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Question reference: S3W-32659

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32153 by Kenny MacAskill on 17 March 2010, how many individuals were involved in cases of possession of obscene materials recorded by Lothian and Borders police in each local authority area in that force area in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2007-08 and (e) 2008-09.

Information on the number of individuals involved in cases of possessing obscene material is not held centrally, only the number of crimes recorded. The number of crimes of possession of obscene materials recorded by Lothian and Borders police is given in the table below.

Crimes of Possessing Obscene Material Recorded by Lothian and Borders Police

Local Authority	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009
City of Edinburgh	6	158	123	137	138
East Lothian	0	10	5	23	13
Midlothian	0	15	59	27	16
West Lothian	10	62	27	37	37
Scottish Borders	0	33	14	17	11
Lothian and Borders	16	278	228	241	215

Question reference: S3W-32459

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of other crimes were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) crimes against public justice, (b) handling an offensive weapon, (c) drugs and (d) other crimes.

Question reference: S3W-32460

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of miscellaneous offences were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) common assault, (b) breach of the peace, (c) drunkeness and (d) other crimes.

Question reference: S3W-32455

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of non-sexual crimes of violence were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) homicide, (b) serious assault and attempted murder, (c) robbery and (d) other crimes.

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons with a Charge Proved by Main Crime/Offence¹ in Lothians Region², 2006-07 to 2008-09

Main Crime or Offence	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Main Crime or Offence	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
All crimes and offences	16,298	15,678	15,159
All crimes	5,599	5,589	5,580
Non-sexual crimes of violence	231	298	276
Homicide	0	0	0
Serious assault and attempted murder	124	187	160
Robbery	61	73	71
Other	46	38	45
Crimes of indecency	81	73	65
Rape and attempted rape	2	0	0
Indecent assault	13	14	11
Lewd and indecent behaviour	33	25	28
Other	33	34	26
Crimes of dishonesty	2,572	2,537	2,462
Housebreaking	314	322	325
Theft by opening a lockfast place	121	116	115
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	137	175	131
Shoplifting	1,114	1,151	1,197
Other theft	453	406	366
Fraud	210	200	169
Other	223	167	159
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	563	595	499
Fire-raising	32	41	32
Vandalism, etc	531	554	467
Other crimes	2,152	2,086	2,278
Crimes against public justice	812	833	886
Handling an offensive weapon	370	320	386
Drugs	928	904	964
Other	42	29	42
All offences	10,699	10,089	9,579
Miscellaneous offences	4,763	4,389	4,173
Common assault	1,834	1,811	1,763
Breach of the peace	2,153	2,039	1,896
Drunkenness	5	7	6
Other	771	532	508
Motor vehicle offences	5,936	5,700	5,406
Dangerous and careless driving	268	256	290
Drink/drug driving	1,050	1,079	987
Speeding	1,481	1,432	1,105
Unlawful use of vehicle	2,088	2,025	1,904
Vehicle defect offences	185	280	476
Other	864	628	644

Notes:

1. Excludes High Court cases which cannot be mapped to local authority areas.

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.

Question reference: S3W-32456

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of crimes of indecency were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) rape and attempted rape, (b) indecent assault, (c) lewd and indecent behaviour and (d) other crimes.

Question reference: S3W-32457

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of crimes of dishonesty were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by (a) housebreaking, (b) theft by opening a lockfast place, (c) theft of/from motor vehicle, (d) shoplifting, (e) other theft, (f) fraud and (g) other crimes.

Question reference: S3W-32458

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 April 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the findings of the Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09 statistical bulletin, how many incidents of fire-raising, vandalism, etc were committed in the Lothians region in each of the last three years, also broken down by cases of (a) fire-raising and (b) vandalism etc.

Question reference: S3W-32322

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients in NHS Lothian received gastric lavage treatment for drug misuse in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S3W-32321

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients in NHS Lothian received gastric lavage treatment for alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S3W-32323

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of gastric lavage treatment.