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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.

January to June

	January	February	March	April	May	June
2007
A1					-	1
A70					-	1
A71					-	-
A899					-	-
A900					1	-
A904					-	-
B7003					-	1
B702					-	-
B8084					-	-
M8					1	-
Unclassified					2	1
2008
A1	-	-	-	2	-	-
A199	-	-	-	-	-	-
A7	-	-	-	1	-	-
A70	-	-	1	-	-	-
A701	1	-	-	-	-	-
A71	-	1	-	-	-	-
A90	-	-	-	-	-	-
A901	-	-	-	-	-	1
A904	-	-	-	-	-	-
B7008	-	-	1	-	-	-
B701	-	-	-	-	-	-
B8046	-	-	-	1	-	-
C.	-	-	-	-	1	-
M8	-	-	-	1	1	-
M9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unclassified	-	2	1	-	-	-
2009
A199	-	-	-	-	-	-
A702	-	-	1	-	-	-
A71	-	-	-	-	-	1
A89	-	-	-	-	-	1
B701	1	-	-	-	-	-
B9080	-	3	-	-	-	-
M8	1	-	1	-	-	-
Unclassified	-	2	1	-	-	-

 

July - December

	July	August	September	October	November	December
2007
A1	1	1	-	-	-	1
A70	-	-	-	-	-	-
A71	-	-	1	-	-	-
A899	-	-	1	-	-	-
A900	-	-	-	-	-	-
A904	1	-	-	-	-	-
B7003	-	-	-	-	-	-
B702	-	-	-	-	1	-
B8084	1	-	-	-	-	-
M8	-	-	-	1	-	-
Unclassified	-	2	-	1	1	-
2008*
A1	-	-	-	-	-	-
A199	-	-	-	-	-	1
A7	-	-	-	-	1	-
A70	-	-	-	-	-	-
A701	-	-	-	-	-	-
A71	-	-	-	-	-	-
A90	-	-	-	1	-	-
A901	-	-	-	-	-	-
A904	-	1	-	-	-	-
B7008	-	-	-	-	-	-
B701	-	-	1	-	-	-
B8046	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.	-	-	-	-	-	-
M8	-	-	-	-	1	-
M9	-	-	-	1	-	-
Unclassified	-	-	1	3	2	-
2009*
A199	3
A702	-
A71	-
A89	-
B701	2
B9080	-
M8	-
Unclassified	1

Note: * Figures for 2008 and 2009 are provisional.

This information is not held centrally.

The police recorded crime statistics collected centrally are based on an aggregate return from each of the eight police forces in Scotland. The aggregate crime figures held by the Scottish Government do not provide any data on where the crime took place.

The available data on the number of non-sexual crimes of violence recorded in each of the local authorities in the Lothians parliamentary region for the last 10 years is shown in the following table:

Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence Recorded in the Lothians Region, 1999-2000 to 2008-09

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
City of Edinburgh	1,830	1,765	1,624	1,888	1,704	1,468	1,342	1,418	1,325	1,329
East Lothian	179	167	133	140	158	122	92	153	144	104
Midlothian	209	173	126	163	166	161	151	127	139	117
West Lothian	313	327	330	330	376	382	335	292	282	285
Total Lothians	2,531	2,432	2,213	2,521	2,404	2,133	1,920	1,990	1,890	1,835

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

The Scottish Government is working with the Violence Reduction Unit to address the particular challenges associated with tackling violence in domestic settings, violence which often takes the form of domestic abuse. For example, following the successful pilot of the Caledonian System in Edinburgh, a comprehensive approach to helping the victims of domestic abuse and reducing re-offending, we are investing £2.4 million in rolling out the project in the rest of Scotland.

The figures requested are as follows. East Lothian is not included, as this sits in the south of Scotland region, as per parliamentary instructions on constituencies and regions.

Deaths From Intentional Self Harm and Events of Undetermined Intent, by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, Sex and Method of Injury

			Method
		All Methods	Poisoning2	Hanging, Strangulation and Suffocation3	Drowning and Submersion4	Firearms and Explosives5	Jumping/ Falling from a High Place6	Other and Unspecified Means7
Lothians region total		122	48	49	3	-	8	14
Intentional self harm		84	19	49	1	-	4	11
Events of undetermined intent		38	29	-	2	-	4	3
Scottish Parliamentary Constituency
Edinburgh Central	All	21	9	4	2	-	3	3
	Males	13	6	3	-	-	1	3
	Females	8	3	1	2	-	2	-
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	All	15	3	7	-	-	4	1
	Males	11	1	6	-	-	4	-
	Females	4	2	1	-	-	-	1
Edinburgh North and Leith	All	15	8	6	-	-	-	1
	Males	12	6	5	-	-	-	1
	Females	3	2	1	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh Pentlands	All	9	4	2	-	-	-	3
	Males	7	3	2	-	-	-	2
	Females	2	1	-	-	-	-	1
Edinburgh South	All	12	4	7	-	-	1	-
	Males	9	3	5	-	-	1	-
	Females	3	1	2	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh West	All	14	8	3	1	-	-	2
	Males	10	5	2	1	-	-	2
	Females	4	3	1	-	-	-	-
Linlithgow	All	19	6	9	-	-	-	4
	Males	15	6	6	-	-	-	3
	Females	4	-	3	-	-	-	1
Livingston	All	10	3	7	-	-	-	-
	Males	10	3	7	-	-	-	-
	Females	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	All	7	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Males	5	2	3	-	-	-	-
	Females	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
Lothians region1	All	122	48	49	3	-	8	14
	Males	92	35	39	1	-	6	11
	Females	30	13	10	2	-	2	3

Notes:

1. Does not include East Lothian which is in the south of Scotland Region.

2. ICD10 codes X60-X69 (intentional self harm) and Y10-Y19 (events of undetermined intent).

3. ICD10 codes X70 (intentional self harm) and Y20 (events of undetermined intent).

4. ICD10 codes X71 (intentional self harm) and Y21 (events of undetermined intent).

5. ICD10 codes X72-X75 (intentional self harm) and Y22-Y25 (events of undetermined intent).

6. ICD10 codes X80 (intentional self harm) and Y30 (events of undetermined intent).

7. ICD10 codes X76-X79, X81-X84, Y87.0 (intentional self harm) and Y26-Y29, Y31-Y34, Y87.2 (events of undetermined intent).

The official source for statistics on people who are registered unemployed is the claimant count, which details the number of people who are claiming Jobseeker''s Allowance. I have placed tables in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49478) showing, for each parliamentary constituency, what percentage of people in the claimant count were aged (a) 16 to 24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 54 and (e) over 55 for the periods October 2004 to September 2005 to October 2008 to September 2009.

The level of Affordable Housing Investment Programme funding spent on affordable housing projects in the Lothians region, broken down by local authority area for the years identified, is as indicated in the following tables. The figures contained in the tables are actual expenditure and will differ from the funding allocated at the commencement of each individual financial year.

Since 2005, the Scottish Government has, in addition to the figures shown, provided funding through the demand-led Low-Cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers (LIFT) scheme for both Open Market and New Supply Shared Equity purchases.

(£ Million)	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
East Lothian	1.618	0.953	0.714	1.167	1.759
Midlothian	0.529	0.676	0.942	1.601	0.841
West Lothian	3.652	3.634	2.377	2.805	6.123
City of Edinburgh	18.156	17.480	14.026	15.476	17.463
Total	23.955	22.743	18.059	21.049	26.186

 

(£ Million)	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Lothian	1.883	3.198	4.440	4.836
Midlothian	0.896	4.925	2.786	6.568
West Lothian	7.882	6.148	10.706	4.413
City of Edinburgh	17.860	34.801	39.206	38.601
Total	28.521	49.072	57.138	54.418

 

Information on convictions in 2008-09 is not yet available. The data on court proceedings is planned for release in February 2010. Please refer to tables 2 and 4 in the 2007-08 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts statistical bulletin for the latest available data on persons with a charge proved for housebreaking:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/27103325/0.

The 2,720 cases of housebreaking referred to in the question are the number of crimes recorded by the police. The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim. The crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also, a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year. Crimes committed by children aged under 16 are also generally dealt with through the children''s hearings system rather than the courts.

This information is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government does not centrally hold information relating to the age of perpetrators of crime. For information, the majority of charges against under 16''s are dealt with by the Children''s Reporter.

The information requested is given in table 1 of Police Recorded Crime - Additional tables (1) following the publication of Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2008-09, published by the Scottish Government in October 2009, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49472).

The available information is given in the following table.

Persons Convicted for an Offence with a Domestic Aggravator Recorded¹, in Lothian and Borders Police Force Area, 2005-06 to 2007-08

Main Result of Proceedings	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Custody	46	63	64
Community sentence	92	108	109
Monetary	278	314	282
Admonished2	125	170	169
Other3	12	11	11
All	553	666	635

Notes:

1. The recording of aggravators has improved with time therefore caution is needed when comparing changes over time. 2005-06 is the first year where it has been considered that the use and recording of domestic abuse aggravator codes from the Scottish Government Court Proceedings Database has been of sufficient coverage to be used.

2. An admonishment is a court disposal given after an offender has been found guilty. The offence is recorded as a conviction and the court warns the offender of the consequences of their future conduct, but no other penalty is imposed.

3. Includes absolute discharge, remit to children''s hearing, caution, no order made.

Information on fiscal penalty payment rates is published on the Scottish Court Service website and can be accessed at www.scotcourts.gov.uk/payyourfine.