Chamber and committees

In accordance with our statutory obligations under the Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act (2007), Section 44 “ Application of Crichel Downs Rules, where land is deemed to be surplus to the authorised undertaker''s requirements for the provision of the authorised works then the Crichel Downs Rules must be applied. This statutory requirement was welcomed by the Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee during its consideration of the bill in 2006.

The Office of Rail Regulation has determined the funding required by Network Rail for the Control Period 4 from 2009 to 2014, which includes the use of RAB finance for activities contained in Network Rail''s Delivery Plan for this period.

STAG recommends all costs and benefits are expressed in real as opposed to nominal terms. As such inflation does not apply where prices are forecast to remain constant in real terms. Where prices are expected to increase in real terms, guidance is provided in STAG as to the growth rates to apply over time. STAG also provides relevant discount rates to use.

Transport Scotland are aware of the public transport interchange proposals which form part of British Airport Authority''s Air Surface Access Strategy and we continue to liaise with them on an updated strategy. This strategy would have been expected to compliment the branch line section of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) but would not have altered the underlying airport passenger growth assumptions on which benefits forecasts were based.

The STAG Technical database can be accessed from the following link with  Section 9 providing advice on economic assessments www.transportscotland.gov.uk/stag/td.

There have been no children under 16 held in prison establishments or young offenders'' institutions under section 44 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

The following table shows the total number of children under 16 held in prison establishments or young offenders institutions since 1999 under other legislation.

Note: 1. Figures are shown for the offence of public mischief, which includes, but is not restricted to, wasting police time.

The information requested is shown in the following table. Of the 180, 163 have received previous custodial sentences during the past 10 years, and all of these have received prior custodial sentences for the same crime.

Prisoners Convicted for the Main Crime of having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point: 7 March 2010

Source: Derived from the Scottish Prison Service PR2 management information system.

Note: 1. For persons convicted of more than one criminal act, the main crime or offence is the most serious, assumed to be that for which the longest sentence was imposed. These figures therefore do not include offenders convicted of more serious crimes which may have involved possession of a bladed instrument.

In order to protect patient confidentiality, cells with small numbers have been suppressed in the table below. Some cells have also been suppressed to prevent data being disclosed through differencing.

Data has not been shown at NHS board level because suppression of the small numbers involved would lead to almost all data being suppressed. This would include totals for NHSScotland which would require suppression to prevent disclosure through differencing.

Number of Admissions¹ due to Assault by Firearm² Discharge, by Type of Admission³ and Sex. NHSScotland. Years Ending 31 March 2000 to 2009

Source: SMR01 (ISD Scotland).

Notes:

- zero value

* suppressed⁴

1. Hospital admission data are derived from linked records on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland

2. Assault by firearm discharge is defined as ICD-10 code X93-X95 in any secondary diagnosis position

3. Emergency admissions are identified in SMR01 by the following type of admission codes: 30-39. Elective admissions are identified in SMR01 by the following type of admission codes: 10-22

4. In order to protect patient confidentiality, cells with small numbers have been suppressed. Some cells have also been suppressed to prevent data being disclosed through differencing.

5. Totals for both types of admissions have not been included as elective patients are likely to have been previously admitted as an emergency.