Chamber and committees

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

The following tables illustrate the number of drug finds recorded in each month since January 2007 for each of the prisons located in the Lothian''s region broken down by establishment. SPS does not carry out analysis on substances found.

2010	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Addiewell	41	25	23	25	16	28	28	22	17	15	17	18
Edinburgh	21	7	22	22	24	25	22	31	15	23	15	28

 

2009	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Addiewell	0	15	46	11	13	17	26	21	23	32	14	29
Edinburgh	21	27	27	15	21	18	29	19	26	20	23	32

Note: HMP Addiewell''s prisoner population was integrated over a period of three months, with maximum prisoner population achieved March 2009.

 

2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Addiewell												0
Edinburgh	30	29	36	30	29	32	30	18	20	28	25	18

Note: HMP Addiewell opened 09 December 2008.

 

2007	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Edinburgh	9	15	9	12	16	23	16	15	19	21	27	27

 

The following table shows the number of people who have been killed in road accidents in Edinburgh and the Lothians by road in each month since May 2007.

Edinburgh and Lothians		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2007	A1					-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1
	A70					-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A71					-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	A899					-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	A900					1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A904					-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	B7003					-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	B702					-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	B8084					-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	M8					1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Unclassified					2	1	-	2	-	1	1	-
2008	A1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A199	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	A7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	A70	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A701	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A71	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	A901	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	B7008	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	B701	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	B8046	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C#	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	M8	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	M9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Unclassified	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-
2009	A198	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	A199	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
	A6094	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	A702	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A71	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A89	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A901	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	B6369	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
	B701	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
	B9080	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	M8	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Unclassified	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
2010	A1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	A199	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	A701	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	A702	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	A899	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	B6355	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	M8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	Unclassified	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-

Notes:

*Figures for 2010 are provisional.

#The road number for this road is not known.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The following table shows the number of offenders released at the earliest date of liberation from prisons in the Lothians region by calendar year.

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Addiewell	N/A	N/A	N/A	821	958
Edinburgh	1,455	1,521	1,302	1,280	1,197

 

The available information is given in the following tables.

Number of Males with a Charge Proved¹ in Edinburgh Courts, by the 10 most Common Offences² (by Total Males) Resulting in a Custodial Sentence, by Age Group and Number of Offences, 2007-08 to 2009-10:

Offence / Financial Year	Total Males	Under 21	21 to 30	Over 30
2007-08
Common assault	151	33	59	59
Breach of the peace	149	16	49	84
Shoplifting	135	12	89	34
Housebreaking	129	31	69	29
Crimes against public justice	120	28	41	51
Drugs	90	5	42	43
Unlawful use of vehicle	78	8	39	31
Other theft	77	14	42	21
Serious assault and attempted murder	56	23	19	14
Handling an offensive weapon	53	7	27	19
2008-09
Shoplifting	260	24	131	105
Breach of the peace	177	18	67	92
Common assault	153	22	66	65
Housebreaking	134	32	67	35
Crimes against public justice	109	40	33	36
Drugs	102	6	44	52
Other theft	90	12	45	33
Handling an offensive weapon	86	13	40	33
Unlawful use of vehicle	52	3	27	22
Serious assault and attempted murder	47	12	24	11
2009-10
Shoplifting	210	16	88	106
Crimes against public justice	112	27	39	46
Housebreaking	111	18	60	33
Common assault	110	16	53	41
Breach of the peace	93	9	37	47
Other theft	86	9	49	28
Drugs	77	5	33	39
Handling an offensive weapon	43	8	20	15
Other crimes of dishonesty3	38	4	20	14
Serious assault and attempted murder	34	16	10	8

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Based on standard categories of offences used in criminal proceedings in Scottish Courts statistical bulletins.

3. Includes currency offences, other criminal conduct, money laundering related offences, insider dealing and proceeds of crime.

Number of Females with a Charge Proved¹ in Edinburgh Courts, by the 10 most Common Offences² (by Total Females) Resulting in a Custodial Sentence, by Age Group and Number of Offences, 2007-08 to 2009-10

Offence / Financial Year	Total Females	Under 21	21 to 30	Over 30
2007-08
Shoplifting	26	5	10	11
Other theft	23	8	12	3
Breach of the peace	17	0	6	11
Crimes against public justice	13	1	7	5
Drugs	13	0	7	6
Common assault	10	0	6	4
Fraud	9	0	4	5
Robbery	4	1	3	0
Other crimes of dishonesty3	3	2	0	1
Fire-raising	3	0	0	3
2008-09
Shoplifting	30	1	15	14
Drugs	16	0	12	4
Breach of the peace	10	0	5	5
Common assault	9	2	7	0
Other theft	8	2	6	0
Crimes against public justice	7	3	2	2
Fraud	6	1	2	3
Other crimes of dishonesty3	5	1	1	3
Housebreaking	3	1	1	1
Unlawful use of vehicle	3	0	0	3
2009-10
Shoplifting	21	0	15	6
Breach of the peace	10	2	1	7
Other theft	8	2	2	4
Crimes against public justice	7	0	2	5
Drugs	7	0	2	5
Fraud	4	0	1	3
Common assault	4	0	0	4
Serious assault and attempted murder	3	1	0	2
Robbery	3	0	3	0
Other miscellaneous offences	3	0	2	1

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Based on standard categories of offences used in Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts statistical bulletins.

3. Includes currency offences, other criminal conduct, money laundering related offences, insider dealing and proceeds of crime.

The Sustainable Policing Project Team, led by Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson, has undertaken a detailed assessment of the three options for police reform on which we are consulting. The Team''s Phase 2 Report will be published on the Scottish Government website (www.scotland.gov.uk/policereform) immediately following its discussion at the Scottish Policing Board on 21 March and will include significantly refined estimates of the potential savings that could be delivered through reform, alongside an estimate of transition costs.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The following table illustrates the number of Prison Officers assaulted within HMP Addiewell and HMP Edinburgh, included are serious, minor and non injury assaults for the period 2010:

	Number of Staff Assaulted	Number of Assaults Reported to the Police
Addiewell	45	45
Edinburgh	18	18
Totals	63	63

 

The following table illustrates the number of Prisoners who have been subject to disciplinary proceedings as a result of their participation in alleged assaults on Prison Officers within HMP Addiewell and HMP Edinburgh.

Internal Disposals	Guilty Verdicts	Result Unknown
Addiewell	41	1 No Record of Charge 1 Outstanding 1 Unfit to Attend 1 Prisoner Liberated
Edinburgh	18	1 Outstanding
Totals	59	5

 

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39443 on 7 March 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The crime of handling an offensive weapon includes the offences of possession of an offensive weapon; restriction of offensive weapons, and having in a public place an article with a blade or point. An ˜offensive weapon'' means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him or by some other person, and the statistics therefore include such weapons as knives, pieces of wood, baseball bats, belts and bottles.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The following table illustrates the number of banned items seized from prisoners entering prisons within the Lothian region over the last five years, broken down by item and establishment.

Addiewell	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Drugs	9	0	0
Mobile Telephones	3	0	0
Sim Cards	5	0	0
Weapons	0	0	0
Totals	17	0	0

 

Edinburgh	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Drugs	2	0	4	8	5	15
Mobile Telephones	4	4	1	3	1	1
Sim Cards	0	0	4	1	1	2
Weapons	2	0	2	0	0	0
Drug Paraphernalia	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	8	4	11	12	7	20

 

The following table illustrates the number of banned items seized from visitors entering prisons within the Lothian region over the last five years, broken down by item and establishment.

Addiewell	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Drugs	12	24	0
Mobile Telephones	1	5	0
Sim Cards	9	3	0
Totals	22	32	0	>	>	>

 

Edinburgh	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Drugs	15	23	20	17	27	27
Mobile Telephones	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sim Cards	0	16	21	4	0	0
Weapons	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	15	39	41	21	28	29

 

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39443 on 7 March 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The crime of handling an offensive weapon includes the offences of possession of an offensive weapon; restriction of offensive weapons, and having in a public place an article with a blade or point. An offensive weapon means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him or by some other person, and the statistics therefore include such weapons as knives, pieces of wood, baseball bats, belts and bottles.

The latest figures available for the number of malicious false alarms to Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service are shown in table 1. The number of hoax calls made to the Lothian and Borders Police are not held centrally. However, the number of recorded crimes by Lothian and Borders Police of making a false call is available and is shown in table 2. Information relating to the cost of hoax calls to the emergency services is a matter for individual services, and is not held centrally.

Table 1. Fire and Rescue Services

Year	Malicious False Alarms
2007	1,001
2008-09	849
2009-10P	469

Source: Fire Statistics Scotland, 2008-09 Final (2009-10 Provisional)¹.

Note: 1. In contrast to previous year''s reports, this latest publication has changed from reporting on a calendar year basis to a financial year basis.

Table 2. Police

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
False calls to the emergency services and bomb hoaxes	70	-	-	-
*Hoax calls to the emergency services	-	26	52	88
*Hoax bomb calls	-	16	13	8
Total	70	42	65	96

Source: Scottish Government police recorded crime statistics.

Notes:

1. The two categories of offence were not separate until 2007-08.

2. This offence includes, but is not restricted to, hoax bomb calls. It is not possible to separate these offences from bomb hoax offences.