Chamber and committees

This information is not heldcentrally.

The Craigmillar Partnership receivedindirect Scottish Executive funding from the Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP)Fund from 2001-2 to 2004-5 and from the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) in 2005-6.

Communities Scotland has made funding available to the Craigmillar Partnership to contribute to its corecosts from 2001-2 to 2005-6.

The City of Edinburgh Council, as grant recipient and accountable body, accepts the resources allocatedto the Craigmillar Partnership.

Direct funding from the ScottishExecutive was also made available in 2001–02 for CCTV.

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	£ Million
SIP Fund Allocation	1.916	1.970	1.972	2.087
CRF Allocation					1.898
Communities Scotland partnership support fund	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012
CCTV	0.096
Total	2.024	1.982	1.984	2.099	1.910

 

The number of visitors fromthe United States of America, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and the EU accession states in each year since 1999is shown in the following table:

Country(ies)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
United States of America	451	416	421	390	414	405
Canada	119	145	93	118	88	150
Germany	196	179	155	134	175	198
Italy	105	70	62	56	16	75
France	132	79	61	121	87	109
The Netherlands	78	70	95	66	34	78
Belgium/Luxembourg	45	61	34	34	24	27
Australia	112	98	86	100	107	119
New Zealand	37	27	19	21	19	24
EU accession states	68	105	114	97	119	230

Source: InternationalPassenger Survey.

Note: Numbers are inthousands.

Data relating to theaccession states has been sourced from the International Passenger Surveyfigures for Cyprus/Malta/Gibraltar, former Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland,former USSR and Eastern Europe.

The number of visitors fromoverseas continues to recover from a decline which culminated in 2001-02, whentourism was significantly affected by Foot and Mouth Disease, September 11, andSARS.

The estimated number ofvisitors for 2005 is not available yet.

Nuclear security is a reservedmatter. Under Section 62 of the Energy Act 2004,theUK Civil Nuclear Constabulary is subject to voluntary inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary (HMIC). The act also allows the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to initiate an inspection, and places a duty on the Secretary of State to make the report of an inspection public, subject to national security considerations.Where an inspection covers the constabulary’s activities in Scotland then HMIC for England and Wales must consult the HMIC for Scotlandabout the Scottish aspects of the inspection.

This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write tothe member with the information that they have available.

There are no official statisticalsources which accurately record the number of call centres operating in Scotland overthe period requested.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Number of custodialsentences imposed by Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 1998-99 to 2004-05

Year	Number
1998-99	1,430
1999-2000	1,422
2000-01	1,529
2001-02	1,561
2002-03	1,674
2003-04	1,638
2004-05	1,421

 

This information is not held centrally and is a matter for the Chief Constable of Lothian and BordersPolice. I understand that the force has invited the member to a meeting todiscuss this and other issues.

This information is not held centrally and is a matter for the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police. I understand that the force has invited the member to a meeting to discuss this and other issues.

The Executive have supplied the following corrected answer:

Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is provided in the following table.

Crimes and Offences Involving Imitation Firearms, City of Edinburgh 2001-04

Year	Fired - Injury	Fired – No Injury/Damage	Used to Threaten	Other Use	Total
2001	0	1	2	1	4
2002	0	0	2	0	2
2003	1	0	8	0	9
2004	0	2	6	2	10

Note: “Other Use” includes crimes and offences related to possession of a firearm.

This information is not held centrally and is a matter for the Chief Constable of Lothian and BordersPolice. I understand that the force has invited the member to a meeting todiscuss this and other issues.