Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-26699

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of an offence involving a (a) knife and (b) gun in each year since 1999 and how many of these convictions resulted in a police sentence, broken down by police force area.

There are a number of possiblecharges which can result from offences involving a knife or gun, including for examplemurder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, robbery and assault. While it is notgenerally possible to separately identify the use of a knife or gun in these charges,information is available centrally on convictions for some offences which by definitioninvolved a weapon: possession of an offensive weapon, having in a public place anarticle with a blade or a point, or firearms offences. In addition, separate statisticalinformation is available on persons convicted in homicide cases by the method ofhomicide. All the available information is given in the following tables.

Convictions resulting in a policesentence have been understood to refer to convictions resulting in a custodial sentence.

Personswith a Charge Proved for Selected Offences Involving Knives or Guns¹,by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-05²

Police Force Area	Possession of an Offensive Weapon³	Firearms Offences	Having in a Public Place an Article With a Blade or a Point	Total
Central
1999-2000	26	4	20	50
2000-01	37	9	30	76
2001-02	35	8	26	69
2002-03	41	8	28	77
2003-04	46	10	37	93
2004-05	55	8	40	103
Dumfries and Galloway
1999-2000	26	9	10	45
2000-01	28	3	16	47
2001-02	15	11	17	43
2002-03	31	5	25	61
2003-04	19	4	17	40
2004-05	20	10	28	58
Fife
1999-2000	31	3	19	53
2000-01	22	5	23	50
2001-02	43	6	24	73
2002-03	29	5	32	66
2003-04	23	1	28	52
2004-05	21	4	23	48
Grampian
1999-2000	40	13	27	80
2000-01	38	12	30	80
2001-02	68	10	47	125
2002-03	54	9	49	112
2003-04	64	7	54	125
2004-05	86	7	59	152
Lothian and Borders
1999-2000	91	18	108	217
2000-01	114	24	120	258
2001-02	149	13	121	283
2002-03	149	22	171	342
2003-04	117	24	173	314
2004-05	140	24	201	365
Northern
1999-2000	22	13	12	47
2000-01	19	8	14	41
2001-02	27	9	17	53
2002-03	25	12	28	65
2003-04	20	13	27	60
2004-05	34	7	22	63
Strathclyde
1999-2000	793	61	773	1,627
2000-01	874	62	845	1,781
2001-02	967	62	933	1,962
2002-03	1,004	53	960	2,017
2003-04	1,097	39	1,022	2,158
2004-05	1,294	55	1,256	2,605
Tayside
1999-2000	74	11	46	131
2000-01	76	18	54	148
2001-02	81	9	62	152
2002-03	72	15	72	159
2003-04	82	14	46	142
2004-05	90	8	74	172
Scotland
1999-2000	1,103	132	1,015	2,250
2000-01	1,208	141	1,132	2,481
2001-02	1,385	128	1,247	2,760
2002-03	1,405	129	1,365	2,899
2003-04	1,468	112	1,404	2,984
2004-05	1,740	123	1,703	3,566

Persons given CustodialSentences for Selected Offences Involving Knives or Guns¹, by PoliceForce Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-05²

Police Force Area	Possession of an Offensive Weapon³	Firearms Offences	Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or a Point	Total
Central
1999-2000	-	1	2	3
2000-01	3	1	2	6
2001-02	1	-	4	5
2002-03	5	1	7	13
2003-04	6	-	7	13
2004-05	10	-	6	16
Dumfries and Galloway
1999-2000	2	-	1	3
2000-01	10	-	3	13
2001-02	5	1	4	10
2002-03	8	-	5	13
2003-04	3	-	2	5
2004-05	2	-	4	6
Fife
1999-2000	4	-	5	9
2000-01	3	-	6	9
2001-02	9	-	3	12
2002-03	2	2	4	8
2003-04	2	-	3	5
2004-05	4	-	4	8
Grampian
1999-2000	6	2	7	15
2000-01	6	2	5	13
2001-02	13	-	11	24
2002-03	6	-	5	11
2003-04	7	-	8	15
2004-05	10	-	8	18
Lothian and Borders
1999-2000	20	2	29	51
2000-01	28	1	44	73
2001-02	29	-	32	61
2002-03	24	2	49	75
2003-04	20	1	52	73
2004-05	24	3	61	88
Northern
1999-2000	2	-	3	5
2000-01	5	1	3	9
2001-02	4	-	2	6
2002-03	2	1	2	5
2003-04	2	2	4	8
2004-05	3	-	4	7
Strathclyde
1999-2000	174	13	247	434
2000-01	207	11	280	498
2001-02	195	11	282	488
2002-03	218	11	347	576
2003-04	199	9	305	513
2004-05	227	8	353	588
Tayside
1999-2000	15	-	11	26
2000-01	9	1	14	24
2001-02	13	-	20	33
2002-03	16	1	17	34
2003-04	12	1	9	22
2004-05	16	1	24	41
Scotland
1999-2000	223	18	305	546
2000-01	271	17	357	645
2001-02	269	12	358	639
2002-03	281	18	436	735
2003-04	251	13	390	654
2004-05	296	12	464	772

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Year of sentence.

3. Knives and guns cannot be identified separately fromother types of offensive weapon in the data held for this crime category.

Persons Convicted inHomicide Cases¹, by Police Force Area, Method of Killing andSentence, 1999-2000 to 2004-05²

Police Force Area	All convicted³			Persons Given a Custodial Sentence
		Of Which:			Of Which:
	Total	Sharp Instrument	Shooting	Total	Sharp Instrument	Shooting
Central
1999-2000	1	1	-	1	1	-
2000-01	4	-	-	1	-	-
2001-02	3	3	-	3	3	-
2002-03	4	2	-	2	1	-
2003-04	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	4	3	-	4	3	-
Dumfries and Galloway
1999-2000	2	-	-	2	-	-
2000-01	4	1	-	3	1	-
2001-02	3	2	-	3	2	-
2002-03	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	2	2	-	2	2	-
2004-05	2	2	-	2	2	-
Fife
1999-2000	2	-	-	2	-	-
2000-01	4	4	-	4	4	-
2001-02	2	1	-	2	1	-
2002-03	1	1	-	1	1	-
2003-04	4	-	-	3	-	-
2004-05	3	2	-	3	2	-
Grampian
1999-2000	7	3	-	6	3	-
2000-01	10	4	-	8	3	-
2001-02	3	1	-	2	1	-
2002-03	6	3	-	6	3	-
2003-04	7	3	-	6	3	-
2004-05	6	3	-	4	3	-
Lothian and Borders
1999-2000	6	2	-	4	2	-
2000-01	8	2	1	7	2	-
2001-02	12	3	-	12	3	-
2002-03	15	7	-	13	7	-
2003-04	13	9	-	13	9	-
2004-05	10	5	-	10	5	-
Northern
1999-2000	3	2	-	2	2	-
2000-01	1	-	-	1	-	-
2001-02	3	-	-	3	-	-
2002-03	5	2	-	5	2	-
2003-04	1	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	2	-	-	2	-	-
Strathclyde
1999-2000	79	56	4	70	50	4
2000-01	49	30	-	45	28	-
2001-02	62	40	1	57	39	1
2002-03	73	42	3	67	39	3
2003-04	70	39	-	68	38	-
2004-05	64	47	3	59	44	3
Tayside
1999-2000	6	1	-	3	1	-
2000-01	4	2	-	4	2	-
2001-02	8	6	-	7	5	-
2002-03	6	5	-	6	5	-
2003-04	3	3	-	3	3	-
2004-05	1	-	-	1	-	-
Scotland
1999-2000	106	65	4	92	59	4
2000-01	84	43	1	73	40	-
2001-02	96	56	1	89	54	1
2002-03	110	62	3	100	58	3
2003-04	100	56	-	95	55	-
2004-05	92	62	3	85	59	3

Notes:

1. Currently (as at 28 November 2005) recordedas homicide.

2. Year police initially recordedthe homicide.

3. Includes persons acquittedon the ground of insanity and guardianship orders.

Question reference: S2W-26875

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors have not been able to find relevant employment within six months of qualifying in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-26700

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 22 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for smoking on buses in each year since 1999, broken down by police force area.

The following table containsdetails of all charges reported to Procurators Fiscal since April 2002 for offencesunder Regulations 5(3)(b) and 6(1)(d) of the Public Service Vehicles (Conduct ofDrivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) Regulations 1990.

Charges under Regulations 5(3)(b)and 6(1)(d) of the Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductorsand Passengers) Regulations 1990¹

Year²	Police Force Area	No. of Charges	Action taken by Procurator Fiscal
Year²	Police Force Area	No. of Charges	Prosecution	Warning Letter	No Proceedings
2002-03	Strathclyde	1			1
2003-04	Lothian and Borders	1			1
2003-04	Strathclyde	10	3	2	5
Grand Total		12	3	2	7

Notes:

1. The information in this tablehas been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case ManagementDatabase. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processingof reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a ProcuratorFiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will recorddetails only of the amended charge.

2. The Crown Office and ProcuratorFiscal Service completed an upgrade of its electronic case management system inApril 2002. Only case records created after that date contain complete data whichis capable of electronic analysis.

Question reference: S2W-26761

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of patients have been treated for breast cancer within six weeks of (a) referral by a GP and (b) diagnosis in the last 12 months, broken down by NHS board.

The information requested iscontained in the following two tables.

(a) GP Referral to treatment:

Table 1: Number and Percentage of Breast Cancer Patients¹Diagnosed in 2005 who Received Treatment within Six Weeks (42 Days) of Referralby NHS Board of Diagnosis for GP referrals.

	Number of Patients¹	Treated Within 6 Weeks
	Number of Patients¹	Number	%
Argyll and Clyde	163	150	92.0%
Ayrshire and Arran	171	87	50.9%
Borders	61	49	80.3%
Dumfries and Galloway	85	79	92.9%
Fife	137	20	14.6%
Forth Valley	81	47	58.0%
Grampian	204	27	13.2%
Greater Glasgow	355	249	70.1%
Highland	105	36	34.3%
Lanarkshire	212	157	74.1%
Lothian	340	141	41.5%
Orkney	5	3	60.0%
Shetland²	6	1	16.7%
Tayside	248	84	33.9%
Western Isles	6	3	50.0%
Scotland	2,179	1,133	52.0%

(b) Diagnosis to treatment:

Table 2: Number and Percentage of Breast Cancer Patients¹Diagnosed in 2005 who Received Treatment within Six Weeks (42 Days) of Diagnosisby NHS Board of Diagnosis

	Number of Patients¹	Treated within 6 Weeks
	Number of Patients¹	Number	%
Argyll and Clyde	202	189	93.6%
Ayrshire and Arran	328	303	92.4%
Borders	91	90	98.9%
Dumfries and Galloway	110	110	100.0%
Fife	146	141	96.6%
Forth Valley	109	105	96.3%
Grampian	361	251	69.5%
Greater Glasgow	731	703	96.2%
Highland	187	167	89.3%
Lanarkshire	290	284	97.9%
Lothian	737	713	96.7%
Orkney	5	3	60.0%
Shetland²	6	5	83.3%
Tayside	372	309	83.1%
Western Isles	7	6	85.7%
Scotland	3,682	3,379	91.8%

Note:

1. Exclusion categories are:died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinicaldelay and co-morbidities.

2. Shetland started reportingon their own patients from July 2005, previously included with Grampian.

3. Total number of patients diagnosedincludes those referred other than GP including Scottish Breast Screening Programme.

Question reference: S2W-26702

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of patients waiting for elective admission to trauma and orthopaedic departments were seen in (a) under three months, (b) under 12 months and (c) 12 months and over in each year since 1999.

The majority of patients whorequire in-patient and day case treatment, including orthopaedic surgery, aretreated quickly. Nearly 53% of patients treated in NHSScotland hospitalsreceive immediate treatment and never join a waiting list. Of those whosecondition does not require immediate treatment and who are placed on a waitinglist, over 40% are admitted within 1 month and over 70% within three months.

The Executive has beensteadily reducing the maximum waiting time for those patients who wait longer. Thenational maximum waiting time was reduced from 12 months to nine months on 31 December 2003and to six months on 31 December 2005. This will be further reduced to 18 weeks from theend of 2007. On 31 March 2006, no patient with a guarantee had waited more than sixmonths for orthopaedic surgery.

NHSScotland is making goodprogress towards meeting the next key target of a maximum wait of 18 weeks bythe end of 2007. At that point, a new approach to defining and measuringwaiting will also be introduced to replace availability status codes (ASCs),which have the effect at present of excluding patients from waiting timesguarantees where for example, they are medically unfit for treatment, wherethey have asked for their treatment to be postponed, or where their treatmentis highly specialised or of low clinical priority. The new approach will befairer, more consistent and more transparent.

Retrospective analyses of waiting times for hospitaltreatment compiled from SMR01 returns are based on data that does not recordwhether patients have had an ASC applied. Information requested on waitingtimes for elective admissions to trauma and orthopaedic departments is given inthe following table: it includes the waiting times of patients who have beenexempted from the guarantee for the reasons given above and thereforeoverstates true waiting times. It is not possible to estimate the extent of theoverstatement. The SMR3 waiting times census data, which excludes patients withASCs, is used for target compliance purposes, and the table also presents SMR3data for patients who were waiting for elective admission to trauma andorthopaedic departments on the censuses undertaken on 31 March in each yearsince 1999.

NHSScotland: Percentage of Patients¹Who Waited Less Than Three Months, Less Than 12 Months and More Than 12 Months forElective Admission² in the Specialty of Trauma And Orthopaedics. Years Ended 31 March 1999–2006.

Year		Percentage Of Patients Who Waited
Year	Total Elective Discharges	Less Than 3 Months	Less Than 12 Months	Over 12 Months
1999	41,613	55.6%	97.2%	2.9%
2000	39,376	57.4%	97.3%	2.7%
2001	39,647	51.4%	95.8%	4.2%
2002	37,834	49.9%	94.5%	5.5%
2003	37,329	45.8%	92.2%	7.9%
2004	39,827	44.5%	94.9%	5.1%
2005	41,935	40.4%	95.5%	4.5%
2006^P	41,833	38.7%	96.0%	4.0%

Source: ISD Scotland.SMR01.

Notes:

^PProvisional.

1. Includes patients whoheld an availability status code.

2. Includes admissions fromthe deferred waiting list prior to its abolition on 1 April 2003.

NHSScotland: Percentage of PatientsWho Had Waited Less Than Three Months, Less Than 12 Months and More Than 12Months for Elective Admission in the Specialty of Trauma and Orthopaedics on 31March in Each Year From 1999-2006.

Year		Percentage Of Patients Who Had Waited
Year	Total Waiting List – With A Guarantee	Less Than 3 Months	Less Than 12 Months	Over 12 Months
1999	10,577	58.5%	100%	0%
2000	13,132	52.6%	99.7%	0.3%
2001	13,962	48.1%	100%	0%
2002	14,661	44.2%	100%	0%
2003	15,219	50.8%	100%	0%
2004	15,272	57.9%	100%	0%
2005	15,096	58.9%	100%	0%
2006	14,070	69.6%	100%	0%

Source: ISD ScotlandSMR3.

Question reference: S2W-26945

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many post-conviction anti-social behaviour orders have been imposed by (a) sheriffs and (b) others in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-26760

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of employing management consultants in the NHS was in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-26796

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prison inmates were involved in training courses in each year since 1997.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The information is not availablein the format requested, due to the turnover of prisoners, particularly those onshort-term sentences.

The following table show thetotal number of prisoners gaining SQA qualifications:

Year	SQA Qualifications
2000-01	1,457
2001-02	2,167
2002-03	3,529
2003-04	2,594
2004-05	3,408
2005-06	3,548

Question reference: S2W-26594

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the 10 most common offences were for which men and women were sent to prison in each of the last five years, broken down by age group.

The available information isgiven in the following tables.

Number of Males with aCharge Proved¹ in Scottish Courts, by the 10 Most Common OffencesResulting in a Custodial Sentence (using Standard Offence Categories²),by Sex and Age, 2000-01 to 2004-05^3,4

2000-01	Total Males	Under 21	21 to 30	Over 30
Shoplifting	1,723	281	1,015	427
Breach of social work orders	1,655	791	682	182
Housebreaking	1,390	397	756	237
Common assault	1,285	330	510	445
Unlawful use of vehicle	1,033	200	498	335
Other theft	1,013	241	548	224
Breach of the peace	961	163	346	452
Crimes against public justice	855	214	383	258
Drugs	763	72	355	336
Handling an offensive weapon	614	203	291	120
2001-02
Shoplifting	2,045	310	1,184	551
Breach of social work orders	1,489	588	713	188
Housebreaking	1,363	362	736	265
Common assault	1,285	318	491	476
Breach of the peace	1,123	215	389	519
Other theft	1,078	243	617	218
Unlawful use of vehicle	997	154	544	299
Crimes against public justice	931	263	419	249
Drugs	857	73	405	379
Handling an offensive weapon	614	202	284	128
2002-03
Shoplifting	2,147	261	1,318	568
Breach of social work orders	1,499	539	746	214
Common assault	1,397	344	550	503
Housebreaking	1,322	270	754	298
Breach of the peace	1,183	210	441	532
Unlawful use of vehicle	1,157	168	625	364
Crimes against public justice	951	219	424	308
Other theft	897	206	478	213
Drugs	859	68	381	410
Handling an offensive weapon	707	178	347	182
2003-04
Shoplifting	1,960	209	1,169	582
Breach of social work orders	1,596	567	764	265
Common assault	1,378	335	603	440
Housebreaking	1,197	221	706	270
Breach of the peace	1,168	235	450	483
Unlawful use of vehicle	1,065	144	561	360
Crimes against public justice	926	224	435	267
Drugs	879	50	384	445
Other theft	791	146	452	193
Serious assault and attempted murder	646	202	278	166
2004-05
Shoplifting	1,975	164	1,211	600
Common assault	1,577	363	635	579
Breach of social work orders	1,523	472	763	288
Breach of the peace	1,295	233	460	602
Housebreaking	1,100	199	600	301
Crimes against public justice	1,043	220	421	402
Unlawful use of vehicle	886	119	438	329
Drugs	833	48	373	412
Other theft	806	114	476	216
Handling an offensive weapon	744	170	382	192

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Based on standard categoriesof offences used in previous court proceedings statistical bulletins.

3. Breach of social work ordersis included, but is not an offence itself in this context.

4. Non-payment of fines resultsin some receptions to penal establishments.

Number of Females with aCharge Proved¹ in Scottish Courts, by the 10 Most Common OffencesResulting in a Custodial Sentence (using Standard Offence Categories²),by Sex and Age, 2000-01 to 2004-05^3,4

2000-01	Total Females	Under 21	21 to 30	Over 30
Shoplifting	272	73	157	42
Breach of social work orders	164	68	75	21
Other theft	103	31	55	17
Common assault	68	25	17	26
Drugs	64	7	31	26
Crimes against public justice	57	23	28	6
Breach of the peace	37	15	12	10
Other fraud⁽⁵⁾	36	10	21	5
Serious assault and attempted murder	24	10	7	7
Fraud	22	7	10	5
2001-02
Shoplifting	374	103	190	81
Breach of social work orders	152	70	68	14
Other theft	114	26	62	26
Drugs	92	10	42	40
Common assault	69	22	30	17
Breach of the peace	69	14	23	32
Crimes against public justice	64	15	31	18
Other fraud⁽⁵⁾	47	12	23	12
Robbery	23	10	12	1
Serious assault and attempted murder	22	1	10	11
2002-03
Shoplifting	344	68	217	59
Breach of social work orders	213	40	139	34
Other theft	116	28	60	28
Common assault	113	39	38	36
Drugs	77	5	39	33
Crimes against public justice	70	16	35	19
Breach of the peace	65	12	23	30
Other fraud⁽⁵⁾	48	7	27	14
Robbery	40	11	18	11
Serious assault and attempted murder	20	7	6	7
2003-04
Shoplifting	364	53	225	86
Breach of social work orders	202	39	112	51
Other theft	107	24	56	27
Drugs	106	14	47	45
Common assault	98	32	32	34
Crimes against public justice	80	19	32	29
Breach of the peace	79	16	22	41
Other fraud⁽⁵⁾	44	4	25	15
Serious assault and attempted murder	37	12	12	13
Robbery	37	9	23	5
2004-05
Shoplifting	395	48	233	114
Breach of social work orders	173	33	106	34
Drugs	140	13	58	69
Common assault	133	41	48	44
Other theft	115	22	64	29
Breach of the peace	95	16	41	38
Crimes against public justice	78	14	42	22
Other fraud⁽⁵⁾	35	6	15	14
Serious assault and attempted murder	33	10	9	14
Fraud	32	3	18	11

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Based on standard categoriesof offences used in previous court proceedings statistical bulletins.

3. Breach of social work ordersis included, but is not an offence itself in this context.

4. Non-payment of fines resultsin some receptions to penal establishments.

5. Includes forgery, reset andembezzlement.

Question reference: S2W-26590

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of police retirements were on grounds of ill-health in each year since 1990, broken down by police force area.

The available information isshown in the following tables. Data before 1991 is not available.

Ill-Health Retirements as a Percentageof Total Police Retirements

	Central		Dumfries and Galloway		Fife		Grampian
	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements
1991	9	53%	6	46%	6	32%	8	28%
1992	6	55%	4	37%	12	53%	10	39%
1993	7	37%	8	53%	4	18%	4	19%
1994	5	38%	3	30%	3	16%	7	33%
1995-96	5	28%	0	0%	2	16%	14	33%
1996-97	6	43%	0	0%	9	29%	10	28%
1997-98	14	58%	1	14%	4	17%	10	24%
1998-99	10	50%	2	25%	8	35%	8	25%
1999-00	7	39%	3	27%	8	29%	8	20%
2000-01	6	26%	3	27%	7	26%	11	29%
2001-02	9	45%	1	10%	5	20%	10	37%
2002-03	5	29%	1	17%	10	42%	9	23%
2003-04	1	7%	4	50%	5	29%	8	32%
2004-05	7	35%	4	31%	6	26%	8	21%

Ill-Health Retirements as a Percentageof Total Police Retirements

	Lothian And Borders		Northern		Strathclyde		Tayside
	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements	Officers	% of Total Retirements
1991	44	54%	7	44%	69	39%	8	38%
1992	46	49%	11	39%	111	47%	7	28%
1993	35	40%	5	50%	140	55%	16	37%
1994	40	54%	7	30%	103	56%	18	55%
1995-96	38	44%	7	33%	128	47%	16	36%
1996-97	32	40%	8	40%	119	55%	12	38%
1997-98	22	33%	3	16%	104	47%	15	43%
1998-99	32	43%	5	38%	96	47%	8	29%
1999-2000	32	44%	6	23%	104	45%	19	50%
2000-01	35	49%	12	50%	110	47%	14	41%
2001-02	55	54%	5	24%	100	41%	12	28%
2002-03	42	48%	1	5%	55	25%	12	40%
2003-04	22	29%	6	22%	77	34%	8	25%
2004-05	18	22%	8	36%	54	22%	2	6%

Source: Annual Statistical Returnssubmitted to forces to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Notes:

1991–94 - calendar years.

1995-96 onwards – financial years.

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