Chamber and committees

Race crime units have been suggested in a response to the consultation on our action plan for implementing the recommendations in the MacPherson Report on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. The suggestion is being considered by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Steering Group in Scotland but there are no current plans to establish such units.

Locate in Scotland does not keep records of how many jobs are created by individual companies each year. The figures, therefore, reflect the number of jobs planned by a company when its decision to proceed with a project was made. In addition, the figures refer only to projects in which Locate in Scotland and its partners had significant involvement in attracting the project to Scotland. The figures below relate to projects where the company made a decision to locate or expand in Dundee and where manufacturing is the main activity carried out. All jobs in manufacturing projects are not necessarily manufacturing jobs.

1995-96	122
1996-97	11
1997-98	0
1998-99	30
1999-2000	167

The job losses in manufacturing jobs are based on figures supplied by the Scottish Executive and relate to jobs lost by companies whose ultimate parent is based outwith Scotland regardless of whether the company was initially attracted to Scotland by LiS or its partners. The number of jobs lost in Dundee since 1995 by companies whose primary activity is manufacturing and whose ultimate parents are based outwith Scotland are listed below:

1995-96	39
1996-97	0
1997-98	0
1998-99	333
1999-2000	107

There are two sources of capital allocated to police forces. The capital allocations, issued under Section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and financed by borrowing, determines the amount of capital expenditure a police authority may undertake in a given year. In addition, five forces use revenue to fund capital expenditure - known as capital from current revenue (CFCR). CFCR is funded by a combination of police grant and general revenue. It is used mainly for expenditure on vehicles and other items with a relatively short asset life. Forces may also use capital receipts eg arising from the disposal of assets to augment their capital spending. Capital allocations for 2001-02 have not yet been determined.

The information requested, at 2000-01 prices, is shown in the table below.

Police Capital Resources: Section 94 and CFCR at 2000-01 Prices

	1995-96		1996-97		1997-98		1998-99		1999-2000		2000-01
Force	S94	CFCR	S94	CFCR	S94	CFCR	S94	CFCR	S94	CFCR	S94	CFCR
Central	515	525	962	411	934	336	444	282	352	316	2722	310
D&G	248	177	827	164	803	135	817	255	666	252	705	260
Fife	5,115	0	584	0	1,458	0	1,182	0	1,012	0	765	0
Grampian	276	1,208	668	723	971	910	255	787	1,262	767	444	775
L&B	900	1,378	1,458	1,229	1,415	1,093	1,052	1,090	1,301	1,022	2,833	1,000
Northern	1,462	0	2,077	0	3,031	0	7,074	0	2,772	0	1,198	0
Strathclyde	6,784	0	11,267	0	10,931	0	6,550	0	9,951	0	8,726	0
Tayside	1,198	0	1,936	205	1,841	183	1,242	159	849	153	350	150
Total	16,948	3,288	19,779	2,732	21,385	2,658	18,618	2,573	18,164	2,510	17,743	2,495

Under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the courts already have extensive powers to recover fines (including possible seizure of earnings). We have no plans to modify those powers at present.

No such estimate of costs has been made. Capital allocations are issued annually on the basis of bids submitted by Forces. Following the distribution of the allocations it is for Forces to determine their spending priorities.

The need to ensure compliance with the Convention on these matters is recognised and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament will address this.

The information requested is not held centrally. It is the responsibility of police authorities to set their force budgets and to monitor expenditure.

Figures for Glasgow and Dundee are available from September 1995 to September 1998. In addition, an estimate for September 1999 is given for Scotland in the table belowEmployee jobs in Manufacturing, 1995-1999 (000s)

Year	Scotland	Glasgow	Dundee
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999	321 316 322 316 300	34.7 31.3 32.0 31.9	10.6 12.1 10.6 12.0

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Employment Survey, and quarterly employee job estimates.

The information requested is not held centrally. It is for chief constables to allocate resources according to priorities and demands in their force area. Funding from the Executive is not, therefore, earmarked for specific purposes.

The information requested is not held centrally. The application of health and safety at work regulations is an operational matter and therefore the responsibility of the relevant chief constable.