkenness	129	532	537
Offences by licensed persons	32	15	22
of which: Sale of drink to person under 18	26	12	16
Other offences against liquor licensing laws	43	18	52
of which: Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	1	4	7
: Purchasing excise liquor for consumption by person under 18	26	13	25
Consumption of alcohol in designated places	318	305	290
Drunk driving	605	824	1108

Question reference: S2W-19363

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many knife or blade-related crimes there have been in each year from 1999 to 2005 in the (a) Fife Constabulary, (b) Tayside Police and (c) Central Scotland Police area.

The recorded crimes statistics available centrally do not generally distinguish the use of knives or blades in the commission of crimes or offences, other than the specific crime category given in the following table.

Crimes Recorded by the Police of having in a Public Place an article with a Blade or Point, Central, Fife and Tayside Police Force Areas, 1999-2003

Police Force	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Central	60	57	89	124	80
Fife	59	86	137	94	180
Tayside	127	106	70	84	77

Separate statistics held on homicides do distinguish those involving a sharp instrument such as a knife and the available data are given in the following table.

Homicide Victims¹Killed by use of Sharp Instrument, Central, Fife and Tayside police force areas, 1999-2003

Police Force	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Central	2	-	1	4	-
Fife	-	2	1	3	-
Tayside	2	2	3	6	2

Note: 1. Currently (as at 10 November 2004) recorded homicide victims.