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Question reference: S3W-15019

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

The following tables show the number of accused persons reported to each Procurator Fiscal Office since April 2007 where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure. Information for periods prior to April 2007 is not currently available in the same format.

Table 1 shows the direct measures issued between April 2007 and March 2008, the year before the implementation of Summary Justice Reform. The monthly average was 4,489.

Table 2 shows the direct measures issued from April 2008 when the maximum level of a fiscal fine was £300 and new direct measures such as compensation offers were available to Procurators Fiscal. The monthly average for these three months was 4,449.

These figures do not include direct measures which were not affected by Summary Justice Reform such as referral to the Scottish Children''s Reporter and fixed penalties for road traffic offences.

Table 1: Accused Persons: Initial Decisions - Direct Measures 2007-08

Procurator Fiscal Office	Apr-07	May-07	Jun-07	Jul-07	Aug-07	Sep-07	Oct-07	Nov-07	Dec-07	Jan-08	Feb-08	Mar-08
Aberdeen	66	108	136	90	123	162	82	97	89	103	75	168
Airdrie	249	355	375	248	351	303	195	180	96	146	100	126
Alloa	53	50	70	76	78	46	51	54	40	33	32	43
Arbroath	52	24	24	15	30	54	49	43	13	40	18	19
Ayr	176	343	257	348	347	273	203	238	156	155	145	179
Banff	1	5	4	5	14	-	6	4	3	11	8	6
Campbeltown	9	3	10	4	8	11	8	4	8	13	1	8
Cupar	13	23	15	10	16	13	19	17	20	19	4	14
Dingwall	15	30	7	38	19	21	18	19	3	15	7	23
Dornoch	2	1	1	2	4	3	12	5	-	7	3	-
Dumbarton	168	158	210	201	311	246	155	145	142	181	187	173
Dumfries	22	48	31	17	73	37	92	22	51	48	78	36
Dundee	52	67	69	66	93	73	88	49	53	96	50	94
Dunfermline	38	43	65	40	87	75	69	77	63	49	51	80
Dunoon	28	20	6	31	43	17	38	5	21	10	20	12
Duns	4	8	3	4	6	6	1	6	1	4	1	9
Edinburgh	240	212	295	200	546	346	224	448	272	301	305	357
Elgin	44	29	17	39	26	57	36	32	37	55	34	46
Falkirk	55	86	89	36	104	113	75	59	42	56	59	97
Forfar	18	22	9	13	23	11	26	9	10	15	12	44
Fort William	6	19	15	13	18	8	12	7	10	8	12	13
Glasgow	1,380	1,562	1,150	1,551	1,884	1,948	1,292	1,202	862	1,173	1,161	905
Greenock	37	37	20	93	123	163	161	162	131	64	138	183
Haddington	31	15	47	20	74	25	44	34	30	39	31	47
Hamilton	343	546	433	512	622	696	481	391	179	296	239	291
Inverness	74	92	100	155	78	110	89	63	47	61	89	108
Jedburgh	10	12	17	13	20	16	23	15	11	9	3	16
Kilmarnock	220	279	260	284	378	386	282	277	177	239	254	224
Kirkcaldy	61	62	86	31	102	95	100	70	86	68	48	102
Kirkcudbright	5	9	4	5	54	13	15	9	3	5	2	3
Kirkwall	4	8	10	3	9	8	4	3	5	2	1	4
Lanark	55	73	73	67	146	130	61	49	36	51	56	34
Lerwick	14	19	16	17	17	11	17	5	7	8	11	18
Linlithgow	61	76	112	32	174	81	116	80	77	98	101	93
Lochmaddy	2	-	4	3	2	2	1	-	-	1	1	1
Oban	11	31	13	19	21	11	13	14	16	19	11	14
Paisley	82	138	130	133	187	207	190	182	150	216	147	215
Peebles	2	1	4	4	6	3	9	6	6	3	2	1
Perth	49	26	18	41	52	44	69	42	50	36	26	68
Peterhead	6	17	5	8	18	20	28	14	19	13	12	19
Portree	-	-	-	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rothesay	4	4	5	13	12	12	4	4	2	2	1	6
Selkirk	20	9	11	8	18	24	10	7	8	12	11	15
Stirling	41	76	103	71	79	60	72	31	29	43	39	73
Stonehaven	6	17	14	11	8	6	5	8	5	13	5	3
Stornoway	12	14	16	33	27	11	15	5	8	22	6	6
Stranraer	10	14	11	15	27	18	35	23	20	23	26	26
Tain	23	32	6	21	22	14	14	16	7	10	13	24
Wick	13	13	19	8	10	14	6	10	17	17	6	11

Table 2: Accused Persons: Initial Decisions - Direct Measures 2008-09

Procurator Fiscal Office	Apr-08	May-08	Jun-08
Aberdeen	121	203	165
Airdrie	157	128	167
Alloa	40	39	50
Arbroath	49	49	38
Ayr	139	122	118
Banff	1	-	30
Campbeltown	12	13	12
Cupar	16	42	21
Dingwall	37	13	20
Dornoch	3	4	3
Dumbarton	141	126	150
Dumfries	47	89	79
Dundee	90	122	113
Dunfermline	73	110	102
Dunoon	16	18	24
Duns	3	8	4
Edinburgh	407	394	433
Elgin	60	48	65
Falkirk	86	90	119
Forfar	49	42	23
Fort William	7	20	18
Glasgow	954	1,334	1,155
Greenock	158	179	117
Haddington	30	38	42
Hamilton	253	329	400
Inverness	100	100	103
Jedburgh	7	18	14
Kilmarnock	233	277	192
Kirkcaldy	163	144	128
Kirkcudbright	7	10	20
Kirkwall	6	5	4
Lanark	43	28	31
Lerwick	8	13	33
Linlithgow	86	99	112
Lochmaddy	4	-	2
Oban	15	32	14
Paisley	229	128	157
Peebles	3	5	6
Perth	84	52	78
Peterhead	10	12	19
Portree	-	-	-
Rothesay	13	12	9
Selkirk	21	10	13
Stirling	91	45	99
Stonehaven	11	9	6
Stornoway	22	11	20
Stranraer	12	28	14
Tain	19	13	9
Wick	29	9	11

Question reference: S3W-15021

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new sheriff court prosecutions there were in (a) April, (b) May and (c) June 2008, broken down by sheriff court.

The following table shows the number of accused persons for whom an initial decision was taken to commence Sheriff Court proceedings by month in April, May and June 2008.

This table does not include any accused person for whom the initial decision was to offer any of the range of Direct Measures which are now available to Procurators Fiscal.

Accused Persons: Initial Decisions - Sheriff Summary Court Proceedings

Procurator Fiscal Office	Apr-08	May-08	Jun-08
Aberdeen	414	510	448
Airdrie	198	196	260
Alloa	82	91	107
Arbroath	76	76	84
Ayr	203	179	177
Banff	25	42	39
Campbeltown	14	11	13
Cupar	61	61	52
Dingwall	40	37	41
Dornoch	11	10	10
Dumbarton	159	145	227
Dumfries	136	199	189
Dundee	253	283	250
Dunfermline	145	222	245
Dunoon	22	35	46
Duns	18	22	23
Edinburgh	558	670	891
Elgin	67	97	90
Falkirk	221	232	219
Forfar	48	54	69
Fort William	16	38	26
Glasgow	894	927	1,215
Greenock	120	114	128
Haddington	96	97	98
Hamilton	408	568	501
Inverness	203	215	205
Jedburgh	39	53	50
Kilmarnock	391	377	394
Kirkcaldy	225	271	304
Kirkcudbright	23	36	22
Kirkwall	18	18	16
Lanark	46	37	61
Lerwick	26	23	28
Linlithgow	202	208	186
Lochmaddy	6	5	7
Oban	14	37	22
Paisley	317	251	248
Peebles	9	10	15
Perth	165	127	163
Peterhead	131	101	82
Portree	0	1	1
Rothesay	7	16	17
Selkirk	40	37	61
Stirling	106	149	135
Stonehaven	20	40	23
Stornoway	23	37	27
Stranraer	70	93	72
Tain	36	26	48
Wick	49	23	43
Grand Total	6,451	7,107	7,678

Question reference: S3W-15017

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for assault in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

The following tables show the number of accused persons reported to each Procurator Fiscal Office since April 2007 where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure. Information for periods prior to April 2007 is not currently available in the same format.

These figures do not include direct measures which were not affected by Summary Justice Reform such as Procurator Fiscal warnings and referrals to the Scottish Children''s Reporter.

Charge: Assault - Direct Measures

Procurator Fiscal Office	Apr-07	May-07	Jun-07	Jul-07	Aug-07	Sep-07	Oct-07	Nov-07	Dec-07	Jan-08	Feb-08	Mar-08	Apr-08	May-08	Jun-08
Aberdeen	15	23	14	13	7	16	4	19	6	14	16	18	23	38	19
Airdrie	3	7	7	9	9	16	2	14	6	20	9	8	24	14	15
Alloa	9	3	29	7	5	2	3	9	7	2	3	7	4	7	5
Arbroath	5	4	1	2	6	9	4	12	2	9	4	5	6	3	18
Ayr	5	5	6	1	12	5	4	4	5	2	8	8	14	11	11
Banff	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	1	2	1	2	-	-	15
Campbeltown	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	3	2	2	1
Cupar	2	-	5	4	5	1	2	4	1	2	4	4	2	10	13
Dingwall	2	5	2	7	-	3	3	7	-	4	2	3	6	3	3
Dornoch	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Dumbarton	3	4	6	-	4	4	4	1	2	6	4	4	3	5	3
Dumfries	3	11	4	5	3	5	8	3	5	3	6	4	5	9	9
Dundee	13	14	18	15	25	17	34	20	14	30	8	18	18	21	17
Dunfermline	5	2	5	6	4	20	5	9	10	5	9	8	10	16	13
Dunoon	5	5	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	-	1	2	-	5	5
Duns	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	5	1	4	-
Edinburgh	32	25	47	28	46	39	16	54	27	28	39	41	69	59	63
Elgin	7	1	3	6	6	6	7	4	10	15	2	8	14	16	12
Falkirk	7	5	5	3	4	5	3	5	2	7	5	15	9	6	14
Forfar	-	2	1	5	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	5	16	5	4
Fort William	-	1	2	2	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	2	-	8	5
Glasgow	41	36	20	16	37	30	25	38	41	53	33	46	56	71	88
Greenock	-	2	3	5	6	2	4	1	2	5	6	6	4	6	7
Haddington	2	3	4	6	2	1	4	3	5	-	7	7	4	8	6
Hamilton	7	15	4	8	17	47	25	27	17	21	8	13	16	34	39
Inverness	9	18	5	17	9	11	14	9	6	10	14	30	19	17	11
Jedburgh	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	1	7	-	8	2
Kilmarnock	8	4	8	1	16	16	6	18	3	15	2	23	25	53	14
Kirkcaldy	5	11	8	9	4	10	16	20	16	14	7	8	28	22	30
Kirkcudbright	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	4
Kirkwall	-	-	2	2	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	4	2	-
Lanark	1	7	-	-	18	-	2	5	2	1	2	2	1	1	5
Lerwick	1	3	-	2	-	1	4	-	5	1	-	6	1	3	3
Linlithgow	2	6	9	2	3	8	4	7	6	3	11	10	23	23	25
Lochmaddy	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Oban	-	2	2	1	3	1	-	5	1	3	2	3	3	11	1
Paisley	2	13	8	3	7	8	4	11	4	7	8	11	24	8	8
Peebles	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-
Perth	6	7	5	14	7	8	3	5	5	4	3	11	10	7	15
Peterhead	4	3	-	-	1	2	-	3	2	2	-	3	2	4	3
Rothesay	1	-	3	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
Selkirk	-	1	1	1	2	3	-	1	2	2	3	2	4	2	4
Stirling	3	11	11	12	6	5	9	6	1	8	8	15	16	4	13
Stonehaven	3	-	-	2	1	1	2	3	-	2	-	1	1	1	2
Stornoway	1	1	5	3	2	4	4	-	1	3	1	1	6	1	6
Stranraer	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	3	2	1	-	1
Tain	6	6	1	-	4	2	3	3	1	2	-	6	4	4	5
Wick	2	-	1	1	-	3	3	2	4	7	1	3	5	1	2

Notes:

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.

2. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.

Question reference: S3W-15018

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures have been issued by procurators fiscal for domestic violence in each month since January 2007, broken down by sheriff court.

Question reference: S3W-15120

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is currently taken in the Lothians region to prevent the onset of nasopharyngeal cancer

Question reference: S3W-15119

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision there is in the Lothians region for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Question reference: S3W-15121

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to improve the treatment in the Lothians region of patients suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer.

The delivery of high quality, effective cancer care for patients in the Lothians region is a matter for NHS Lothian. The Edinburgh Cancer Centre currently offers the most up to date radiotherapy treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer in the form of Intensity Modulated Radiation.

The Scottish Government has recently concluded a consultation on an updated national strategy for cancer and will be publishing the subsequent plan shortly. It is widely accepted that early diagnosis and screening is vital to improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including nasopharyngeal cancer patients.

Question reference: S3W-15164

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 August 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what out-of-hours emergency services are available for dental patients in the Lothians who are not registered with an NHS dentist.

Question reference: S3W-14903

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many knives were handed in to police stations in the Lothians parliamentary region in each of the last five years, broken down by police division.

Question reference: S3W-14901

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes have been committed in the Lothians region by people released from prison under automatic early release in each of the last five years, broken down by type of crime.

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