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The information requested is not held centrally. However, it would depend on many variables including the type of camera, the technology employed, the location of the camera, and other factors.

No central records have been kept of this data over the last 10 years. No instruction has been given by the Scottish Government for this data to be so held.

The strategic review of public space CCTV in Scotland, which is expected to conclude shortly, will include a landscaping element which would provide us with the figures for public space only CCTV in Scotland covering a single year.

The available information on the number of pupils of temporarily excluded from school in each local authority area for Substance misuse “ alcohol from 2003-04 - 2006-07, is given in the following table.

Local Authority	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	11	13	12	14
Aberdeenshire	37	9	26	25
Angus	0	0	9	19
Argyll and Bute	1	14	4	30
Clackmannanshire	6	6	0	1
Dumfries and Galloway	7	19	3	6
Dundee City	5	1	7	6
East Ayrshire	9	3	9	8
East Dunbartonshire	3	9	10	13
East Lothian	0	5	2	2
East Renfrewshire	0	3	1	0
Edinburgh City	12	0	0	6
Eilean Siar	0	2	4	1
Falkirk	5	1	2	24
Fife	30	18	22	13
Glasgow City	30	26	44	22
Highland	13	30	24	33
Inverclyde	0	1	5	3
Midlothian	8	6	0	3
Moray	12	10	3	8
North Ayrshire	3	9	14	4
North Lanarkshire	34	17	16	18
Orkney Islands	2	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	5	8	16	18
Renfrewshire	8	21	15	6
Scottish Borders	3	3	8	13
Shetland Islands	1	3	1	0
South Ayrshire	1	10	11	10
South Lanarkshire	1	9	10	10
Stirling	0	2	2	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	5	14	3
West Lothian	8	4	2	10

 

Prior to 2003-04, although information was collected on the reason for exclusion, different categories were used and it is impossible to identify those excluded for Substance misuse “alcohol.

The 2006-07 figures are the same as those previously published on 4 November 2008 in the answer to S3W-16845.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Events of all kinds are a valuable way of driving sustainable economic growth, promoting Scotland and showcasing Scotland on a world stage. Events such as Edinburgh''s Festivals, the Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup, Scotland''s Winter Festivals, Homecoming Scotland, and pan-Scotland events to celebrate St Andrew''s Day are all important parts of Scotland''s current and future events calendar, but there is no single, agreed definition of what constitutes a major event. Our approach involves broadening and expanding Scotland''s portfolio of events and taking new opportunities as they arise.

Lead responsibility for individual events cuts across a number of ministerial portfolios, including in particular the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, the Minister for Communities and Sport, and the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism. The Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture has oversight of the Scottish Government''s overall strategy for events.

The Scottish Government works with a number of partners to maximise the impact of Scotland''s portfolio of events. Our partners include EventScotland, which published its strategy for Scotland''s events industry, Scotland “ the Perfect Stage, on 2 December. Copies of The Perfect Stage are available to view and download at www.eventscotland.org.

Under the standard procedures laid for test purchasing of alcohol and other  age-restricted products (A Practical Guide To Test Purchasing in Scotland which can be accessed on the Scottish Government website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/25155751/0) agreed by the Scottish Government, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPOS), trading standards, and the Crown Office Prosecution Fiscal Service (COPFS), those 167 premises which failed the first test were revisited within a few weeks. These revisits resulted in 15 double failures. Test purchasing is just one of many tools available to the police to crack down on underage drinking.

Information is available by police force area for test purchasing. From December 2007 to August 2008, the number of test purchase visits carried out was as follows:

Police Force	Off-Sales Tested	On-Sales Tested	Total
Central Scotland Police	55	0	55
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary	77	0	77
Fife Constabulary	136	20	156
Grampian Police	69	2	71
Lothian and Borders Police	203	0	203
Northern Constabulary	10	0	10
Strathclyde Police	590	5	595
Tayside Police	40	0	40

 

Information on the number of off-sales licences in force in each local authority area, as at 31 December 2007 is given in Table 3 of Scottish Liquor Licensing Statistics 2007 which is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45788).

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-08/sor1127-02.htm#Col12885

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons Under 18 Fined for Buying Excisable Liquor or Consuming in a Bar ¹, 2002-03 to 2006-07

Amount of Fine (£)	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
20	1	-	-	-	-
25	1	-	-	-	-
30	1	1	-	-	-
35	-	-	-	-	1
40	-	-	-	1	-
50	1	-	-	-	1
60	-	1	-	-	-
65	-	-	-	1	-
75	-	1	-	1	1
90	-	-	-	-	1
100	1	-	2	-	1
150	2	-	1	-	-
200	1	-	-	1	-
Total	8	3	3	4	5

Note: 1. Where main offence.

Data from the Scottish Government Court Proceedings database shows that, in 2002-03 to 2006-07, there were two people fined under section 76 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 for supplying alcoholic liquor to a drunken person in licensed premises (where this was the main offence). One person received a fine of £500 in 2004-05 and, in 2005-06, one person was fined £400.

Sanctions can be considered and applied by licensing boards following a test purchasing failure, not a test purchase visit. Information is not held centrally on sanctions applied following test purchase failures. Under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 licensing boards can suspend licences for three or six months. When the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 comes fully into force on 1 September 2009, licensing boards will have wider powers including the power to suspend a premises licence for any period or revoke it. In addition to sanctions by licensing boards, action can be taken by the courts where an offence has been committed.