Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-28843

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of possessing cannabis received (a) a custodial sentence, (b) a community sentence order, (c) a probation order, (d) a drug treatment and testing order, (e) a fine or (f) another disposal in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons With a Charge Proved for Possession of Drug Offences¹, Drug Type Cannabis, 1999-2000 To 2007-08³

Police Force/Result	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Central
Custody	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
Community Sentence²	0	0	1	0	4	6	2
Probation	0	1	3	2	3	5	2
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	4	25	94	82	52	33	37
Other disposal⁴	0	1	9	10	9	9	5
Total	4	27	107	94	71	54	48
Dumfries and Galloway
Custody	0	0	1	2	1	0	3
Community Sentence²	0	2	2	1	3	0	3
Probation	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Fine	3	9	14	41	27	12	21
Other disposal⁴	0	0	5	1	5	4	3
Total	3	11	22	45	36	17	31
Fife
Custody	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Community Sentence²	0	2	0	1	1	1	0
Probation	0	3	0	1	1	3	3
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	0	21	16	20	27	23	21
Other disposal⁴	1	3	3	2	3	6	4
Total	1	29	20	24	32	33	29
Grampian
Custody	1	3	3	3	1	4	1
Community Sentence²	0	5	3	1	4	2	0
Probation	0	3	4	3	3	3	6
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	11	42	50	37	30	25	14
Other disposal⁴	2	6	9	7	6	15	3
Total	14	59	69	51	44	49	24
Lothian and Borders
Custody	0	2	2	1	2	2	0
Community Sentence²	0	3	3	4	9	2	3
Probation	0	0	2	0	0	4	1
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Fine	8	22	26	83	49	58	45
Other disposal⁴	0	1	5	14	10	10	11
Total	8	28	38	102	71	77	60
Northern
Custody	0	0	6	0	0	0	1
Community Sentence²	0	3	3	1	2	6	3
Probation	0	2	2	3	2	0	2
Drug Treatment and testing order
Fine	10	48	94	101	56	69	51
Other disposal⁴	1	1	2	6	7	7	11
Total	11	54	107	111	67	82	68
Strathclyde
Custody	1	4	5	12	7	12	10
Community Sentence²	1	7	9	13	10	9	7
Probation	3	21	23	24	33	16	18
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	3	2	0	3	0
Fine	13	407	630	689	664	693	542
Other disposal⁴	1	62	116	161	153	220	122
Total	19	501	786	901	867	953	699
Tayside
Custody	0	2	0	0	1	3	0
Community Sentence²	0	3	4	3	2	1	1
Probation	0	2	0	6	1	0	4
Drug Treatment and testing order
Fine	9	28	30	25	24	34	14
Other disposal⁴	0	4	7	3	5	6	3
Total	9	39	41	37	33	44	22
Scotland
Custody	2	11	18	18	15	22	18
Community Sentence²	1	25	25	24	35	27	19
Probation	3	32	34	39	43	32	36
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	3	2	1	4	1
Fine	58	602	954	1,078	929	947	745
Other disposal⁴	5	78	156	204	198	277	162
Central	69	748	1,190	1,365	1,221	1,309	981

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Community sentence includes community service order, supervised attendance order, restriction of liberty order and sentences of probation with community service order.

3. Data on type of drug commenced in 2001-02, and has been used progressively more frequently; over the last four years, the type of drug is known in around 60 per cent of possession of drugs offences.

4. Other disposal includes absolute discharge, admonished, no order made, remit to children''s hearing and guardianship.

Question reference: S3W-28846

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women aged (a) 16 to 20, (b) 21 to 30, (c) 31 to 40, (d) 41 to 50, (e) 51 to 60 and (f) 61 and over were given custodial sentences in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Females Given a Custodial Sentence by Police Force and Age¹, 1998-99 To 2007-08

Police Force/Age	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Central
16-20	5	6	11	17	16	11	4	8	20	9
21-30	25	29	38	42	50	43	33	29	31	42
31-40	10	7	8	18	19	25	26	27	9	15
41-50	12	0	2	1	1	2	3	7	8	4
51-60	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	2
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dumfries and Galloway
16-20	42	17	24	13	17	3	16	9	5	6
21-30	12	12	26	33	35	36	31	23	34	11
31-40	6	4	3	6	5	5	11	7	5	6
41-50	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	2	3
51-60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife
16-20	6	15	8	6	1	5	1	11	6	8
21-30	9	22	25	27	21	23	60	35	33	45
31-40	5	4	4	8	16	12	17	22	8	18
41-50	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	16
51-60	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grampian
16-20	22	23	15	26	37	11	19	3	15	11
21-30	19	38	24	21	62	54	56	35	46	57
31-40	2	5	10	11	12	14	11	21	17	20
41-50	2	2	0	2	4	11	16	18	6	12
51-60	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	2	6	8
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lothian and Borders
16-20	18	26	38	52	30	22	35	29	37	22
21-30	37	36	32	42	73	88	78	53	83	88
31-40	26	13	23	34	33	32	37	42	32	42
41-50	4	5	2	4	7	16	15	12	14	20
51-60	0	2	1	9	0	2	2	7	3	7
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Northern
16-20	2	14	26	8	3	6	1	0	6	10
21-30	16	9	17	16	21	22	19	16	13	9
31-40	7	4	4	5	11	9	6	26	14	12
41-50	2	2	0	1	0	11	1	5	3	1
51-60	3	0	0	2	3	5	3	2	1	2
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde
16-20	79	120	96	101	79	134	82	36	75	77
21-30	258	264	198	265	215	219	262	272	233	244
31-40	107	80	74	99	118	129	149	112	141	162
41-50	15	28	16	48	22	44	52	55	61	53
51-60	5	3	3	4	9	6	25	10	13	19
over 60	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
Tayside
16-20	21	31	13	13	34	15	33	27	33	39
21-30	19	29	19	17	22	57	72	100	116	115
31-40	5	7	6	11	13	13	14	68	31	34
41-50	4	2	1	0	1	2	5	0	4	9
51-60	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	3
over 60	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Scotland
16-20	195	252	231	236	217	207	191	123	197	182
21-30	395	439	379	463	499	542	611	563	589	611
31-40	168	124	132	192	227	239	271	325	257	309
41-50	39	41	22	58	38	86	94	104	103	118
51-60	11	6	5	20	20	18	33	25	23	44
over 60	1	2	0	4	2	4	1	1	0	3

Source: Scottish Government Court Proceedings database.

Note: 1. Age at date of sentence.

Question reference: S3W-28842

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of possessing amphetamines received (a) a custodial sentence, (b) a community sentence order, (c) a probation order, (d) a drug treatment and testing order, (e) a fine or (f) another disposal in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons With a Charge Proved for Possession of Drug Offences¹, Drug Type Amphetamines, 1999-2000 To 2007-08³

Police Force/Result	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Central
Custody	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Probation	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	1	4	4	6	4	8	5
Other disposal⁴	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Total	1	4	4	10	7	10	7
Dumfries and Galloway
Custody	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Probation	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	0	0	1	1	4	1	3
Other disposal⁴	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	0	0	1	1	4	3	4
Fife
Custody	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Probation	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	1	2	6	7	11	8	8
Other disposal⁴	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
Total	1	4	8	10	11	8	10
Grampian
Custody	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Probation	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	0	6	10	4	10	11	3
Other disposal⁴	0	0	1	1	1	3	0
Total	0	6	11	8	13	16	4
Lothian and Borders
Custody	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Probation	0	0	1	0	1	1	3
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Fine	2	2	4	10	12	13	3
Other disposal⁴	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
Total	2	3	5	14	14	17	7
Northern
Custody	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Probation	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	4	8	12	11	17	20	12
Other disposal⁴	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Total	5	8	12	13	18	23	15
Strathclyde
Custody	0	2	2	2	1	5	2
Community Sentence²	0	0	0	2	2	2	1
Probation	0	0	1	4	2	6	4
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fine	3	44	83	76	71	107	40
Other disposal⁴	0	8	6	7	11	25	10
Total	3	54	93	91	87	145	57
Tayside
Custody	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Sentence²	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Probation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fine	0	6	5	3	5	13	6
Other disposal⁴	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total	0	7	7	3	6	13	6
Scotland
Custody	0	2	2	4	3	6	3
Community Sentence²	0	0	1	4	4	7	3
Probation	1	1	3	9	5	9	11
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	1	2	1	0	1	0
Fine	11	72	125	118	134	181	80
Other disposal⁴	0	10	8	14	14	31	13
Central	12	86	141	150	160	235	110

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Community sentence includes community service order and restriction of liberty order.

3. Data on type of drug commenced in 2001-02, and has been used progressively more frequently; over the last four years, the type of drug is known in around 60 per cent of possession of drugs offences.

4. All the other disposals are admonishments.

Question reference: S3W-28839

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people convicted of possessing heroin received (a) a custodial sentence, (b) a community sentence order, (c) a probation order, (d) a drug treatment and testing order, (e) a fine or (f) another disposal in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons With a Charge Proved for Possession of Drug Offences¹, Drug Type Heroin, 1999-2000 to 2007-08³

Police Force/Result	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Central
Custody	0	2	3	4	5	3	2
Community Sentence Order²	0	0	3	2	1	1	2
Probation	0	7	3	7	3	6	8
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine	4	9	13	21	22	12	15
Other disposal⁴	0	5	6	6	9	15	10
Total	4	23	28	40	40	37	37
Dumfries and Galloway
Custody	2	3	3	0	1	3	2
Community Sentence Order²	0	2	2	0	1	1	3
Probation	0	1	5	2	1	1	3
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Fine	5	14	12	12	18	26	9
Other disposal⁴	0	3	5	3	4	8	2
Total	7	23	27	17	27	45	19
Fife
Custody	0	1	4	4	6	6	7
Community Sentence Order²	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Probation	0	0	4	4	4	7	3
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	2	1	0	2	1
Fine	1	10	11	21	26	28	18
Other disposal⁴	1	0	4	13	5	4	11
Total	2	12	25	43	41	47	41
Grampian
Custody	1	6	6	9	12	15	9
Community Sentence Order²	1	3	2	4	3	8	4
Probation	3	8	18	14	27	28	20
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	1	2	1	1	1	1
Fine	11	48	77	74	100	117	113
Other disposal⁴	0	8	20	20	25	32	24
Total	16	74	125	122	168	201	171
Lothian and Borders
Custody	1	5	6	11	17	23	18
Community Sentence Order²	0	3	10	16	5	7	6
Probation	0	1	5	12	8	9	6
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	4	6	8	11	9
Fine	1	7	22	54	39	58	56
Other disposal⁴	0	2	5	19	15	16	20
Total	2	18	52	118	92	124	115
Northern
Custody	1	1	3	1	5	4	7
Community Sentence Order²	0	3	3	3	1	1	3
Probation	0	4	1	1	1	2	4
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
Fine	1	8	5	8	14	30	21
Other disposal⁴	0	0	0	3	5	9	13
Total	2	16	12	16	28	49	48
Strathclyde
Custody	1	30	47	53	55	50	56
Community Sentence Order²	0	9	14	14	12	13	9
Probation	4	31	57	59	46	50	48
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	10	8	14	16	17
Fine	4	183	281	358	337	403	303
Other disposal⁴	1	40	137	151	126	158	176
Total	10	293	546	643	590	690	609
Tayside
Custody	0	1	4	6	4	17	18
Community Sentence Order²	0	0	0	2	3	7	3
Probation	0	1	0	0	9	8	6
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	0	1	3	2	5	3
Fine	3	11	14	27	28	65	63
Other disposal⁴	1	7	2	5	4	13	15
Total	4	20	21	43	50	115	108
Scotland
Custody	6	49	76	88	105	121	119
Community Sentence Order²	1	21	34	41	26	38	31
Probation	7	53	93	99	99	111	98
Drug Treatment and testing order	0	1	19	19	29	44	31
Fine	30	290	435	575	584	739	598
Other disposal⁴	3	65	179	220	193	255	271
Total	47	479	836	1,042	1,036	1,308	1,148

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Community sentence includes community service order, supervised attendance order, restriction of liberty order and sentences of probation with community service order.

3. Data on type of drug commenced in 2001-02, and has been used progressively more frequently; over the last four years, the type of drug is known in around 60 per cent of possession of drugs offences.

4. Other disposal includes absolute discharge, admonished and no order made.

Question reference: S3W-28845

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the maximum fine was for possessing (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines in each of the last 10 years.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons Fined for Possession of Drug Offences¹, by Drug Type and Maximum Fine (£), 1999-2000 To 2007-08

Financial Year	Cannabis	Heroin	Cocaine	Amphetamines	Ecstasy
2001-02	500	450	700	550	575
2002-03	1,000	1,000	1,250	600	1,000
2003-04	1,100	1,150	3,500	600	1,750
2004-05	2,500	1,500	1,300	650	750
2005-06	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,000
2006-07	850	1,000	2,000	600	1,000
2007-08	850	850	1,500	600	2,125

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Data on type of drug commenced in 2001-02 and in that year was recorded against four per cent of possession of drug offences. It has since been recorded progressively more frequently; over the last four years, the type of drug is known in around 60 per cent of possession of drugs offences.

Question reference: S3W-28775

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to tackle the problem of people being trafficked into or within Scotland for sex, particularly in the lead-up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Question reference: S3W-28774

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering proposing amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill to bring Scots law into line with clause 14 of the Policing and Crime Bill for England and Wales, which is directed in particular at the problem of trafficking and will make it a strict liability offence to pay for sex with someone who is subjected to force.

Question reference: S3W-28922

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each rape crisis centre has received from the Rape Crisis Specific Fund in each of the last three years.

Rape crisis centres have received funding as follows from the Rape Crisis Specific Fund in the last three years.

Rape Crisis Centre	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Rape and Abuse Support (Aberdeen)	86,337	48,950	48,231
Argyll and Bute Rape Crisis	0	50,000	50,000
Women''s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (WRASAC) (Dundee)	50,000	50,000	50,000
Edinburgh Women''s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre	50,000	50,000	50,000
Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre	50,000	50,000	50,000
Rape Counselling and Resource Centre (Kilmarnock)	50,000	50,000	50,000
Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre	85,000	50,000	50,000
Perth and Kinross Women''s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre	0	50,000	50,000
Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre	80,000	38,232	50,000
Central Scotland Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre	50,000	49,033	50,000
Rape and Abuse Line (Dingwall)	47,484	50,000	50,000
South West Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Centre (Dumfries)	50,000	50,000	50,000
Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre	50,000	50,000	50,000

Question reference: S3W-28847

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the population of sentenced female prisoners was as of 30 June 2008 and how many of them were incarcerated for (a) non-violent and (b) violent offences.

Question reference: S3W-28838

Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of establishing a new Scottish Policing Board has been to date; how much the associated project team has cost to establish, and from where the funding has come.

There have been no additional costs associated with the establishment of the Scottish Policing Board. The project team required no new resource. It was drawn from existing members of staff from the Scottish Government, the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), COSLA, the Police Authorities'' Conveners'' Forum, the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) and the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA).

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