Chamber and committees

The available information in given in the following table:

Men with a Charge Proved in Scottish Sheriff Courts for Drug and Alcohol-Related Offences¹, 2005-06 to 2007-08, Expressed as a Percentage of the Total Number of Men with a Charge Proved for all Offences in Each Sheriff Court

Sheriff Court	Drug-Related Offences2			Alcohol-Related Offences3
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Edinburgh	5.9	6.3	7.6	9.7	8.5	8.6
Haddington	6.9	4.4	5.2	15.0	15.0	17.3
Linlithgow	6.1	5.4	4.6	13.3	10.5	9.9

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Identifiable drugs-related offences included in the table include: Illegal importation of drugs; production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs; supply and possession with intent to supply; possession of drugs, and money laundering related offences.

3. Identifiable alcohol-related offences included in the table include: Drunkenness; offences by licensed persons; other offences against liquor licensing laws; consumption of alcohol in designated places where byelaws prohibit; being drunk while riding a bicycle, and drunk driving.

The available information in given in the following table:

Women with a Charge Proved in Scottish Sheriff Courts for Drug and-Alcohol Related Offences¹, 2005-06 to 2007-08, Expressed as a Percentage of the Total Number of Women with a Charge Proved for All Offences in Each Sheriff Court

Sheriff Court	Drug-Related Offences2			Alcohol-Related Offences3
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Edinburgh	9.1	9.1	8.7	9.0	7.7	9.6
Haddington	7.3	6.7	10.0	18.3	20.2	23.6
Linlithgow	3.7	5.5	5.6	10.0	10.1	10.6

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Identifiable drugs-related offences included in the table include: Illegal importation of drugs; production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs; supply and possession with intent to supply; possession of drugs, and money laundering related offences.

3. Identifiable alcohol-related offences included in the table include: Drunkenness; offences by licensed persons; other offences against liquor licensing laws; consumption of alcohol in designated places where byelaws prohibit; being drunk while riding a bicycle, and drunk driving.

The following table shows Scottish domiciled Student Loans Company (SLC) borrowers from the Lothians who have declared sequestration (been declared bankrupt) in each financial year from 1998-99 to 2007-08. This table includes both those who are currently undertaking higher education courses and those who have finished their studies.

Number of SLC Borrowers Entering Sequestration

Financial Year
1998-99	5
1999-2000	15
2000-01	10
2001-02	10
2002-03	15
2003-04	25
2004-05	15
2005-06	30
2006-07	35
2007-08	35
Total	190

Source: SLC.

1. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest five.

2. The figures are for Scottish domiciled borrowers only.

3. The SLC does not hold details of those borrowers who are petitioning for sequestration.

4. The figures include all those who have a loan product from the SLC or who have ever had one and have declared sequestration where the SLC has been notified of the sequestration.

5. The table applies to publically owned debt only.

6. Those declaring IVA (Individual Voluntary Agreement) or Trust Deed are not included.

7. Borrowers have been classed as living in the Lothians based on their current home address. They may not have studied or lived in this area at the time of sequestration.

8. Sequestrations are shown in the year they were declared, not the year in which the SLC was notified.

Details of corporate insolvencies are compiled by financial year. A breakdown of the figures by Creditor Voluntary Liquidation, Compulsory Liquidation and Receivership is shown in the attached table. These figures refer to limited companies only as partnerships and other unincorporated business associations, which are declared bankrupt in Scotland, are registered as personal bankruptcies under Scottish law. Figures on these are not available separately from other personal bankruptcies.

Details of corporate insolvencies broken down by local authority is not available.

Further information regarding bankruptcy figures, including the agency''s annual reports, are available on the Accountant in Bankruptcy website, www.aib.gov.uk.

Financial Year	Creditors Voluntary Liquidations	Compulsory Liquidations	Receiverships
2008-09*	306	633	32
2007-08	490	505	74
2006-07	97	558	35
2005-06	161	469	31
2004-05	175	465	70
2003-04	207	439	102
2002-03	211	533	122
2001-02	227	459	86
2000-01	248	375	104
1999-2000	205	194	57

Note: *2008-09 figures are provisional, any company insolvencies not yet recorded will be included in the Annual Report to be published later in the year by the Accountant in Bankruptcy.

Dentists are not obliged under their NHS terms of service to advise NHS boards of any waiting lists they may hold. NHS Lothian may hold information on those waiting to register with their salaried dental service.

The number of patients registered with a dentist under NHS arrangements in NHS Lothian has increased from 441,511 in September 2007 to 508,190 in September 2008.

Dentists are not obliged under their NHS terms of service to advise NHS boards of any waiting lists they may hold. NHS Lothian may hold information on those waiting to register with their salaried dental service.

The number of patients registered with a dentist under NHS arrangements in NHS Lothian has increased from 441,511 in September 2007 to 508,190 in September 2008.

Our priority is to ensure efforts in external affairs, as in all other areas of government, are focused on creating a more successful country with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish through increasing sustainable economic growth.

The Scottish Government''s International Framework outlines our engagement internationally.

The available information on drug treatment and testing orders imposed by Scottish courts on offenders aged 18 and under is given in table 1.

Table 1. Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) Imposed by Scottish Courts: 2005-06 to 2007-08

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Lothian	-	-	1
Edinburgh City	8	1	2
Midlothian	-	-	-
West Lothian	-	-	-

Source: Scottish Government Court Proceedings database.

Note: 1. The breakdown provided is an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. There is no sheriff court in Midlothian.

The number of drug treatment and testing orders revoked due to breach is shown in table 2. Information on the age of offenders breaching DTTOs is not collected centrally.

Table 2. Drug Treatment and Testing Order Revoked due to Breach: 2005-06 to 2007-08

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Lothian	2	-	6
Edinburgh City (including Midlothian)	29	39	20
West Lothian	-	23	-

Source: Returns submitted by local authorities to Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

This information is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government does not hold individualised data on any crimes or offences recorded by the eight police forces in Scotland, and as such does not hold information on the victims of crimes.

Following the introduction of the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act in 2005, a new crime code (Minor Assault of an Emergency Worker) was created. However, the figures cannot be broken down by category of worker.

As such it is not possible to identify how many assaults there have been on police officers in the Lothian and Borders Police area in each year since 1999.

Information on the total number of crimes committed in Scotland is not available as not all crimes are detected or reported to the police. However, the following table gives information on the number of crimes and violent crimes recorded by the police in the Lothian and Borders Police Force area.

Crimes and Offences Recorded by Lothian and Borders Police, 2003-04 to 2007-08

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Non-sexual crimes of violence	2,577	2,292	2,054	2,099	2,009
Other crimes and offences1	97,586	104,200	103,514	105,418	96,569
Motor vehicle offences	87,988	104,248	87,513	78,941	61,643
Total Crimes	188,151	210,740	193,081	186,458	160,221

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Note: 1. Other crimes and offences includes crimes of indecency, dishonesty, fire-raising and vandalism and miscellaneous offences

The latest recorded crime statistical bulletin, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2007-08, is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 46684).