Chamber and committees

Judges sat on average as follows:

Sitting of 21 October	4 hours per day
Sitting of 4 November	4 hours 30 minutes per day
Sitting of 18 November	4 hours per day
Sitting of 2 December	4 hours 10 minutes per day
Sitting of 16 December (1 week only)	3 hours 20 minutes per day

Six judges were assigned to the High Court in Glasgow in each sitting. With the exception of the final sitting which lasted for five working days, each sitting ran for 10 days.

A report was sent to the Procurator Fiscal's Office on a prisoner who has now been liberated.

The Executive has not yet received the final submission from Glasgow City Council to transfer its housing stock to the Glasgow Housing Association.

Figures for community service orders in the last two years are as follows:

1999-2000	3,596
2000-01	4,454

Publication of figures for 2001-02 is planned for December 2002.

Figures for the number of breach applications relating to community service orders are not broken down by sheriffdom. The total figures for breach applications are available for the last two years, and are given in the following table:

1999-2000	1,137
2000-01	1,240

Figures for breach applications of community service orders are collected on the basis of numbers of applications, not numbers of people. Figures are not broken down by sheriffdom.

The Scottish Executive is committed to introducing effective and affordable regulation of the private security industry. Following a consultation last year, we are considering the best way to achieve this. We plan to make our position known shortly.

A range of educational activity aimed at reducing the misuse of drugs, alcohol and tobacco is funded by local authorities and other bodies, full details of which are not held centrally. The Health Education Board for Scotland's alcohol and smoking specific budgets for this financial year are £335,000 and £1.311 million respectively. The Executive is also providing £104,000 in this year to support the Drinkwise responsible drinking campaign. A Policy Unit Review of Expenditure on Tackling Drug Misuse in 1999 concluded that 16% of the total estimated annual drugs expenditure by public sector bodies of £141.5 million (around £22.64 million) was allocated to prevention/education work. A copy of the Policy Unit Review is available at:http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/PUDrugExpenRev.htm.In addition, over the three years 2001-02 to 2003-04, the Executive has made extra funding of around £130 million available for tackling drug misuse. Of the £46 million that will be spent in the current financial year, we estimate that about £9.25 million will be used for drugs prevention or education activity. This is made up of £1 million allocated for drug education in schools to help in meeting national standards; £6 million made available to local authorities through the Changing Children's Services Fund for projects and initiatives in the areas of prevention and treatment facilities for under 16s; £1.5 million allocated to Scotland Against Drugs for its drugs prevention and education work, and £750,000 to Lloyds TSB Foundation for projects aimed at vulnerable children and young people, some of which include an educational element.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:6.2 days.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table:

(a)			287
(b)	(i)		9
	(ii)	1	14
		2	38
		3	72
		4	70
		5	42