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The information requested is not held centrally.

The available information is given in the following tables.

Persons Aged Under 18 with a Charge Proved in Courts in the Lothian Region for Carrying Knives or Offensive Weapons¹, by Approximate Local Authority Area², 2002-03 to 2006-07

Approximate Local Authority Area/Offence	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
East Lothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	1	1	1	2	2
Possession of an offensive weapon	-	-	-	1	3
Edinburgh, City of
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	12	10	11	14	12
Possession of an offensive weapon	19	12	16	14	18
Midlothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	-	-	-	-	-
Possession of an offensive weapon	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	3	3	-	3	4
Possession of an offensive weapon	5	6	4	3	4

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Midlothian does not contain a sheriff court.

Persons Aged 18 and Over with a Charge Proved in Courts in the Lothian Region for Carrying Knives or Offensive Weapons¹, by Approximate Local Authority Area², 2002-03 to 2006-07

Approximate Local Authority Area/Offence	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
East Lothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	16	8	9	4	13
Possession of an offensive weapon	8	7	5	5	6
Edinburgh, City of
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	98	121	129	119	165
Possession of an offensive weapon	66	67	84	85	82
Midlothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	-	-	-	-	-
Possession of an offensive weapon	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	24	9	22	10	32
Possession of an offensive weapon	33	17	14	13	29

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Midlothian does not contain a sheriff court.

The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes an allocation for grant mechanisms providing low cost home ownership (LIFT) and Grants for the Physical and Social Environment. The allocation for affordable housing for rent is not recorded separately.

Information is collated only by local authority area. The figures for the Lothians area are as follows:

	2004-05 Allocation Total	2004-05 Allocation Real Terms	2005-06 Allocation Total	2005-06 Allocation Real Terms	2006-07 Allocation Total	2006-07 Allocation Real Terms
East Lothian	1.866	2.083	2.921	3.192	4.981	5.297
Midlothian	1.169	1.305	1.925	2.103	2.542	2.703
West Lothian	4.027	4.495	5.976	6.529	7.108	7.559
Total	7.062	7.883	10.822	11.824	14.631	15.559
City of Edinburgh	18.527	20.678	37.500	40.973	36.100	38.391

 

	2007-08 Allocation Total	2007-08 Allocation Real Terms	2008-09 Allocation Total	2008-09 Allocation Real Terms
East Lothian	5.600	5.768	4.400	4.400
Midlothian	4.580	4.717	3.400	3.400
West Lothian	10.220	10.527	6.600	6.600
Total	20.400	21.012	14.400	14.400
City of Edinburgh	36.100	37.183	36.100	36.100

 

This information is not held centrally. However, information obtained from Lothian and Borders Police suggests that, in line with the arrangements laid down by Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland in the Manual of Guidance for the Test Purchase of Alcohol in Scotland, all 17 premises which failed on the first visit were subsequently revisited. This resulted in (a) 14 passes, and (b) three failures resulting in one licence being suspended for 12 months and one for one month. One hearing is still to be conducted. All the premises concerned were in the West Lothian area.

This information is not held centrally. The information provided in response to question S3W-11408 was supplied by the Scottish Police Service and related to test purchase visits conducted to the end of March as part of the first phase of the roll-out in the Lothian and Borders Police area in West Lothian.

This information is not held centrally. However, information obtained from Lothian and Borders Police suggests that all of the 51 off-sales tested were within the West Lothian area as part of the first phase of the force’s roll-out of test purchasing.

Information on the number of people estimated to be helped by the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers in 2008-09 is not held by parliamentary region. Data is held at local authority level over this time period.

The Scottish Government plans to approve 394 affordable homes for sale in the Lothians during the financial year 2008-09. This is broken down as follows:

East Lothian: 50

Midlothian: 45

West Lothian: 55

Edinburgh: 244.

Note that the figures provided in this answer were also provided in response to S3W-13195 on 2 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13455 on 4 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The reply explained that if the alcohol is surrendered to the police, it is not an offence and so is not included in the recorded crime statistics held centrally. Some limited information may be available from the Lothian and Borders police force.

Data on Class A drugs is only available by police force area, and not by parliamentary region area.

Figures for the years 2002 to 2006-07 are given in the publications listed below, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. The tables provide details of number of class A seizures by drug type and quantity of class A seizures by drug type. Information on the value of seizures is not available.

Year of Seizures	Publication	Table	Bib. number
2002	Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2004	E2.2	36121
2003	Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	D2.2	38474
2004-05 and 2005-06	Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2004-05 and 2005-06	9, 12, 15, 18	42386
2005-06 and 2006-07	Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2005-06 and 2006-07	9, 12, 15, 18	45847

 

The information requested is not available.