Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-13958

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-88 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, what the value of fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties sent to HM Treasury was in each year since 1999.

The relevant information from the accounts of the Scottish consolidated fund, on the value of surrendered designated receipts for Justice and the Crown Office, is given in the table.

The figure of £23,301,000 given in the answer given to question S2W-88, answered on 5 June 2003, for the value of fines, forfeitures and penalties was estimated from the £11,716,000 received by the Crown Office from district courts for fixed fines and penalties and £11,584,000 remitted to the Exchequer by the Scottish Court Service, as these were the most readily available sources of information at the time. The figures extracted from the accounts of the Scottish consolidated fund, as given in the table, are considered to provide a more accurate basis of information relating to the value of fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties sent to HM Treasury over the last 5 years – although it should be noted that the value remitted in a given year does not directly relate to the value of fines imposed in that year – as most fines are paid over a period of time.

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Surrendered Designated Receipts, 1999-2000 to 2003-04

Year	Value (£000)
1999-2000	13,000
2000-01	14,482
2001-02¹	27,082
2002-03	20,852
2003-04	31,111

Source: Accounts of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

Note: 1. Includes £3.8million which was applicable to 2000-01.

Question reference: S2W-14084

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) motoring and (b) speeding offences have been committed by foreign nationals in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many were prosecuted successfully.

Question reference: S2W-13924

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 11 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-4935 by Patricia Ferguson on 20 January 2005, where the artificial pitches are being developed; what size these pitches will be; what the manufacturing details are of the turf to be used, and what the timescale is for the completion of each pitch.

Under the Building for Sport programme, there has only been one award made, to Argyll and Bute Council for a third generation synthetic pitch at Oban High School. Work on the pitch, which will measure 106m by 66m, should commence during the school summer holidays. Until a contractor is appointed, it is not possible to give details of the actual turf to be used or the completion date.

Information on synthetic pitches being developed through the NOPES programme is not held centrally, but information on specific projects can be obtained from the Big Lottery Fund.

Question reference: S2W-13875

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the possibility of an increase in people-trafficking as a result of prostitution tolerance zones.

Question reference: S2W-13871

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there have been for trafficking cocaine in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Dundee, (d) Edinburgh, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 1999.

The available information is given in the table.

The Number of Persons Found Guilty, Cautioned or Given a Fiscal Fine for Trafficking (1) in Cocaine by Police Force Area, Scotland 1999-2002

Police Force	1999	2000	2001	2002
Central	4	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	3	0	1	2
Fife	0	0	2	0
Grampian	15	11	11	18
Lothian and Borders	6	6	2	3
Northern	1	0	0	1
Strathclyde	36	39	36	29
Tayside	7	7	7	7
Total	72	63	59	60

Source: Home Office.

Note: Trafficking is the combination of unlawful production, unlawful supply,possession with intent to supply unlawfully and unlawful import and export.

Question reference: S2W-13964

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-93 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003, how many (a) reports have been sent to the procurator fiscal and (b) convictions have been obtained under section (i) 68(1), (ii) 68(2), (iii) 68(3), (iv) 68(5), (v) 69(1), (vi) 69(2) and (vii) 70(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in 2003-04 in each sheriff court district.

The information requested, for the period 2003-04, is as follows:

No reports were sent to Procurators Fiscal in respect of sections 68(5), 69(2) and 70(1) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976.

A break down of the number of cases containing charges under sections 68(1), 68(2), 68(3), and 69(1), and the number of convictions on charges under those sections, broken down by Procurator Fiscal Office is shown in the following table.

It should be noted that:

(a) It is possible that the cases reported contained other charges – for different offences or under other sections of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 – that resulted in convictions, which do not show up in the data provided;

(b) The data provided does not show how many of the charges were prosecuted;

(c) The data provided does not show charges in respect of which non-court action was taken (such as fiscal fines, warning letters or diversion to social work or other agencies), and

(d) Some of the cases reported during the period may not yet have reached a conclusion.

Financial Year 2003-04

Office	S68(1)	Conviction	S68(2)	Conviction	S68(3)	Conviction	S69(1)	Conviction	Total reports	Total Convictions
Aberdeen	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0
Airdrie	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Alloa	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Arbroath	2	0	2	0	5	2	0	0	9	2
Ayr	15	5	11	1	8	1	0	0	34	7
Banff	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2
Campbeltown	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
Cupar	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Dingwall	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dornoch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dumbarton	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	7	1
Dumfries	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	1
Dundee	4	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	9	3
Dunfermline	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	7	0
Dunoon	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Duns	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh	5	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	9	5
Elgin	1	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	7	4
Falkirk	8	1	0	0	12	3	0	0	20	4
Forfar	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	6	2
Fort William	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
Glasgow	31	3	19	2	46	8	0	0	96	13
Greenock	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Haddington	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hamilton	8	1	1	0	13	5	0	0	22	6
Inverness	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	9	1
Jedburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kilmarnock	17	3	4	1	10	6	1	0	32	10
Kirkcaldy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kirkcudbright	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	9	2
Kirkwall	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	5	3
Lanark	3	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	9	3
Lerwick	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Linlithgow	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	1
Lochmaddy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Oban	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	5	3
Paisley	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	14	1
Peebles	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Perth	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	9	2
Peterhead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Portree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rothesay	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Selkirk	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	2
Stirling	3	0	0	0	9	3	1	0	13	3
Stonehaven	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Stornoway	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Stranraer	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tain	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
Wick	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Totals	127	21	51	4	211	62	4	0	393	87

Question reference: S2W-13956

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-85 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, fines were written off in each sheriff court district in 2003-04.

The available information on Sheriff Court fines and compensation orders is given in the table.

Fines/Compensation Order Write-Offs - 2003-04

Sheriff Court	Number of Fines	Total Value (£)
Aberdeen	0	0
Airdrie	57	11,541.20
Alloa	5	1,114.00
Arbroath	0	0
Ayr	0	0
Banff	3	800.50
Campbeltown	4	982.00
Cupar	8	1,659.35
Dingwall	1	50.00
Dornoch	0	0
Dumbarton	7	176.00
Dumfries	0	0
Dundee	10	2,925.00
Dunfermline	0	0
Dunoon	0	0
Duns	0	0
Edinburgh	284	75,916.19
Elgin	0	0
Falkirk	0	0
Forfar	0	0
Fort William	0	0
Glasgow	108	26,572.82
Greenock	0	0
Haddington	0	0
Hamilton	0	0
Inverness	0	0
Jedburgh	0	0
Kilmarnock	0	0
Kirkcaldy	0	0
Kirkcudbright	0	0
Kirkwall	3	323.36
Lanark	0	0
Lerwick	0	0
Linlithgow	111	18,270.92
Lochmaddy	0	0
Oban	0	0
Paisley	282	65,733.30
Peebles	0	0
Perth	46	10,675.60
Peterhead	0	0
Portree	3	1,216.85
Rothesay	1	50.00
Selkirk	0	0
Stirling	6	611.46
Stonehaven	0	0
Stornoway	0	0
Stranraer	1	1,500.00
Tain	0	0
Wick	2	320.00
Total	942	220,438.55

Question reference: S2W-13961

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-91 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many fines were recovered by civil diligence following the procedure under section 221 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and what proportion this represents of the total number of all fines imposed in 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

The available information is given in the table.

2004	Civil Diligence Used	Number of Fines Imposed	% of Civil Diligence to Imposed
Aberdeen	0	2,518	0%
Airdrie	0	1,477	0%
Alloa	0	560	0%
Arbroath	0	704	0%
Ayr	1	1,429	0.3%
Banff	0	296	0%
Campbeltown	0	187	0%
Cupar	0	378	0%
Dingwall	0	363	0%
Dornoch	0	108	0%
Dumbarton	0	1,143	0%
Dumfries	0	1,862	0%
Dundee	0	2,158	0%
Dunfermline	0	1,107	0%
Dunoon	0	223	0%
Duns	0	197	0%
Edinburgh	0	4,340	0%
Elgin	0	954	0%
Falkirk	0	1,592	0%
Forfar	0	621	0%
Fort William	0	297	0%
Glasgow	10	3,630	0.3%
Greenock	2	763	0.3%
Haddington	0	448	0%
Hamilton	0	3,188	0%
Inverness	0	1,429	0%
Jedburgh	0	406	0%
Kilmarnock	0	2,326	0%
Kirkcaldy	0	1,419	0%
Kirkcudbright	0	238	0%
Kirkwall	0	192	0%
Lanark	0	550	0%
Lerwick	4	295	1.4%
Linlithgow	0	1,322	0%
Lochmaddy	0	68	0%
Oban	0	245	0%
Paisley	0	1,630	0%
Peebles	0	147	0%
Perth	0	1,649	0%
Peterhead	1	649	0.2%
Portree	0	87	0%
Rothesay	0	107	0%
Selkirk	0	379	0%
Stirling	0	1,107	0%
Stonehaven	1	341	0.3%
Stornoway	0	199	0%
Stranraer	0	666	0%
Tain	0	344	0%
Wick	0	267	0%
National Totals	19	46,605	0.04%

Note: There Are No Figures Available On The Actual Amounts Recovered.

Question reference: S2W-13965

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-94 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many recorded offences there were under section (a) 68(1), (b) 68(2), (c) 68(3) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is shown in the following tables.

Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(1) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

Local Authority Area	2002	2003
Scotland	268	283
Aberdeen City	21	1
Aberdeenshire	11	34
Angus	2	3
Argyll and Bute	7	13
Clackmannanshire	0	4
Dumfries and Galloway	3	13
Dundee City	11	8
East Ayrshire	30	18
East Dunbartonshire	7	11
East Lothian	3	0
East Renfrewshire	1	0
Edinburgh, City of	29	12
Eilean Siar	2	0
Falkirk	8	13
Fife	28	12
Glasgow City	9	36
Highland	12	2
Inverclyde	5	1
Midlothian	1	2
Moray	10	4
North Ayrshire	6	9
North Lanarkshire	8	0
Orkney Islands	0	5
Perth and Kinross	4	5
Renfrewshire	11	16
Scottish Borders	7	0
Shetland Islands	0	0
South Ayrshire	14	26
South Lanarkshire	4	22
Stirling	4	9
West Dunbartonshire	6	3
West Lothian	4	1

Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(2) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

Local Authority Area	2002	2003
Scotland	62	60
Aberdeen City	0	2
Aberdeenshire	4	2
Angus	5	1
Argyll and Bute	4	2
Clackmannanshire	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	2	0
Dundee City	5	2
East Ayrshire	5	5
East Dunbartonshire	4	5
East Lothian	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	5	1
Eilean Siar	2	0
Falkirk	1	1
Fife	2	4
Glasgow City	3	5
Highland	6	1
Inverclyde	1	0
Midlothian	0	0
Moray	0	2
North Ayrshire	1	2
North Lanarkshire	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	2
Perth and Kinross	1	4
Renfrewshire	1	0
Scottish Borders	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0
South Ayrshire	8	11
South Lanarkshire	1	5
Stirling	1	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	2
West Lothian	0	1

Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(3) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

Local Authority Area	2002	2003
Scotland	187	273
Aberdeen City	3	4
Aberdeenshire	14	14
Angus	7	10
Argyll and Bute	7	12
Clackmannanshire	0	2
Dumfries and Galloway	4	14
Dundee City	3	6
East Ayrshire	10	12
East Dunbartonshire	16	15
East Lothian	2	1
East Renfrewshire	1	1
Edinburgh, City of	2	1
Eilean Siar	6	4
Falkirk	0	13
Fife	9	13
Glasgow City	18	21
Highland	32	26
Inverclyde	3	0
Midlothian	2	2
Moray	8	10
North Ayrshire	4	6
North Lanarkshire	6	7
Orkney Islands	6	13
Perth and Kinross	3	9
Renfrewshire	1	4
Scottish Borders	4	6
Shetland Islands	1	1
South Ayrshire	3	3
South Lanarkshire	5	26
Stirling	3	11
West Dunbartonshire	1	3
West Lothian	3	3

Question reference: S2W-13959

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-89 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, sheriff court fines were outstanding on 31 March (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

The information is provided in the following tables. It should be noted that the outstanding balances for each year are not cumulative. Not all of the balance currently outstanding is due to default in payment - over half the accounts are within their valid payment period and should be paid within that period. Collection levels have been steadily improving over recent years, with over 80% of all financial penalties imposed in the sheriff and High Court in 2001-02 (the most recent year in which the majority of fine accounts are now closed)collected in full.

As at 31 March 2003

Sheriff Court	Number of Open Fine Accounts	Outstanding Balance (£)
Aberdeen	2020	521,298.95
Airdrie	1361	340,921.11
Alloa	451	189,082.86
Arbroath	445	101,204.38
Ayr	1152	256,497.93
Banff	145	50,775.67
Campbeltown	126	30,605.50
Cupar	229	46,796.15
Dingwall	202	61,164.58
Dornoch	76	31,497.39
Dumbarton	994	222,811.36
Dumfries	827	235,567.96
Dundee	1785	428,355.06
Dunfermline	1268	300,120.43
Dunoon	224	49,592.33
Duns	158	58,635.79
Edinburgh	4957	2,615,487.83
Elgin	629	243,445.47
Falkirk	1692	523,930.58
Forfar	298	74,163.18
Fort William	144	51,569.67
Glasgow	5966	1,682,539.52
Greenock	976	240,661.56
Haddington	423	115,537.12
Hamilton	2839	704,369.67
Inverness	810	205,157.57
Jedburgh	423	97,722.94
Kilmarnock	1801	510,197.78
Kirkcaldy	1423	338,723.34
Kirkcudbright	229	83,353.33
Kirkwall	110	36,834.03
Lanark	376	90,418.05
Lerwick	157	35,425.77
Linlithgow	1555	384,130.70
Lochmaddy	18	7,215.00
Oban	136	43,850.69
Paisley	1900	628,463.14
Peebles	96	29,735.90
Perth	898	319,689.48
Peterhead	451	124,980.75
Portree	38	10,273.53
Rothesay	60	11,573.75
Selkirk	337	112,506.30
Stirling	745	187,518.66
Stonehaven	169	38,127.40
Stornoway	140	43,425.32
Stranraer	456	230,102.86
Tain	282	80,792.84
Wick	197	77,516.69
Scotland	42194	12,904,367.87

As at 31 March 2004

Sheriff Court	Number of Open Fine Accounts	Outstanding Balance (£)
Aberdeen	2418	640,532.64
Airdrie	1250	319,252.99
Alloa	635	222,764.03
Arbroath	525	140,521.27
Ayr	1297	299,286.97
Banff	194	56,370.44
Campbeltown	147	34,681.17
Cupar	223	54,503.43
Dingwall	281	72,941.99
Dornoch	86	37,895.89
Dumbarton	1148	247,815.11
Dumfries	842	238,104.35
Dundee	2093	487,527.77
Dunfermline	1391	336,085.55
Dunoon	176	44,033.97
Duns	201	69,710.47
Edinburgh	4658	2,556,129.89
Elgin	816	338,194.30
Falkirk	1823	537,528.16
Forfar	306	80,950.37
Fort William	170	65,431.94
Glasgow	5655	1,639,305.30
Greenock	881	228,833.35
Haddington	420	123,945.33
Hamilton	2899	733,287.69
Inverness	909	317,621.05
Jedburgh	420	101,478.48
Kilmarnock	2093	554,213.16
Kirkcaldy	1538	461,032.52
Kirkcudbright	225	83,892.93
Kirkwall	109	37,882.42
Lanark	354	90,454.01
Lerwick	170	54,330.01
Linlithgow	1422	353,763.39
Lochmaddy	21	7,251.94
Oban	174	68,860.86
Paisley	1601	569,964.88
Peebles	97	33,560.68
Perth	921	345,540.84
Peterhead	476	118,816.77
Portree	39	11,278.68
Rothesay	66	11,006.84
Selkirk	352	106,764.51
Stirling	816	205,349.78
Stonehaven	171	39,161.58
Stornoway	134	62,498.05
Stranraer	440	161,556.41
Tain	357	103,894.09
Wick	230	88,644.63
Scotland	43670	13,594,452.88

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