- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Davidson on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the number was of accused persons who appeared on Petition at Sheriff Courts in Scotland charged with murder during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 and the number from whom pleas to culpable homicide were accepted by the Crown, broken down by gender.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service does not collect routine information which is either charge or gender specific and, accordingly, I am not in a position to provide this information.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many summary criminal diets were introduced in Glasgow Sheriff Court during (a) March 1999 and (b) March 2000.
Answer
The following table shows the number of summary criminal complaints registered and trial diets called at Glasgow Sheriff Court in the months of March 1999 and March 2000 respectively. In March 1999 a number of additional summary criminal courts were scheduled at the request of the Regional Procurator Fiscal.
| | March 1999 | March 2000 |
Summary Criminal Cases Registered | 1,348 | 1,154 |
Summary Trial Diets Called | 907 | 782 |
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were released from Scottish prisons during 1999 and, of these, how many had their sentences increased by loss of remission.
Answer
Reliable information in the form requested is not available.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current annual cost is to the NHS in Scotland of carrying out abortions.
Answer
The costs of abortions are not separately recorded but included in the overall costs of gynaecological surgery and medical day cases. It would require a costly and time-consuming special exercise to isolate abortion costs.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the M74 extension.
Answer
I met representatives of Glasgow City, South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Councils on 21 December 1999 to discuss the Strategic Roads Review decision on the M74 Northern Extension. I indicated then that I wished my officials to offer advice and assistance to the Councils as they developed their thinking on the M74 proposals. As a result, Scottish Executive officials have since met the councils on a number of occasions and are keeping closely in touch with progress.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider changes to the existing planning legislation to allow objectors a limited right of appeal.
Answer
I refer Mr Aitken to my answer of 12 July 1999 to S1W-183.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what were the total costs of the publication (design, photocopying, printing, Internet connection of text, distribution and costs of launch) of Social Justice...a Scotland where everyone matters including the Milestones, Sources and Definitions booklet and (b) how many copies of each of the documents were printed, who they were initially distributed to and how many additional copies have been requested and by whom.
Answer
The initial cost associated with producing the two documents on Social Justice was £50,503, including design, print, Internet and distribution costs. The costs of the launch were £3,033. Due to the high volume of requests, further copies have been ordered at a cost of £11,699. In total, 6,250 copies of Social Justice...a Scotland where everyone matters and 5,500 copies of the Milestones, Sources and Definitions document have been produced.The documents were distributed to a wide range of people and organisations including MSPs, local authorities and agencies, academics, the voluntary sector and members of the general public. Over and above the initial distribution of 1,650 copies of each document, around 2,000 additional copies of Social Justice...a Scotland where everyone matters and around 1,900 copies of the accompanying Milestones, Sources and Definitions booklet have been requested to date, again by a wide range of people and organisations.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its education expenditure assessment to East Dunbartonshire Council for 2000-01 is a cut in real terms of 2.35% (#1.4 Million) and whether it will take steps to reassess these figures with a view to restoring it to its previous level.
Answer
The education expenditure assessment for East Dunbartonshire Council for 2000-01, as measured by Grant Aided Expenditure, has increased, not fallen, compared to the current year. Expressed in real terms, using the September 1999 Retail Price Index, the Council's education GAE has risen by 2.7%.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Andrew Hardie on 2 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports by Strathclyde Police relating to the commission of crime were submitted to the Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin during 1998 and how many of these reports resulted in the issue of conditional offers and other disposals alternative to prosecution.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to PQ S1W-00567.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2000
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Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to alleviate any hardship caused to East Dunbartonshire Council by the #12.3 million cut in its funding over the next three years.
Answer
We have no plans to cut East Dunbartonshire Council's funding by £12.3 million over the next 3 years. The council's grant allocation for future years will be determined in the normal way in consultation with COSLA.
