- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been for the sale of spray paint to people under 16 in each month since the offence was introduced, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Finalised statistical data onconvictions since October 2004 when this offence was introduced are not yet available.The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March2006.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many restriction of liberty orders have been imposed on people under 16 in each month since they were introduced, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
One person under 16 has been made subject to a restriction of liberty order. This order was imposed by Glasgow Sheriff Court in August this year.
Tagging is also available as part of intensive supervision and monitoring service (ISMS) which can be imposed on a young person by a Children’s Panel. The following table provides details of the ISMS orders made to date.
| Month | Dundee | Dunbartonshire | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Highlands | Morayshire | Total |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Still Monitored | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) uniformed and (b) non-uniformed female personnel are employed in the fire and rescue services in (i) retained posts, (ii) wholetime posts, (iii) emergency fire control rooms and (iv) volunteer and auxiliary posts.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the table of the Diversity Profile of Scottish Fire Brigades by Sectoron page 29 of the Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of FireServices for Scotland published in December 2004, a copy of which isavailable in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number34686). Updatedfigures will be included in HM Chief Inspector’s Annual Report for 2004-05,which will be published shortly.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the recommended number of firefighters required is to deal with a (a) house fire and (b) fire in a multi-storey block.
Answer
It is for individual fire andrescue services to determine the weight and speed of operational response to incidentsin their areas, in the context of their Integrated Risk Management Plan. In doingso, fire and rescue services take cognisance of relevant national guidance and otherregulatory requirements such as health and safety regulations in order to provideeffective protection to their communities and safe systems of work for their employeesand those who may be affected by their operations.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the police have spent investigating road accidents in each month since 1999, broken down by constabulary.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will afford full liability insurance cover to fire and rescue service personnel attending terrorist incidents, given that the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 places a legal requirement on fire and rescue authorities to attend terrorist incidents.
Answer
Dependant on the circumstancesof an individual, the Firefighters Pension Scheme and the Scheme of Conditions ofService for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services provide lump sums of up toseven times pensionable pay in the event of death and up to 85% of salary if aninjury curtails earnings capacity. These are no fault awards and are intended toensure that firefighters or their dependants are adequately compensated withouteither the need for litigation or to purchase additional insurance cover. The decisionto take out a personal insurance policy is a matter of personal choice for individuals,however, only a small number of personal insurance policy types have terrorism exclusionclauses.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets the fire and rescue authorities have set for recruitment of (a) uniformed and (b) non-uniformed (i) female, (ii) black and ethnic minority and (iii) lesbian, gay and transsexual staff and when these targets must be met.
Answer
This is a matter forindividual fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards, notthe Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional equipment has been given to fire and rescue services to deal with terrorist incidents.
Answer
Since 2004, details of equipmentprovided to fire and rescue services have been included in the Annual Reportsof Her Majesty’s Fire Services Inspectorate. A copy of the reports for the reportingyears 2002-03 and 2003-04 are available in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. numbers 30472 and 34686 respectively). Updated details will be includedin HM Chief Inspector’s Annual Report for 2004-05, which will be published shortly.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive at what stage each fire and rescue authority’s integrated risk management plan is and what the projected dates are for completing each stage.
Answer
The introduction of IntegratedRisk Management Plans (IRMPs) took effect from April 2005. All fire and rescue authoritiesand joint fire and rescue boards have completed the compilation of, and consultationon, their initial IRMPs, which are now being implemented. As part of the IRMP process,fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards produce, and consultwidely on, draft annual action plans setting out the details of how the IRMP isto be implemented in each year of the plan. Fire and rescue authorities are currentlydeveloping their draft year two action plans which will go out to formal consultationto all stakeholders likely to be affected by the proposals. Following considerationof consultation responses, the action plans will be implemented in April 2006.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a freeze has been put on spending on existing fire control rooms pending a decision on their future and, if so, when this freeze was implemented.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has notplaced a “freeze” on investment in emergency fire control rooms. Decisions on investmentin individual control rooms are primarily a matter for fire and rescue authoritiesand joint fire and rescue boards.
