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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-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-13962

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-92 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, what value of fiscal fines accepted as an alternative to prosecution under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 was outstanding on 31 March (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

The available information is given in the table. Yearly totals for Scotland are not comparable due to data being unavailable in different courts in different years. Fiscal fines are generally collected by the district courts and, as such, the information collected centrally and given in the table is by district court, rather than sheriff court. It should be noted that a number of the fines quoted as outstanding in 2004 are still within their valid collection period and no enforcement action will yet have been taken. Information on the value of fiscal fines outstanding in Orkney and Shetland, where payment is made to the sheriff court, is not readily available from the information held centrally.

Value (£000s) of Fiscal Fines Outstanding at 31 March, 2003 and 2004

District Court	2003	2004¹
Aberdeen City	3	1
Aberdeenshire	1	2
Angus	8	5
Argyll and Bute	1	2
Clackmannanshire	2	4
Dumfries and Galloway	9	N/A
Dundee City	7	10
East Ayrshire	6	N/A
East Dunbartonshire	3	1
East Lothian	2	1
East Renfrewshire	1	1
Edinburgh, City of	9	8
Eilean Siar	N/A	N/A
Falkirk	4	5
Fife	1	N/A
Glasgow City	123	781
Highland	17	9
Inverclyde	3	3
Midlothian	1	1
Moray	3	2
North Ayrshire	3	3
North Lanarkshire	N/A	N/A
Perth and Kinross	3	2
Renfrewshire	4	2
Scottish Borders	6	4
South Ayrshire	2	3
South Lanarkshire	28	29
Stirling	N/A	N/A
West Dunbartonshire	7	8
West Lothian	N/A	N/A
Scotland	258	887

Notes:

"N/A" denotes data not available.

1. Provisional data.

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-13874

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what major international or club football matches it intends to bid to host; who is involved in any such bidding process, and what funds or resources are being made available.

Any bids for specific football events are a matter for the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in the first instance. However, the Executive approached the Federation Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) in December 2004 about the possibility of Scotland hosting a future FIFA Club World Championship. FIFA originally responded positively, indicating that they would invite their member associations, including the SFA, to bid for the 2007 Championship in due course. Whilst we understand that FIFA has more recently indicated that a European host for the 2007 event would not now be considered, not least due to the amount of club football already played in Europe, that does not rule out a bid to host theChampionship post 2007.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) recently wrote to its members associations inviting expressions of interest in making a bid to host the European Football Championships in 2012. The SFA has however concluded that its main priority over the next 10 years is “Many Players One Goal”, the Action Plan for Scottish youth football. Separately, however, the SFA has bid to UEFA to host future UEFA Champions League Finals and UEFA Cup Finals at Hampden Park.

Question reference: S2O-05256

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to promote recycling.

We have provided £321 million up to 2007-08 and £986 million up to 2020 to all 32 local authorities, through the Strategic Waste Fund, to improve recycling facilities. We also support local Waste Aware Scotland campaigns, which provide information to the public on new recycling infrastructure. We also continue to support the national Do a Little, Change a Lot campaign, which promotes sustainable development, including recycling.

Question reference: S2W-13631

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 31 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11898 by Patricia Ferguson on 18 November 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of the sources of the £12.2 million being made available towards the implementation of the Action Plan for Youth Football.

The £12.2 million to be made available by the Executive and sportscotland towards the implementation of the Action Plan for Youth Football will include £1.2 million of Exchequer funding, £1 million from the Lottery Sports Fund and £6 million from funding made available for community sport from unspent balances of the former New Opportunities Fund. The balance of £4 million will be identified from future lottery income.

Question reference: S2W-13632

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 31 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11898 by Patricia Ferguson on 18 November 2004, what the detailed breakdown is of the further £8.9 million to be contributed towards the Action Plan for Youth Football.

Question reference: S2W-13414

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many high profile, from a police perspective, visits there were to Edinburgh in 2004 and how many such visits are anticipated in 2005; what additional resources to Lothian and Borders Police have been earmarked as a result of such visits, and what additional funding will be provided to Lothian and Borders Police in respect of the G8 Summit and any related high profile visitors to Edinburgh.

Information on the number of high profile visits to Edinburgh is not held centrally and is an operational matter for the Chief Constable.

In 2004, following recommendations made by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Lothian and Borders Police were allocated an additional £600,000 per annum in recognition of Edinburgh’s capital city status.

No decision has been taken on the level of additional funding will be provided to the police in respect of the G8 Summit.

Question reference: S2W-13433

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be available to support the commencement of a ferry service from Scotland to Norway; what criteria will be attached to such funding; what discussions it has had regarding such a ferry service; what information it has on the number of Norwegian visitors to Scotland and their method of travel to Scotland; what information it has on freight and trade links between Scotland and Norway, and what information it has on the value of Norwegian visitors and trade to the Scottish economy.

A new ferry service from Scotland to Norway may be eligible for Freight Facility Grant (FFG) to help with any additional capital expenditure required to upgrade terminal facilities in Scotland. It may also qualify for a Waterborne Freight Grant (WFG) to help the operator with operational costs in the first three years of the service. Any support would depend on the environmental and economic benefits of transferring lorry miles from the roads to the sea route to qualify. Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland may also be able to support such a project, subject to State aid considerations.

Latest figures from VisitScotland show 17,000 trips to Scotland from Norway valued at £4 million during 2003, with 57% trips being by air and 43% by sea. 69% of those trips were for holidays, with the balance being for business and other reasons. The estimated value of exports from Scotland to Norway is £699 million per year and Norway is ranked as 8th in Scotland’s top markets for export.

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