Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-20223

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) petty assault, (ii) breach of the peace, (iii) drunkenness and (iv) other miscellaneous offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 arescheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recordedcrime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceededagainst for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is thepossibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course ofjudicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year andcourt proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimes and OffencesRecorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Central	2,512	2,748	3,012	3,222	3,846
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Grampian	5,758	5,956	5,692	5,494	7,242
Lothian and Borders	12,916	11,748	10,448	9,503	12,186
Northern	1,995	2,294	2,420	2,663	3,236
Strathclyde	23,131	23,863	24,182	24,500	34,181
Tayside	3,908	3,767	4,075	4,432	3,948
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Central	3,366	3,792	4,078	4,116	4,814
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Grampian	7,505	8,202	8,078	7,658	9,261
Lothian and Borders	6,613	6,928	7,723	7,680	7,495
Northern	3,917	4,303	4,441	4,831	5,322
Strathclyde	38,051	38,757	37,897	38,936	46,930
Tayside	5,336	5,242	5,952	6,383	5,973
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Central	157	162	125	129	130
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Grampian	211	184	181	199	308
Lothian and Borders	306	491	428	416	323
Northern	867	871	808	808	726
Strathclyde	5,122	5,130	4,497	4,850	4,741
Tayside	674	623	565	537	536
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Central	923	1,549	1,146	1,228	1,676
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Grampian	1,111	1,057	1,460	1,635	2,567
Lothian and Borders	738	1,211	1,296	1,487	1,904
Northern	613	831	1,018	933	1,158
Strathclyde	15,876	20,227	23,466	27,800	29,821
Tayside	1,140	1,033	1,680	2,301	2,573
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

SelectedCrimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	3,096	3,222	3,164	3,098	4,055
Aberdeenshire	1,803	1,752	1,542	1,439	2,058
Angus	902	994	1,151	1,259	1,020
Argyll and Bute	634	566	648	707	1,098
Clackmannanshire	397	508	533	540	692
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Dundee City	2,073	1,829	2,012	2,164	1,803
East Ayrshire	1,024	1,149	1,162	954	1,798
East Dunbartonshire	541	516	483	504	789
East Lothian	981	785	711	684	729
East Renfrewshire	314	322	314	381	555
Edinburgh, City of	7,677	7,167	6,147	5,558	7,210
Eilean Siar	129	131	133	189	289
Falkirk	1,441	1,484	1,608	1,748	1,970
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Glasgow City	9,784	9,836	9,985	10,031	12,716
Highland	1,707	1,982	2,096	2,221	2,658
Inverclyde	786	888	854	844	1,090
Midlothian	910	918	766	769	951
Moray	859	982	986	957	1,129
North Ayrshire	1,134	1,138	1,285	1,218	1,986
North Lanarkshire	2,857	3,181	3,382	3,637	5,208
Orkney Islands	70	86	66	95	116
Perth and Kinross	933	944	912	1,009	1,125
Renfrewshire	1,766	1,829	1,591	1,646	2,195
Scottish Borders	1,051	1,021	983	963	1,013
Shetland Islands	89	95	125	158	173
South Ayrshire	974	908	973	883	1,448
South Lanarkshire	2,400	2,598	2,556	2,593	3,847
Stirling	674	756	871	934	1,184
West Dunbartonshire	917	932	949	1,102	1,451
West Lothian	2,297	1,857	1,841	1,529	2,283
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	3,405	3,826	3,777	3,464	4,594
Aberdeenshire	2,445	2,431	2,263	2,047	2,664
Angus	1,162	1,240	1,607	1,604	1,420
Argyll and Bute	1,449	1,722	1,408	1,484	1,766
Clackmannanshire	538	674	666	682	918
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Dundee City	2,918	2,714	2,976	3,206	2,804
East Ayrshire	1,571	1,658	1,638	1,570	2,253
East Dunbartonshire	748	772	822	811	899
East Lothian	489	521	515	403	291
East Renfrewshire	571	522	496	589	809
Edinburgh, City of	3,585	3,658	4,072	4,136	3,888
Eilean Siar	269	254	297	328	502
Falkirk	1,901	1,952	2,242	2,187	2,402
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Glasgow City	16,390	16,077	15,493	15,725	17,505
Highland	3,439	3,733	3,864	4,139	4,422
Inverclyde	1,352	1,380	1,224	1,251	1,465
Midlothian	581	611	643	714	746
Moray	1,655	1,945	2,038	2,147	2,003
North Ayrshire	1,774	1,868	2,010	2,014	2,638
North Lanarkshire	4,705	5,093	5,615	6,195	7,785
Orkney Islands	97	157	124	147	176
Perth and Kinross	1,256	1,288	1,369	1,573	1,749
Renfrewshire	2,247	2,146	2,012	2,111	2,396
Scottish Borders	854	931	1,158	1,063	1,172
Shetland Islands	112	159	156	217	222
South Ayrshire	1,482	1,359	1,607	1,406	2,058
South Lanarkshire	4,232	4,614	3,976	3,901	4,993
Stirling	927	1,166	1,170	1,247	1,494
West Dunbartonshire	1,530	1,546	1,596	1,879	2,363
West Lothian	1,104	1,207	1,335	1,364	1,398
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	47	33	36	67	151
Aberdeenshire	59	53	38	27	55
Angus	55	44	60	52	47
Argyll and Bute	351	252	229	347	253
Clackmannanshire	16	12	7	10	11
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Dundee City	400	424	369	388	383
East Ayrshire	171	179	158	130	158
East Dunbartonshire	74	92	89	77	75
East Lothian	23	26	11	7	5
East Renfrewshire	33	28	18	26	41
Edinburgh, City of	132	261	230	257	166
Eilean Siar	66	60	60	41	48
Falkirk	72	83	60	70	69
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Glasgow City	1,864	1,999	1,834	1,978	2,026
Highland	757	761	696	714	618
Inverclyde	257	207	190	169	114
Midlothian	24	23	18	15	25
Moray	105	98	107	105	102
North Ayrshire	280	279	212	241	303
North Lanarkshire	678	642	552	675	681
Orkney Islands	11	19	12	17	19
Perth and Kinross	219	155	136	97	106
Renfrewshire	290	310	311	274	162
Scottish Borders	39	71	59	34	46
Shetland Islands	33	31	40	36	41
South Ayrshire	154	163	171	136	166
South Lanarkshire	619	606	427	451	450
Stirling	69	67	58	49	50
West Dunbartonshire	351	373	306	346	312
West Lothian	88	110	110	103	81
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Aberdeen City	387	417	579	728	1,286
Aberdeenshire	538	432	505	574	833
Angus	195	218	347	369	524
Argyll and Bute	403	291	314	490	495
Clackmannanshire	129	165	162	164	242
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Dundee City	784	670	1,016	1,523	1,515
East Ayrshire	469	454	717	850	835
East Dunbartonshire	386	435	568	535	776
East Lothian	68	116	79	48	63
East Renfrewshire	240	340	393	437	629
Edinburgh, City of	305	390	621	725	854
Eilean Siar	73	63	50	35	78
Falkirk	402	725	601	651	847
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Glasgow City	8,256	10,288	10,473	12,825	12,068
Highland	478	714	895	779	978
Inverclyde	534	396	400	368	394
Midlothian	61	89	90	125	246
Moray	186	208	376	333	448
North Ayrshire	446	349	491	767	1,106
North Lanarkshire	1,557	1,682	5,197	7,183	7,456
Orkney Islands	27	23	50	72	32
Perth and Kinross	161	145	317	409	534
Renfrewshire	572	540	660	546	629
Scottish Borders	171	257	224	294	309
Shetland Islands	35	31	23	47	70
South Ayrshire	253	257	499	852	835
South Lanarkshire	2,409	4,891	3,477	2,498	4,160
Stirling	392	659	383	413	587
West Dunbartonshire	351	304	277	449	438
West Lothian	133	359	282	295	432
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for SelectedCrimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	728	789	861	857
Dumfries and Galloway	352	338	374	475
Fife	600	795	735	702
Grampian	1,086	1,243	1,319	1,515
Lothian and Borders	1,923	1,859	2,156	2,168
Northern	650	695	794	945
Strathclyde	6,489	6,806	5,427	6,212
Tayside	1,293	1,424	1,486	1,515
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Central	727	837	902	900
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Fife	634	642	694	644
Grampian	1,038	1,088	1,081	1,174
Lothian and Borders	1,758	1,829	2,048	1,804
Northern	859	881	902	1,009
Strathclyde	8,365	8,696	7,769	8,441
Tayside	1,642	1,761	1,736	1,869
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Central	8	2	6	5
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	28	29	25
Northern	143	104	147	140
Strathclyde	249	222	187	207
Tayside	20	32	17	23
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	326	366	321	483
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	92	81
Fife	214	196	160	242
Grampian	460	399	369	456
Lothian and Borders	432	385	548	735
Northern	253	289	320	325
Strathclyde	2,931	3,304	3,179	4,642
Tayside	624	504	634	628
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	576	666	725	884
Aberdeenshire	317	336	348	339
Angus	361	431	435	420
Argyll and Bute	227	223	169	219
Clackmannanshire	120	126	113	149
Dumfries and Galloway	351	338	374	475
Dundee City	696	669	732	779
East Ayrshire	665	617	454	518
East Dunbartonshire	21	23	17	14
East Lothian	121	114	145	153
East Renfrewshire	7	13	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,249	1,198	1,346	1,305
Eilean Siar	52	65	47	77
Falkirk	444	442	486	441
Fife	597	792	733	701
Glasgow City	2,379	2,535	2,027	2,419
Highland	528	569	667	755
Inverclyde	296	286	276	235
Midlothian	24	47	28	46
Moray	192	239	239	287
North Ayrshire	54	45	23	49
North Lanarkshire	494	588	466	505
Orkney Islands	27	32	37	39
Perth and Kinross	230	321	313	311
Renfrewshire	541	608	393	477
Scottish Borders	147	172	230	266
Shetland Islands	41	28	42	64
South Ayrshire	626	523	483	482
South Lanarkshire	868	978	918	1,002
Stirling	161	221	259	259
West Dunbartonshire	277	336	170	255
West Lothian	371	326	401	387
Other⁷	61	37	40	52
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	539	580	595	700
Aberdeenshire	287	279	269	228
Angus	383	425	408	475
Argyll and Bute	266	444	324	381
Clackmannanshire	119	135	154	181
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Dundee City	924	900	955	1,038
East Ayrshire	553	627	462	552
East Dunbartonshire	69	85	38	67
East Lothian	111	101	138	105
East Renfrewshire	32	52	28	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,126	1,100	1,179	1,095
Eilean Siar	80	43	53	90
Falkirk	422	501	503	455
Fife	633	641	694	642
Glasgow City	3,112	2,844	2,856	3,013
Highland	738	802	805	860
Inverclyde	425	330	326	311
Midlothian	75	65	63	57
Moray	211	227	217	245
North Ayrshire	207	194	104	109
North Lanarkshire	1,108	1,282	1,111	1,162
Orkney Islands	14	15	15	17
Perth and Kinross	335	435	373	355
Renfrewshire	549	580	438	519
Scottish Borders	164	250	316	272
Shetland Islands	25	19	27	39
South Ayrshire	649	609	677	702
South Lanarkshire	976	1,221	1,058	1,212
Stirling	185	200	243	264
West Dunbartonshire	416	421	339	353
West Lothian	281	309	351	274
Other⁷	6	12	9	9
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	2
Argyll and Bute	42	23	20	30
Clackmannanshire	3	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	30	11	16
East Ayrshire	29	26	15	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	9	14
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	3
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	35	24	19	40
Highland	121	95	135	123
Inverclyde	61	49	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	22	19	6	4
North Lanarkshire	5	5	3	3
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	5
Renfrewshire	4	3	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	22	27	47	39
South Lanarkshire	4	20	5	2
Stirling	3	1	5	1
West Dunbartonshire	24	24	28	42
West Lothian	4	18	5	6
Other⁷	-	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	244	228	228	286
Aberdeenshire	171	115	110	104
Angus	156	141	171	162
Argyll and Bute	88	97	74	66
Clackmannanshire	77	49	40	73
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	91	81
Dundee City	390	281	373	351
East Ayrshire	223	179	155	240
East Dunbartonshire	21	36	29	17
East Lothian	39	31	21	66
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	256	209	247	298
Eilean Siar	24	16	27	15
Falkirk	178	177	181	245
Fife	214	196	160	242
Glasgow City	675	878	924	850
Highland	200	242	267	277
Inverclyde	209	197	139	245
Midlothian	17	6	8	22
Moray	44	55	31	66
North Ayrshire	150	101	59	206
North Lanarkshire	575	583	706	1,558
Orkney Islands	9	11	6	9
Perth and Kinross	78	81	90	114
Renfrewshire	181	135	123	212
Scottish Borders	30	49	74	101
Shetland Islands	20	20	20	22
South Ayrshire	221	220	204	306
South Lanarkshire	513	799	654	757
Stirling	71	140	100	165
West Dunbartonshire	60	61	85	131
West Lothian	87	89	197	248
Other⁷	14	6	8	8
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	604	628	721	728
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Fife	488	684	633	625
Grampian	966	1,085	1,165	1,320
Lothian and Borders	1,683	1,592	1,868	1,786
Northern	572	653	685	821
Strathclyde	4,671	4,828	4,726	5,153
Tayside	988	1,086	1,190	1,199
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Central	664	750	798	809
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Fife	564	582	626	585
Grampian	950	974	952	1,075
Lothian and Borders	1,656	1,712	1,886	1,653
Northern	793	835	831	920
Strathclyde	6,911	7,097	7,252	7,704
Tayside	1,348	1,478	1,478	1,615
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Central	7	2	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	26	28	22
Northern	138	104	140	135
Strathclyde	227	191	184	203
Tayside	20	30	17	19
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	290	316	288	454
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Fife	198	180	145	234
Grampian	444	378	335	428
Lothian and Borders	397	340	446	672
Northern	235	280	302	302
Strathclyde	2,684	2,977	3,062	4,516
Tayside	538	430	573	560
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	514	576	631	759
Aberdeenshire	276	299	313	301
Angus	305	357	358	358
Argyll and Bute	177	173	151	192
Clackmannanshire	95	104	98	124
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Dundee City	514	490	569	580
East Ayrshire	513	475	406	467
East Dunbartonshire	14	14	16	14
East Lothian	116	99	127	130
East Renfrewshire	6	10	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,072	1,005	1,170	1,058
Eilean Siar	51	60	44	65
Falkirk	373	346	406	377
Fife	488	683	632	624
Glasgow City	1,682	1,815	1,786	1,973
Highland	458	536	563	655
Inverclyde	201	208	242	191
Midlothian	21	37	22	33
Moray	175	209	215	256
North Ayrshire	41	40	22	49
North Lanarkshire	342	408	393	446
Orkney Islands	23	29	36	37
Perth and Kinross	163	237	259	258
Renfrewshire	387	417	340	375
Scottish Borders	134	163	207	240
Shetland Islands	38	27	41	61
South Ayrshire	486	380	425	414
South Lanarkshire	615	658	768	823
Stirling	133	178	214	223
West Dunbartonshire	175	206	147	177
West Lothian	330	286	336	316
Other⁷	54	31	38	42
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	497	513	519	637
Aberdeenshire	259	256	250	212
Angus	325	361	358	423
Argyll and Bute	233	365	305	360
Clackmannanshire	110	121	147	159
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Dundee City	758	754	799	879
East Ayrshire	448	506	437	514
East Dunbartonshire	61	76	37	67
East Lothian	109	95	130	101
East Renfrewshire	30	45	26	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,042	1,032	1,068	989
Eilean Siar	75	40	50	83
Falkirk	380	452	434	410
Fife	564	581	626	583
Glasgow City	2,523	2,278	2,664	2,683
Highland	682	761	739	781
Inverclyde	359	271	310	297
Midlothian	72	59	60	52
Moray	194	203	183	226
North Ayrshire	191	179	103	109
North Lanarkshire	976	1,096	1,052	1,101
Orkney Islands	12	14	15	17
Perth and Kinross	265	362	321	313
Renfrewshire	432	458	395	478
Scottish Borders	160	234	302	259
Shetland Islands	24	18	27	38
South Ayrshire	569	517	621	643
South Lanarkshire	799	978	983	1,090
Stirling	174	177	215	240
West Dunbartonshire	289	324	314	303
West Lothian	272	288	325	251
Other⁷	2	11	8	7
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	1
Argyll and Bute	41	20	20	29
Clackmannanshire	2	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	28	11	15
East Ayrshire	27	23	14	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	8	12
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	2
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	30	17	19	39
Highland	116	95	128	119
Inverclyde	60	48	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	20	17	6	4
North Lanarkshire	4	5	2	2
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	3
Renfrewshire	4	2	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	18	23	47	38
South Lanarkshire	3	17	4	2
Stirling	3	1	3	1
West Dunbartonshire	19	17	28	42
West Lothian	4	16	5	5
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	235	217	208	269
Aberdeenshire	166	112	101	96
Angus	140	132	164	151
Argyll and Bute	78	84	74	66
Clackmannanshire	74	48	37	72
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Dundee City	341	231	327	319
East Ayrshire	205	165	151	232
East Dunbartonshire	15	34	29	17
East Lothian	38	27	19	65
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	233	182	204	261
Eilean Siar	21	15	24	12
Falkirk	160	150	164	225
Fife	198	180	145	234
Glasgow City	585	757	867	785
Highland	188	235	255	258
Inverclyde	207	191	139	238
Midlothian	15	6	8	22
Moray	42	49	26	63
North Ayrshire	144	100	59	206
North Lanarkshire	547	562	692	1,548
Orkney Islands	7	11	5	9
Perth and Kinross	57	66	82	89
Renfrewshire	166	116	112	204
Scottish Borders	26	43	67	92
Shetland Islands	19	19	18	22
South Ayrshire	200	194	195	302
South Lanarkshire	473	714	639	741
Stirling	56	118	87	157
West Dunbartonshire	50	43	79	123
West Lothian	82	81	147	232
Other⁷	13	4	7	7
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crimefigures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbersof minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breachof the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceededagainst may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

8. Excludes breach of socialwork orders.

Question reference: S2W-20365

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists received gross earnings from the NHS of (a) over £500,000, (b) £250,000 to £500,000, (c) £100,000 to £250,000 and (d) £50,000 to £100,000 in each year since 1997.

NHS general dentists’ gross earnings from NHS general dental services:

Number of Dentists Receiving Each Amount in Year Ending March

Amount of Earnings^1,2	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
£500,000 +	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3
Between £250,000 and £499,999	6	10	13	14	17	14	14	14	18
Between £100,000 and £249,999	473	572	639	662	687	701	755	733	742
Between £50,000 and £99,999	783	723	700	702	676	670	653	656	632

Source: MIDAS (Management Information & Dental Accounting System).

Note:

1. In addition to the payments they receive for registering and treating their patients, NHS general dentists may be entitled to claim other payments (allowances) for their circumstances. The data in the table above exclude such payments.

2. This data refers to earnings for non-salaried general dental practitioners.

Question reference: S2W-20259

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS has used healthcare recruitment agencies based outside the United Kingdom for the recruitment of healthcare professionals from developing countries since the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals was agreed.

The list is open to any agency within the UK who can demonstrate that they adhere to the principles of the Code of Practice. There are currently 265 commercial recruitment agencies on the list, 225 of whom are based in the UK and 40 based in countries outside the UK.

Other than recruitment of nurses from overseas, information on international recruitment by NHSScotland of other health care professional groups is not held centrally. It will be, however, be requested quarterly from NHSScotland boards as part of the Scottish Executive’s monitoring role on compliance of the Code of Practice.

NHSScotland has not actively recruited any international nurses from developing countries and in the few instances it has recruited nurses from abroad, it has not used any recruitment agencies based outwith the UK.

Question reference: S2W-20258

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many healthcare recruitment agencies operating from (a) within and (b) outwith the United Kingdom are registered to comply with the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals.

Question reference: S2W-20257

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many healthcare professionals originally from developing countries continued to work in the NHS after their temporary contracts ran out in each year since 1999.

Information on the country of origin of health care professionals is not held centrally although data on country of qualification for medical and dental staff was already provided per year from 1999 in S2W-19952 answered on 2 November 2005. This data will be based on whole-time equivalents and not those staff on temporary contracts. 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/webapp/wa.search.

As part of the initial scoping exercise for monitoring compliance of the Code of Practice for international recruitment of health care professionals, data will be requested from NHSScotland boards on a quarterly basis commencing in December 2005 and will include recruitment of temporary professional health care workers from overseas.

It is most likely that health care professionals from developing countries working in NHSScotland will have applied for positions personally and should be considered for employment if they are suitably qualified. It should also be noted that such individuals are at liberty to improve their position in society.

Question reference: S2W-20255

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the private sector on signing up to the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals.

Health Department officials met recently with the independent health care forum on 22 September 2005. Colleagues from the private sector have confirmed that they will respond positively to the Code of Practice.

An expert working group is currently considering a national model to support “supervised practice” for Internationally Qualified Nurses and will be reporting its recommendations to me shortly. This group includes representation from the independent health care sector such as the Care Commission and Care Scotland and several Higher Education Establishments who also engage with this sector. The Code of Practice and its underlying principles have been discussed and agreed with this group in terms of ethical and efficient recruitment practices and ensuring that active recruitment does not take place in developing countries.

Question reference: S2W-20271

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the net number of bed closures was in each NHS board in each year since 1999, broken down by bed type.

Question reference: S2W-20235

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reply to my letter of 15 August 2005 to the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications regarding my constituent, Mr S Robinson of Kininmonth.

Question reference: S2W-19915

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) rape, (ii) assault with intent to rape and (iii) indecent assault took place in each of the last five years.

The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Number of Crimes Recorded by the Police, 2000-04

Crime	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Rape	562	589	745	794	892
Assault with intent to rape	143	164	168	194	215
Indecent assault	1,117	1,154	1,337	1,418	1,455

Number of Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes¹, 2000-03

Crime	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Number proceeded against
Rape	51	67	49	83
Assault with intent to rape	23	36	19	26
Indecent assault	99	73	72	101
Number with a charge proved
Rape	28	42	29	44
Assault with intent to rape	15	27	13	18
Indecent assault	66	52	56	82

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-19959

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were reported missing in each year since 1990, broken down by police force area.

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