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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-31446

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people rescued from fires by the fire service in the last three years were (a) injured and (b) uninjured in each (i) region and (ii) fire brigade area.

The number of persons rescued from fires¹ by the Fire and Rescue Services for the latest three years for which data is available is shown in table (a) below for those recorded as a non-fatal casualty².

Table 1 “ Year	2005	2006	2007
Central Scotland	32	20	50
Dumfries and Galloway	8	6	4
Fife	30	37	22
Grampian	37	64	70
Highlands and Islands	9	12	10
Lothian and Borders	106	110	131
Strathclyde	238	251	291
Tayside	43	51	37
Total	503	551	615

Source: FDR1.

Notes:

1. Includes late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.

2. Non-Fatal Casualty “ Non-fatal casualties consists of persons requiring medical treatment beyond first aid given at the scene of the fire, and those sent to hospital or advised to see a doctor for a check-up or observation (whether or not they actually do). People sent to hospital or advised to see a doctor as a precaution, having no obvious injury, are recorded as precautionary check-ups.

It is not possible to provide the information as requested in part (b)(ii). Rescue data for non-injured persons is sampled and a weighting methodology is used to analyse this data. Whilst this provides estimates at a Scotland level, it does not enable an accurate assessment to be made of the number of non-injured persons who are rescued by individual Fire and Rescue Services.

The Fire and Rescue Service area is the same geographical area as the region.

Question reference: S3W-31255

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many DNA samples have been retained since 1 January 2007 relating to defendants who have been prosecuted but not convicted.

Question reference: S3O-09375

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle alcohol and drug misuse in schools.

Question reference: S3W-30299

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many support staff were employed by each police force in each quarter from April 2008 to December 2009.

The available information is given in the following table.

Number of Police Staff^{1, 2} Employed By Each Police Force in Each Quarter³ From April 2008 to December 2009⁴

Police Force	Q2 2008	Q3 2008	Q4 2008	Q1 2009	Q2 2009	Q3 2009
Central	369	339	334	335	334	343
Dumfries and Galloway	251	252	252	252	258	257
Fife	477	476	479	522	469	473
Grampian	722	720	710	720	725	744
Lothian and Borders	1,195	1,186	1,202	1,211	1,211	1,257
Northern	334	332	343	355	361	360
Strathclyde	2,501	2,474	2,502	2,536	2,550	2,571
Tayside	478	478	488	509	505	517
Scotland⁵	6,328	6,258	6,310	6,440	6,414	6,522

Notes:

1. All figures are expressed in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) police staff, rounded to the nearest whole number.

2. Figures include all police staff employed by the force, including those on secondment, central service, long-term sick leave and maternity/adoption leave, but excluding those on career breaks.

3. Figures are as at the end of the respective quarter - Q1 = 31 March, Q2 = 30 June, Q3 = 30 September and Q4 = 31 December.

4. The number of support staff employed by each police force in Q4 2009 (as at 31 December 2009) will become available in March 2010.

5. Scotland totals may not equal the sum of the parts due to rounding.

Question reference: S3W-29430

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many football banning orders have been (a) requested and (b) implemented since 1 September 2006.

Since September 2006, 570 cases requesting Football Banning Orders (FBOs) have been reported to procurators fiscal across the country. A total of 67 FBOs have been issued as at 1 December 2009.

The Scottish Government announced an evaluation of Football Banning Orders on 18 November 2009. The evaluation will consider the operation of the scheme to date and recommend any changes to enhance its effectiveness.

The Scottish Government will continue to work with the Football Banning Order Monitoring Group to raise awareness and increase uptake of FBOs.

Question reference: S3W-28872

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals have been made to the police by a parent, carer or guardian as part of the Child Sex Offender Community Disclosure Scheme in Tayside since the pilot was launched on 21 September 2009.

Question reference: S3W-28873

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will evaluate the Child Sex Offender Community Disclosure Scheme in Tayside and when it expects the evaluation to be completed.

Question reference: S3W-28568

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of invoices from suppliers were paid by its directorates within 10 days of receipt in October 2009.

Question reference: S3W-28567

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of invoices from suppliers were paid by its directorates within 10 days of receipt in September 2009.

Question reference: S3W-28566

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many invoices from suppliers were paid by its directorates within 10 days of receipt in August 2009.