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Question reference: S3W-36872

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting the Scottish Community Wardens Network.

Community wardens across Scotland play a key role in making our communities safer, stronger places to live. Following the concordat between COSLA and the Scottish Government, the operation of each community warden scheme is the responsibility of its local authority and most local authorities have reviewed their warden services to best meet local needs.

The Scottish Government supports community wardens and the Scottish Community Wardens'' Network in a number of ways, based on activities identified in the antisocial behaviour framework Promoting Positive Outcomes.

We assist and promote the sharing of good practice through regular attendance at official level at Scottish Community Wardens'' Network meetings and, more broadly, through the Scottish Community Safety Network. We also provide financial support through the funding of the national conference.

Question reference: S3W-36871

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what conclusions it has drawn from the Community Wellbeing Champions Initiative.

Question reference: S3W-36581

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Drugs Related Crimes Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, 2000-01 to 2009-10: Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	3	4	7	6	18	13	9	15	22	24
Dumfries and Galloway	4	2	6	5	4	7	5	11	11	19
Fife	13	33	37	35	42	42	64	51	94	110
Grampian	3	3	15	19	28	30	65	66	80	86
Lothian and Borders	40	32	44	53	52	80	91	112	111	165
Northern	10	8	16	17	9	15	12	27	29	31
Strathclyde	54	55	66	92	87	88	163	176	226	280
Tayside	4	7	14	22	14	22	28	32	36	38
Scotland	131	144	205	249	254	297	437	490	609	753

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

In response to intelligence in 2006 that organised crime groups were becoming increasingly involved in cannabis cultivation, distribution and supply, Scotland''s police forces launched joint intelligence and enforcement operations right across the country to crack down upon these plants wherever and whenever they occurred. The figures provided show the results of increased enforcement and detection by the police to expose these criminal enterprises and bring those responsible to justice.

Question reference: S3W-36587

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as antisocial behaviour - private landlord offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

The crime code for antisocial behaviour - private landlord offences was introduced following the implementation of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004. As a result, data is only available from 2005-06 onwards.

Only two crimes have been recorded under this heading in the last five years, both in 2009-10, one in the Grampian police force area and one in the Strathclyde police force area.

Question reference: S3W-36586

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as social work and community service offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S3W-36585

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as litter offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Litter Offences Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Central	24	40	34	14	37
Dumfries and Galloway	1	2	5	9	10
Fife	6	0	0	0	0
Grampian	11	8	7	20	15
Lothian and Borders¹	22	8	13	7	14
Northern	4	10	8	4	7
Strathclyde	392	497	474	578	628
Tayside	12	23	33	74	47
Scotland	472	588	574	706	758
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	23	12	9	20	16
Dumfries and Galloway	4	14	6	22	26
Fife	1	2	0	0	0
Grampian	18	26	2	13	9
Lothian and Borders¹	9	5	0	0	0
Northern	5	9	19	10	9
Strathclyde	848	811	982	722	629
Tayside	20	14	10	6	3
Scotland	928	893	1,028	793	692

Note: 1. From 2007-08 onwards, environmental enforcement wardens have been employed by local authorities in the Lothian and Borders police force area to undertake fining individuals who commit littering offences.

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36583

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as possession of drugs there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Drugs Related Crimes Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10: Possession of drugs

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Central	974	1,217	1,505	1,536	1,375
Dumfries and Galloway	299	331	417	561	593
Fife	838	1,057	1,265	1,344	1,301
Grampian	1,601	2,050	2,345	2,177	2,309
Lothian and Borders	3,425	3,722	4,366	4,047	3,934
Northern	935	1,338	1,330	1,486	1,422
Strathclyde	13,241	14,934	17,390	19,023	18,721
Tayside	1,157	1,539	1,892	2,289	2,613
Scotland	22,470	26,188	30,510	32,463	32,268
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	1,429	1,287	1,312	1,401	1,294
Dumfries and Galloway	663	731	821	683	660
Fife	1,392	1,367	1,272	1,660	1,422
Grampian	2,522	2,122	2,334	2,498	2,082
Lothian and Borders	4,204	3,985	3,501	3,730	3,651
Northern	1,818	2,150	1,930	1,634	1,592
Strathclyde	19,868	17,375	17,462	17,711	16,276
Tayside	2,544	2,312	1,927	2,488	2,202
Scotland	34,440	31,329	30,559	31,805	29,179

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36584

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as drugs, money laundering related offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Total Drugs, Other Offences, Money Laundering Recorded by the Police, 2000-10, Broken Down by Police Force Area

Scotland
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	455	284	280	275	222	193	202	360	389	328
Total	455	284	280	275	222	194	203	360	389	328
Central
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	9	11	7	12	7	6	3	5	17	35
Total	9	11	7	12	7	6	3	5	17	35
Dumfries and Galloway
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	1	6	11	10	6	5	1	4	7	5
Total	1	6	11	10	6	5	1	4	7	5
Fife
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	0
Total	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	0
Grampian
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, other offences	15	9	9	1	5	5	4	70	12	4
Total	15	9	9	1	5	5	4	70	12	4
Lothian and Borders
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	25	28	35	23	32	20	17	61	99	40
Total	25	28	35	23	32	20	17	61	99	40
Northern
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	8	2	12	22	4	5	11	16	14	21
Total	8	2	12	22	4	5	12	16	14	21
Strathclyde
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	394	225	204	205	161	146	164	203	229	194
Total	394	225	204	205	161	147	164	203	229	194
Tayside
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	9	29
Total	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	9	29

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36582

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as supply, possession with intent to supply etc of drugs there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Drugs Related Crimes Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10: Supply, Possession with Intent to Supply etc of Drugs

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	495	631	508	543	551	585	629	675	579	565
Dumfries and Galloway	194	250	345	426	332	274	305	323	264	288
Fife	506	623	657	544	680	555	619	496	779	655
Grampian	567	724	889	594	695	731	730	784	907	729
Lothian and Borders	1,767	1,912	1,948	1,677	1,896	1,884	2,532	2,221	2,128	1,785
Northern	235	353	294	435	287	388	492	449	504	287
Strathclyde	4,710	4,937	4,623	4,293	3,820	4,124	4,357	3,793	3,906	4,263
Tayside	550	700	676	772	817	752	780	587	630	559
Scotland	9,024	10,130	9,940	9,284	9,078	9,293	10,444	9,328	9,697	9,131

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36579

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as breach of a parenting order there have been in each police board area in each of the last five years.