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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-30717

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many murders resulting from domestic violence there have been and how many people (a) were charged with, (b) pleaded guilty to charges of and (c) were convicted for domestic violence offences in each of the last 10 years.

The available information onhomicides recorded by the police where the relationship between the victim and themain accused was partner or ex-partner is given in the following table.

Victims of Homicide¹where the Relationship Between the Victim and Main Accused wasPartner/Ex-Partner, 1996-97 to 2005-06

Year	Number
1996-97	13
1997-98	12
1998-99	17
1999-00	17
2000-01	24
2001-02	12
2002-03	13
2003-04	5
2004-05	14
2005-06	16

Note: 1. Currently (as at 8 November)recorded as homicide.

The available information onthe number of perpetrators of crimes or offences of domestic abuse cleared up bythe police who were referred to the Procurator Fiscal is given in table 13a of thestatistical bulletin Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2005-06published by the Scottish Executive in September 2006, a copy of which is availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40556). Information inrelation to guilty pleas and convictions for offences arising from incidents ofdomestic abuse is not separately identifiable in the available statistics.

Question reference: S2W-30949

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the residence-based claimant count unemployment rate was for each council ward in the city of Edinburgh in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30950

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the residence-based claimant count unemployment rate was for each council ward in Falkirk in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30883

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rates from coronary heart disease per 100,000 population have been in each parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997.

The information requested isgiven in the table Mortality rates of coronary heart disease by parliamentaryconstituency since 1997, a copy of which is available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 41483).

Note that populations by parliamentaryconstituency are not readily available. However, these populations can be estimatedby aggregating populations, which are available by datazone geography level. Thereare instances where a datazone is split across more than one parliamentary constituency.In these cases, the datazone populationis allocated to the parliamentary constituency that contains the highest numberof postcode areas that make up the datazone.

Question reference: S2W-30799

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of male prisoners are fathers.

Question reference: S2W-30621

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions have taken place in Scotland for breaches of the law relating to the aggregates levy.

Question reference: S2W-30536

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in each year since 1999, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

The information requested isgiven in the tables within diagnosis and mortality rates of coronary heartdisease, chronic lung disease and cancer by parliamentary constituency since1999, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 41484).

Note that populations byparliamentary constituency are not readily available. However, thesepopulations can be estimated by aggregating populations, which are available bydatazone geography level. There are instances where a datazone is split acrossmore than one parliamentary constituency. In these cases, the datazone population is allocatedto the parliamentary constituency that contains the highest number of postcodeareas that make up the datazone.

Question reference: S2W-30807

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were prosecuted for offences committed in prison involving (a) violence, (b) drugs and (c) threatening or abusive behaviour and how many offences were committed involving two or more of these categories in each year since 1997-98.

Question reference: S2W-30953

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the residence-based claimant count unemployment rate was for each council ward in Inverclyde in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30966

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the residence-based claimant count unemployment rate was for each council ward in West Dunbartonshire in each year since 1999.