- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of child contact and residency disputes children’s views were (a) sought and (b) implemented in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not available. However, the Scottish Government published research in December 2010 on contact cases in the Sheriff Court. This research can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/08145916/0.
In particular, chapter 7 of this research discusses putting children at the centre of the court actions.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcomes were for women in Strathclyde arrested on domestic abuse related charges in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however as the data held is incident based, it is not possible to match this data up with court proceedings, which is person based. Additionally, not all incidents of domestic abuse will result in an arrest being made.
The following table shows the police action taken against identified perpetrators of crimes of offences of domestic abuse cleared up by Strathclyde Police, where the identified perpetrator was female.
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Referral to
Procurator Fiscal
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Police Warning
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Other Action1
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No Further Action
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Unknown
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Total
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2005-06
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764
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20
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262
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43
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0
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1,089
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2006-07
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781
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28
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334
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22
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17
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1,182
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2007-08
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822
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22
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392
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28
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2
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1,266
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2008-09
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1,323
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26
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664
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44
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0
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2,057
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2009-10
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2,275
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10
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803
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51
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0
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3,139
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Note: 1. Other action includes for example referrals to support groups.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of contact and residency disputes where child abuse was alleged in each of the last five years contact or residency was awarded to the alleged abuser and what the gender of each party was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-769 on 24 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcomes were for men in Strathclyde arrested on domestic abuse related charges in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however as the data held is incident based, it is not possible to match this data up with court proceedings, which is person based. Additionally, not all incidents of domestic abuse will result in an arrest being made.
The following table shows the police action taken against identified perpetrators of crimes of offences of domestic abuse cleared up by Strathclyde Police, where the identified perpetrator was male.
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Referral to
Procurator Fiscal
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Police Warning
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Other Action1
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No Further Action
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Unknown
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Total
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2005-06
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6,963
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99
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2,099
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182
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0
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9,343
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2006-07
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6,634
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147
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2,723
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86
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128
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9,718
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2007-08
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6,432
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132
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3,238
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120
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39
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9,961
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2008-09
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8,072
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119
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4,046
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214
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0
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12,451
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2009-10
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10,176
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34
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3,802
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173
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1
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14,186
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Note: 1. Other action includes for example referrals to support groups.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many arrests for domestic abuse related charges in Strathclyde in each of the last five years both partners were arrested and what the outcomes were.
Answer
Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however, the data collection is incident based and it is not possible to determine how many incidents involved both partners as perpetrators or whether one or both partners were arrested. Not all incidents of domestic abuse will result in an arrest being made.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of contact and residency disputes where domestic abuse was alleged in each of the last five years contact or residency was awarded to the alleged abuser and what the gender of each party was.
Answer
This data is not available in the form requested.
No data on contact or residence cases is available for before April 2008, as the pre-April 2008 data does not include contact or residence as case types.
Information on contact and residence cases in the Court of Session in 2008-09 and 2009-10 is at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/17153314/9 and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/17153314/10
(Note: The 2008-09 Court of Session data does not give contact/residence separately - these are combined under Parental Responsibilities and Rights.)
Information on contact and residence cases in the Sheriff Courts in 2008/09 and 2009/10 is at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/17153314/22 and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/17153314/23.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the increase in VAT has had on the health budget for 2011-12.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2011
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to extend the duration of the public inquiry into the Clostridium difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
On 10 December 2010, Lord MacLean, Chairman of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry wrote to me seeking an extension to the duration of the Inquiry which was due to report by 31 May 2011.
Lord MacLean has indicated that the evidence obtained by the Inquiry to date has led to the need for more detailed investigations to be carried out. These investigations include the commissioning of experts to produce a large number of high quality and credible reports. I have agreed with Lord MacLean, therefore, that the date for submitting the Inquiry report be extended to September 2012 although he is hopeful that it may be submitted earlier, possibly by June 2012.
Having carefully considered Lord MacLean''s request, I have agreed to this extension.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 25 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many apprenticeship places it is supporting in 2010-11.
Answer
The Scottish Government, through Skills Development Scotland (SDS), initially offered 15,000 new apprenticeship places in 2010-11. Through the use of strategic European Social Fund funding, SDS were able to supplement this by an additional 5,000 places as announced by the First Minister in June 2010.
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28850 by John Swinney on 17 February 2010, what the latest position is on the waiving of non-consolidated performance payments (bonuses) by chief executives of non-departmental public bodies and public corporations covered by the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy in 2010-11 and 2009-10.
Answer
37 chief executives are covered by the Scottish Government''s Public Sector Pay Policy for Senior Appointments in 2010-11. Of these, 12 chief executives are not eligible to be considered for a non‘consolidated performance payment this pay year. Remuneration proposals in respect of a further 12 have either yet to be submitted or have yet to be approved. Of those with a non‘consolidated performance payment arrangement in their contract who have had their 2010-11 remuneration proposals approved, all have either waived their right to be considered for such a payment or have waived their bonus in whole or in part.
36 chief executives are covered by the pay policy in 2009-10. Of these, 10 chief executives were not eligible to be considered for a non‘consolidated performance payment in that pay year. Remuneration proposals in respect of a further three have yet to be considered by the Scottish Government. Of the remaining 23 chief executives with a non‘consolidated performance payment arrangement in their contract whose 2009-10 remuneration proposals have been approved so far, nine have now indicated they are waiving all or part of any non‘consolidated performance payment awarded to them in 2009-10.
In waiving some or all of their non‘consolidated performance payment, chief executives of non-departmental public bodies and public corporations are showing leadership by setting an example of restraint in a tough fiscal environment. I welcome this and thank them for taking that initiative.
