- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports made by the police to the Reporters to the Children's Panels in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen and (d) Dundee are currently not actioned.
Answer
The Principal Reporter is required by the Children's (Scotland) Act 1995 to investigate each report. Action can and frequently does occur without a children's hearing being necessary. A child will be referred to a hearing only where supervision on a compulsory basis appears necessary.Information about the progress of reports is a matter for the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons under 16 years of age were the subject of proceedings on indictment in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
Answer
The total number of persons aged under 16 who were proceeded against on indictment was 52 in 1998 and 26 in 1999. Figures for 2000 are not yet available.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 7 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what haircutting, chiropody, dentistry and other services have been provided to Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi by the Scottish Prison Service using personnel from Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
While I can confirm that a hairdresser from Cornton Vale was recently sent to HM Prison, Zeist, for reasons of medical confidentiality, no details can be disclosed about any visits by health care professionals.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 3 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what quantity of drugs was sei'ed by the Scottish Police Force, what the street value was of those drugs, how many drug dealers were arrested and what the value was of the assets sei'ed by the Scottish Police Force, in each year from 1997 to date.
Answer
The available information is as follows.
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| Amount seized | | | |
| Class A (kgs) | 28 | 67 | 239 |
| Class A (thousand doses) | 26 | 39 | 92 |
| Class B (kgs) | 5,426 | 12,876 | 1,186 |
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| Estimated value of seizures (£ million) | | | |
| Class A | 2.3 | 5.5 | 16.4 |
| Class B | 30.1 | 42.9 | 4.5 |
Notes:1. Source: Drug Seizure and Offender Statistics published by the Home Office 2. Figures for Class A drugs are for cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and methadone (amount seized measured in kilograms) and for LSD and Ecstasy-type (amount seized measured in doses).3. Figures for Class B drugs are for herbal cannabis, cannabis resin and amphetamines.4. Estimated values based on average UK "street" prices reported to the National Crime Intelligence Service
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Number of crimes recorded for possession of drugs with intent to supply | 7,915 | 8,290 | 8,514 | 8,645 |
Source: Scottish Executive. | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
| Value of confiscation orders (drugs related) (£ million) | 0.391 | 0.362 | 0.807 |
Source: Crown Office.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that the appeal hearing in respect of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi will commence.
Answer
At this stage in the appeal process no date has been fixed for the hearing of the appeal
.Once the trial judges report to the Appeal Court following the lodging by Mr Al Megrahi of his grounds of appeal, the case will go before a single judge of the High Court who will decide whether to grant leave to appeal. If leave to appeal is granted a date will then be fixed for the appeal hearing.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a strategy to reduce the number of drug abusers who are currently reliant upon methadone.
Answer
There is a wealth of national and international research evidence to support prescribing of methadone as a substitute for illegal opiate-based drugs. The duration and dosage of methadone prescriptions are matters for individual patients and their health professionals to determine. Guidance on substitute prescribing is included in our Drug Misuse and Dependence - Guidelines on Clinical Managemen. The Executive's Effective Interventions Unit has also produced and disseminated a report Moving On, which provides information to service providers on effective ways to help recovering drug misusers into education, training and employment.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been reported to the police in connection with assaults on asylum seekers in Glasgow in the last year.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the requested information.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults against asylum seekers have been reported in Glasgow in the last year.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the requested information.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many "Campaign for a new Victoria" postcards the Minister for Health and Community Care has received to date.
Answer
As at 27 April, the Executive has received around 910 postcards from members of the public campaigning for a new Victoria Infirmary. The department continues to ask Greater Glasgow Health Board to consider these, since public consultation on the review of acute services is primarily a matter for the board.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why the approved code of practice on smoking in the workplace, outlined in Smoking Kills: A White Paper on Tobacco, has not yet been introduced, given that the Health and Safety Commission endorsed the code in September 2000.
Answer
Health and Safety at Work legislation is a reserved matter.
