- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 4 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the East of Scotland Investment Fund has been allocated, broken down by project.
Answer
The East of Scotland Investment Fund has allocated £320,000 into nine businesses ranging from investments of £30,000 up to the maximum of £50,000. The size of the average loan is £35,556.
This investment has levered £1.3 million from other private sector sources, a leverage of 1:4. It is forecast the nine businesses supported will increase their turnover by £3.1 million creating 57 new jobs.
In addition 3 loans totalling £63,500 have recently been awarded in July 2011, ranging in size from £5,000 to £40,000.
A further 11 applicants totalling £510,000 are recorded in the system and are currently being appraised.
A listing of the 12 successful applicants is as follows:
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New Businesses
|
|
Oil & Alternatives Ltd
|
|
Hireline Ltd
|
|
Existing Businesses
|
|
Bovril Johnston
|
|
Midlothian Physiotherapy LLP
|
|
Procure Wizard Ltd
|
|
Spectraglass Ltd
|
|
Burdica Biomed Ltd
|
|
Fios Genomics Ltd
|
|
Alpha Plus (Scotland) Limited
|
|
Castle Masonry Products Ltd
|
|
Compita Ltd
|
|
Radio Telecom Services Ltd
|
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have registered as homeless in the Lothian region in each month since September 2008.
Answer
The following tables give the information requested. Table 1 shows the number of homelessness assessments in local authorities within the Lothian region in each month from September 2008 to September 2010, the latest date for which information is available. Table 2 shows the total number of people (adults plus children) in these households.
Table 1: Number of Homelessness Assessments in Lothian Local Authority Areas
|
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
January
|
|
694
|
574
|
|
February
|
|
764
|
757
|
|
March
|
|
769
|
847
|
|
April
|
|
656
|
749
|
|
May
|
|
737
|
665
|
|
June
|
|
755
|
809
|
|
July
|
|
732
|
758
|
|
August
|
|
756
|
764
|
|
September
|
708
|
689
|
715
|
|
October
|
851
|
741
|
|
|
November
|
671
|
677
|
|
|
December
|
570
|
550
|
|
Note: Lothian local authority areas are East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian.
Table 2: Number of People in Households Assessed as Homeless in Lothian Local Authority Areas
|
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
January
|
|
1,134
|
916
|
|
February
|
|
1,302
|
1,219
|
|
March
|
|
1,231
|
1,377
|
|
April
|
|
1,107
|
1,217
|
|
May
|
|
1,234
|
1,066
|
|
June
|
|
1,267
|
1,326
|
|
July
|
|
1,195
|
1,256
|
|
August
|
|
1,250
|
1,283
|
|
September
|
1,246
|
1,149
|
1,150
|
|
October
|
1,473
|
1,210
|
|
|
November
|
1,063
|
1,104
|
|
|
December
|
915
|
916
|
|
Notes:
Lothian local authority areas are East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian.
Number of people is the total number of people – adults plus children in all households assessed as homeless in the period.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have been assessed as homeless where the main applicant was aged 16 in each year since 2007-08, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The following table provides the information requested.
|
|
2007-08
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
April to September
2010
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
29
|
47
|
36
|
13
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
55
|
55
|
38
|
24
|
|
Angus
|
47
|
65
|
47
|
29
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
35
|
27
|
28
|
15
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
37
|
27
|
37
|
15
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
36
|
41
|
23
|
15
|
|
Dundee City
|
65
|
57
|
62
|
21
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
28
|
24
|
21
|
8
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
7
|
11
|
8
|
4
|
|
East Lothian
|
25
|
12
|
25
|
10
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
|
Edinburgh
|
116
|
133
|
101
|
54
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
|
Falkirk
|
68
|
63
|
58
|
19
|
|
Fife
|
110
|
95
|
91
|
69
|
|
Glasgow City
|
145
|
103
|
92
|
40
|
|
Highland
|
63
|
73
|
67
|
27
|
|
Inverclyde
|
12
|
7
|
8
|
2
|
|
Midlothian
|
28
|
21
|
35
|
15
|
|
Moray
|
35
|
31
|
24
|
12
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
42
|
46
|
52
|
25
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
82
|
57
|
71
|
23
|
|
Orkney
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
23
|
23
|
28
|
20
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
44
|
31
|
52
|
28
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
33
|
27
|
15
|
11
|
|
Shetland
|
5
|
12
|
12
|
1
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
43
|
29
|
15
|
6
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
55
|
40
|
54
|
22
|
|
Stirling
|
18
|
25
|
21
|
12
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
32
|
24
|
24
|
11
|
|
West Lothian
|
58
|
49
|
30
|
24
|
|
Scotland
|
1,397
|
1,270
|
1,183
|
582
|
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
-
Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for promoting growth in the tourism industry.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2011
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
-
Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the Council of Economic Advisers.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been declared bankrupt in each quarter since 2008, also broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) maintains the Register of Insolvencies in Scotland and publishes statistics on personal insolvencies in Scotland, quarterly on their website and by financial year in their annual report.
The following tables show all bankruptcies by quarter from January 2009 to March 2010 and from April 2010 to March 2011. As all debtor applications are now received by AiB, the numbers of awards made by AiB since April 2008 are collated based upon postcodes of individual cases and allocated to individual sheriff court areas.
Figures for AiB may slightly vary from those previously released following end of year validation of data.
Further information including the annual reports is available on AiB’s website at www.aib.gov.uk.
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Date
|
1 January to 31 March 2009
|
1 April to 30 June 2009
|
1 July to 30 September 2009
|
1 October to 31 December 2009
|
1 January to 31 March 2010
|
|
|
2008-09 Q4
|
2009-10 Q1
|
2009-10 Q2
|
2009-10 Q3
|
2009-10 Q4
|
|
Sheriffdom (Sheriff Court)
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
|
Grampian Highland and Islands
|
|
Aberdeen
|
39
|
89
|
26
|
112
|
25
|
104
|
20
|
128
|
21
|
128
|
|
Banff
|
2
|
15
|
2
|
22
|
4
|
36
|
3
|
12
|
1
|
19
|
|
Dingwall
|
4
|
9
|
4
|
18
|
0
|
17
|
2
|
19
|
2
|
15
|
|
Dornoch
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
|
Elgin
|
12
|
55
|
8
|
51
|
6
|
48
|
9
|
42
|
8
|
53
|
|
Fort William
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
13
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
11
|
11
|
6
|
|
Inverness
|
13
|
40
|
9
|
47
|
4
|
43
|
13
|
36
|
15
|
49
|
|
Kirkwall
|
0
|
13
|
1
|
17
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Lerwick
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
11
|
|
Lochmaddy
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Peterhead
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
19
|
1
|
19
|
6
|
10
|
7
|
18
|
|
Portree
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
|
Stonehaven
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
14
|
2
|
7
|
|
Stornoway
|
2
|
13
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
|
Tain
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
9
|
0
|
8
|
2
|
14
|
2
|
13
|
|
Wick
|
2
|
18
|
7
|
13
|
5
|
11
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
9
|
|
Not defined
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
94
|
300
|
79
|
360
|
54
|
326
|
76
|
315
|
76
|
344
|
|
Duns
|
2
|
14
|
1
|
16
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
11
|
|
Edinburgh
|
65
|
249
|
58
|
242
|
66
|
259
|
67
|
220
|
67
|
197
|
|
Haddington
|
100
|
36
|
97
|
40
|
54
|
35
|
52
|
22
|
19
|
37
|
|
Jedburgh
|
9
|
17
|
7
|
20
|
8
|
24
|
4
|
27
|
3
|
20
|
|
Linlithgow (now Livingston)
|
45
|
105
|
42
|
69
|
10
|
87
|
110
|
76
|
75
|
94
|
|
Peebles
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
|
Selkirk
|
1
|
16
|
5
|
26
|
6
|
19
|
3
|
17
|
5
|
11
|
|
Not defined
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
222
|
445
|
210
|
421
|
148
|
440
|
239
|
379
|
175
|
374
|
|
Campbelltown
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
|
Dumbarton
|
31
|
116
|
18
|
105
|
16
|
76
|
29
|
92
|
13
|
78
|
|
Dunoon
|
2
|
12
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
17
|
|
Greenock
|
16
|
37
|
7
|
36
|
16
|
32
|
7
|
31
|
15
|
26
|
|
Kilmarnock
|
32
|
131
|
28
|
151
|
20
|
167
|
26
|
134
|
30
|
113
|
|
Oban
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
5
|
9
|
2
|
6
|
|
Paisley
|
28
|
128
|
20
|
148
|
23
|
132
|
26
|
108
|
29
|
123
|
|
Rothesay
|
1
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
|
Not defined
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
116
|
445
|
84
|
477
|
82
|
448
|
96
|
392
|
94
|
371
|
|
Glasgow and Strathkelvin
|
146
|
488
|
122
|
525
|
120
|
446
|
96
|
454
|
88
|
342
|
|
Not defined
|
|
2
|
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
146
|
490
|
122
|
529
|
120
|
447
|
96
|
454
|
88
|
342
|
|
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
|
|
Airdrie
|
38
|
105
|
30
|
118
|
25
|
105
|
26
|
86
|
28
|
78
|
|
Ayr
|
22
|
54
|
24
|
66
|
13
|
50
|
17
|
67
|
14
|
58
|
|
Dumfries
|
6
|
49
|
4
|
43
|
10
|
55
|
10
|
39
|
4
|
30
|
|
Hamilton
|
68
|
230
|
63
|
235
|
52
|
217
|
59
|
209
|
55
|
198
|
|
Kirkcudbright
|
2
|
12
|
4
|
14
|
1
|
10
|
2
|
9
|
2
|
9
|
|
Lanark
|
11
|
38
|
16
|
57
|
3
|
42
|
11
|
38
|
5
|
44
|
|
Stranraer
|
6
|
29
|
5
|
30
|
2
|
23
|
3
|
25
|
4
|
23
|
|
Not defined
|
|
2
|
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
153
|
519
|
146
|
565
|
106
|
503
|
128
|
474
|
112
|
440
|
|
Tayside, Central and Fife
|
|
Alloa
|
11
|
21
|
7
|
28
|
9
|
25
|
5
|
27
|
4
|
30
|
|
Arbroath
|
4
|
45
|
3
|
47
|
1
|
47
|
6
|
29
|
2
|
34
|
|
Cupar
|
4
|
68
|
3
|
65
|
2
|
60
|
4
|
56
|
8
|
79
|
|
Dundee
|
39
|
124
|
21
|
105
|
15
|
105
|
10
|
65
|
40
|
102
|
|
Dunfermline
|
13
|
77
|
18
|
87
|
16
|
73
|
17
|
83
|
28
|
70
|
|
Falkirk
|
32
|
102
|
16
|
119
|
22
|
114
|
24
|
101
|
14
|
100
|
|
Forfar
|
2
|
16
|
3
|
20
|
1
|
18
|
3
|
16
|
5
|
16
|
|
Kirkcaldy
|
16
|
105
|
32
|
94
|
20
|
79
|
18
|
110
|
20
|
101
|
|
Perth
|
25
|
73
|
10
|
58
|
8
|
58
|
8
|
53
|
22
|
51
|
|
Stirling
|
14
|
29
|
7
|
36
|
6
|
35
|
10
|
27
|
8
|
27
|
|
Not defined
|
|
4
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
160
|
664
|
120
|
659
|
100
|
614
|
105
|
567
|
151
|
611
|
|
National Total
|
|
891
|
2,863
|
761
|
3,011
|
610
|
2,778
|
740
|
2,581
|
696
|
2,482
|
|
3,754
|
3,772
|
3,388
|
3,321
|
3,178
|
|
Source: AiB.
|
Date
|
1 April to 30 June 2010
|
1 July to 30 September 2010
|
1 October to 31 December 2010
|
1 January to 31 March 2011
|
|
|
2010-11 Q1
|
2010-11 Q2
|
2010-11 Q3
|
2010-11 Q4
|
|
Sheriffdom (Sheriff Court)
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
Sheriff Court
|
AiB
|
|
Grampian Highland and Islands
|
|
Aberdeen
|
18
|
121
|
25
|
100
|
20
|
94
|
24
|
116
|
|
Banff
|
1
|
27
|
0
|
22
|
4
|
19
|
3
|
27
|
|
Dingwall
|
4
|
20
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
14
|
|
Dornoch
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
|
Elgin
|
6
|
49
|
6
|
40
|
12
|
42
|
6
|
35
|
|
Fort William
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
|
Inverness
|
15
|
48
|
21
|
37
|
7
|
36
|
13
|
39
|
|
Kirkwall
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
Lerwick
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
|
Lochmaddy
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
Peterhead
|
7
|
9
|
13
|
13
|
6
|
9
|
4
|
9
|
|
Portree
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Stonehaven
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
10
|
|
Stornoway
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
|
Tain
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
1
|
13
|
2
|
11
|
|
Wick
|
1
|
16
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
64
|
321
|
84
|
284
|
63
|
264
|
71
|
290
|
|
Lothian and Borders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duns
|
1
|
16
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
8
|
0
|
3
|
|
Edinburgh
|
47
|
199
|
65
|
176
|
51
|
155
|
57
|
150
|
|
Haddington
|
42
|
33
|
31
|
32
|
15
|
32
|
13
|
52
|
|
Jedburgh
|
4
|
20
|
1
|
27
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
17
|
|
Linlithgow (now Livingston)
|
107
|
83
|
214
|
83
|
63
|
66
|
26
|
56
|
|
Peebles
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
7
|
|
Selkirk
|
3
|
27
|
3
|
16
|
2
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
205
|
384
|
316
|
350
|
140
|
286
|
104
|
292
|
|
Campbelltown
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
|
Dumbarton
|
15
|
104
|
23
|
94
|
10
|
84
|
16
|
110
|
|
Dunoon
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
12
|
5
|
10
|
1
|
6
|
|
Greenock
|
12
|
28
|
10
|
25
|
6
|
32
|
10
|
41
|
|
Kilmarnock
|
19
|
127
|
23
|
104
|
17
|
88
|
17
|
105
|
|
Oban
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
|
Paisley
|
22
|
117
|
25
|
103
|
20
|
97
|
10
|
98
|
|
Rothesay
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
73
|
397
|
86
|
351
|
61
|
320
|
58
|
375
|
|
Glasgow and Strathkelvin
|
88
|
396
|
105
|
339
|
92
|
304
|
78
|
268
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
88
|
396
|
105
|
339
|
92
|
304
|
78
|
268
|
|
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
|
|
Airdrie
|
33
|
70
|
30
|
66
|
23
|
59
|
28
|
75
|
|
Ayr
|
11
|
64
|
15
|
42
|
13
|
34
|
11
|
54
|
|
Dumfries
|
9
|
51
|
9
|
50
|
6
|
25
|
11
|
36
|
|
Hamilton
|
51
|
190
|
59
|
167
|
44
|
150
|
38
|
175
|
|
Kirkcudbright
|
3
|
13
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
5
|
|
Lanark
|
1
|
40
|
9
|
35
|
9
|
41
|
4
|
47
|
|
Stranraer
|
1
|
12
|
1
|
22
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
12
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
109
|
440
|
125
|
392
|
99
|
331
|
95
|
404
|
|
Tayside, Central and Fife
|
|
Alloa
|
5
|
22
|
6
|
18
|
8
|
15
|
5
|
19
|
|
Arbroath
|
2
|
32
|
4
|
31
|
5
|
25
|
10
|
35
|
|
Cupar
|
2
|
75
|
5
|
66
|
3
|
55
|
1
|
73
|
|
Dundee
|
24
|
70
|
54
|
82
|
51
|
71
|
47
|
83
|
|
Dunfermline
|
12
|
79
|
23
|
56
|
14
|
46
|
3
|
61
|
|
Falkirk
|
16
|
75
|
10
|
67
|
8
|
69
|
11
|
96
|
|
Forfar
|
2
|
28
|
3
|
22
|
3
|
17
|
5
|
10
|
|
Kirkcaldy
|
19
|
116
|
14
|
100
|
7
|
69
|
15
|
88
|
|
Perth
|
21
|
38
|
34
|
49
|
11
|
42
|
12
|
49
|
|
Stirling
|
3
|
27
|
6
|
17
|
3
|
19
|
10
|
30
|
|
Not defined
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Awards for Sheriffdom
|
106
|
562
|
159
|
508
|
113
|
428
|
119
|
544
|
|
National Total
|
|
645
|
2,500
|
875
|
2,224
|
568
|
1,933
|
525
|
2,173
|
|
Source: AiB.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
-
Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the findings of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's report for Scotland 2010.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were charged for possessing (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines in the Lothians region in 2010-11, broken down by sheriff court, and what the percentage change was from the previous year.
Answer
The statistics held centrally on crimes recorded by the police do not provide information on the number of charges, nor is it possible to break down the drug offences by the type of drug involved. The figures can be broken down by local authority area but not by sheriff court. Data for 2010-11 will be available in September 2011.
The following tables provide information on crimes of drug possession recorded by the police in the Lothians region, for the two most recent years for which data is available.
Crimes of drug possession recorded by the Police in the Lothians region, broken down by Local Authority area, 2008-09 to 2009-10
Lothians
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
% Change from
2008-09 to 2009-10
|
|
Possession of drugs
|
3,321
|
3,230
|
-2.7
|
|
Supply and possession with intent to supply of drugs
|
1,944
|
1,636
|
-15.8
|
|
Total crimes of possession of drugs and
possession of drugs with intent to supply
|
5,265
|
4,866
|
-7.6
|
East Lothian
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
% Change from
2008-09 to 2009-10
|
|
Possession of drugs
|
210
|
215
|
2.4
|
|
Supply and possession with intent to
supply of drugs
|
87
|
64
|
-26.4
|
|
Total crimes of possession of drugs and possession of drugs with intent to supply
|
297
|
279
|
-6.1
|
Edinburgh City
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
% Change from
2008-09 to 2009-10
|
|
Possession of drugs
|
2,095
|
1,846
|
-11.9
|
|
Supply and possession with intent to
supply of drugs
|
1,233
|
779
|
-36.8
|
|
Total crimes of possession of drugs and possession of drugs with intent to supply
|
3,328
|
2,625
|
-21.1
|
Midlothian
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
% Change from
2008-09 to 2009-10
|
|
Possession of drugs
|
410
|
379
|
-7.6
|
|
Supply and possession with intent to
supply of drugs
|
416
|
116
|
-72.1
|
|
Total crimes of possession of drugs and possession of drugs with intent to supply
|
826
|
495
|
-40.1
|
West Lothian
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
% Change from
2008-09 to 2009-10
|
|
Possession of drugs
|
606
|
790
|
30.4
|
|
Supply and possession with intent to
supply of drugs
|
208
|
677
|
225.5
|
|
Total crimes of possession of drugs and possession of drugs with intent to supply
|
814
|
1,467
|
80.2
|
Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-40352 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2011, whether it can now confirm how many hoax calls were made to Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service in 2009-10.
Answer
The most up to date figures for malicious calls will be published in the statistical bulletin, Fire Statistics Scotland, 2009-10 Final (2010-11 Provisional), available on 21 June 2011 at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubFires.
The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up-to-date list of future publications can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Search/Forthcoming.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
-
Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average fine was for possessing (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) amphetamines in the Lothians region in 2010-11, broken down by sheriff court, and what the percentage change was from the previous year.
Answer
Information for 2010-11 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2010-11 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in December 2011.
The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up-to-date list of future publications can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Search/Forthcoming.
