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The Scottish Government has not asked Scottish Enterprise to carry out any work regarding the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports. Minimum pricing will only apply to the retail price of alcohol sold in Scotland.

The Scottish Government has not asked Scottish Development International to carry out any work regarding the economic impact of minimum pricing on Scotch whisky exports. Minimum pricing will only apply to the retail price of alcohol sold in Scotland.

The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure.

The 195 charges relate to a total of 176 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,170 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Office	Direct Measures issued		Charges Reported
	Assault	Assault to Injury	Assault	Assault to Injury
Aberdeen	16	2	162	73
Airdrie	7	-	95	19
Alloa	-	-	38	16
Arbroath	1	-	31	19
Ayr	3	1	48	54
Banff	-	-	8	5
Campbeltown	-	-	6	8
Cupar	7	-	4	3
Dingwall	-	-	32	1
Dornoch	-	-	4	-
Dumbarton	2	2	61	30
Dumfries	3	4	24	15
Dundee	11	4	95	31
Dunfermline	-	2	48	39
Dunoon	-	-	4	5
Edinburgh	10	2	182	186
Elgin	5	4	40	14
Falkirk	9	-	78	28
Forfar	2	-	23	3
Fort William	1	-	9	1
Glasgow	41	7	431	158
Greenock	-	-	20	15
Haddington	-	-	17	28
Hamilton	5	3	120	54
Inverness	12	-	145	5
Jedburgh	-	-	14	13
Kilmarnock	3	-	66	45
Kirkcaldy	12	1	73	72
Kirkcudbright	-	-	2	4
Kirkwall	2	-	11	-
Lanark	1	-	19	6
Lerwick	2	-	14	-
Livingston	7	2	48	50
Lochmaddy	1	-	2	-
Oban	1	2	18	4
Paisley	10	1	84	27
Peebles	-	-	5	5
Perth	2	1	56	14
Peterhead	1	2	37	10
Rothesay	-	-	5	1
Selkirk	-	-	3	9
Stirling	4	2	54	30
Stonehaven	1	-	11	1
Stornoway	3	-	12	-
Stranraer	3	-	13	11
Tain	4	-	33	-
Wick	3	-	11	7
Grand Total	195	42	2,316	1,119

Note: 1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure.

The 184 charges relate to a total of 169 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,836 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Office	Direct Measures issued		Charges Reported
	Assault	Assault to Injury	Assault	Assault to Injury
Aberdeen	13	3	162	48
Airdrie	6	1	96	46
Alloa	-	-	36	14
Arbroath	3	-	17	22
Ayr	1	2	55	49
Banff	-	-	4	6
Campbeltown	-	-	2	5
Cupar	1	1	10	8
Dingwall	1	1	19	1
Dornoch	2	-	7	-
Dumbarton	6	1	76	22
Dumfries	-	2	31	26
Dundee	10	-	63	32
Dunfermline	1	-	42	29
Dunoon	1	-	8	-
Duns	-	-	2	2
Edinburgh	8	2	175	120
Elgin	2	-	32	21
Falkirk	10	-	82	32
Forfar	-	-	15	6
Fort William	3	1	26	6
Glasgow	45	11	497	141
Greenock	2	-	23	10
Haddington	1	-	13	23
Hamilton	2	3	98	110
Inverness	18	2	79	8
Jedburgh	-	1	2	15
Kilmarnock	5	3	93	43
Kirkcaldy	8	1	59	39
Kirkcudbright	2	-	4	4
Kirkwall	3	-	14	-
Lanark	-	-	17	7
Lerwick	1	-	9	-
Livingston	8	2	57	38
Oban	-	1	1	2
Paisley	10	1	87	42
Peebles	-	1	1	3
Perth	3	-	66	20
Peterhead	2	-	38	6
Rothesay	-	-	2	4
Selkirk	-	-	7	3
Stirling	-	2	43	21
Stonehaven	2	1	10	8
Stornoway	2	-	14	-
Stranraer	-	2	9	14
Tain	-	-	30	2
Wick	2	-	21	1
Grand Total	184	45	2,254	1,059

Note: 1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure.

The 193 charges relate to a total of 169 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,070 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Office	Direct Measures issued		Charges Reported
	Assault	Assault to Injury	Assault	Assault to Injury
Aberdeen	12	7	148	47
Airdrie	11	-	63	37
Alloa	1	-	16	16
Arbroath	4	1	27	15
Ayr	1	-	48	40
Banff	-	-	3	7
Campbeltown	-	-	3	6
Cupar	-	-	12	12
Dingwall	2	-	21	2
Dornoch	3	-	2	-
Dumbarton	1	3	79	34
Dumfries	2	2	16	19
Dundee	8	4	69	28
Dunfermline	3	1	48	52
Dunoon	-	-	4	-
Duns	1	-	1	3
Edinburgh	5	2	171	117
Elgin	2	2	35	8
Falkirk	5	-	73	21
Forfar	2	-	16	-
Fort William	2	-	7	8
Glasgow	52	10	446	126
Greenock	4	2	23	9
Haddington	1	-	12	18
Hamilton	7	1	93	53
Inverness	19	2	91	8
Jedburgh	-	-	13	17
Kilmarnock	5	1	106	38
Kirkcaldy	10	1	54	52
Kirkcudbright	-	-	3	2
Kirkwall	1	-	8	-
Lanark	1	-	10	2
Lerwick	-	-	4	-
Livingston	3	3	45	44
Lochmaddy	1	-	3	-
Oban	-	-	2	5
Paisley	6	4	63	42
Peebles	-	-	3	1
Perth	2	-	45	10
Peterhead	3	3	24	7
Rothesay	-	-	3	1
Selkirk	-	2	2	7
Stirling	3	-	44	27
Stonehaven	1	-	8	3
Stornoway	4	-	17	-
Stranraer	2	-	5	16
Tain	1	-	19	-
Wick	2	-	13	1
Grand Total	193	51	2,021	961

Note: 1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

One letter has been received from the Chilean Ambassador. The Chilean Embassy has indicated that it believes the letter should remain private.

One letter regarding minimum pricing has been received from the Chilean Ambassador.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32909 on 20 April 2010. 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.

I am responsible for the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill and I have met with many stakeholders to discuss minimum pricing, some of whom have been supportive and some of whom have been opposed (responses to the Scottish Government''s Alcohol Framework consultation can be found at the following link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/26115423/Contents). Minimum pricing may have been discussed in meetings with other ministers as they engage with stakeholders on issues relevant to their portfolios.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32909 on 20 April 2010. 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.