- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the re-offending rate was of sex offenders who (a) attended and (b) did not attend the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in each of the last five years.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not currently available.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last time was that an (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises had its licence removed as a result of a test purchase of alcohol.
Answer
Such action is the responsibility of local licensing boards. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last time was that an (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises had its licence removed having been found selling alcohol to people under the age of 18, broken down by police force area.
Answer
Such action is the responsibility of local licensing boards. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises have had their licences suspended for (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) nine months in each local authority in the last year.
Answer
Such action is the responsibility of local licensing boards. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many test purchases of alcohol have been carried out in each of the last two years in (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises, broken down by police force area.
Answer
| Police Force | 2007 | 2008 |
| On-Sale | Off-Sale | On-Sale | Off-Sale |
| Central | | | | 55 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | 32 | | 45 |
| Fife | 1 | 27 | 22 | 123 |
| Grampian | | | 2 | 69 |
| Lothian and Borders | | 20 | | 183 |
| Northern | | | | 10 |
| Strathclyde | | 235 | 5 | 414 |
| Tayside | | 11 | | 29 |
The figures available for the amount of test purchases undertaken by Scottish police forces are for the period December 2007 to September 2008.
The 2007 figures do not include test purchases which were part of the Fife Constabulary test purchasing pilot. This commenced in June 2006 and ran for one year in which 415 on-sale premises and 443 off-sale premises were tested.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises have had their licences removed as a result of a test purchase of alcohol in the last year, broken down by police force area.
Answer
Local licensing boards are responsible for taking action against licences. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive , given the financial situation of Aberdeen City Council, whether it believes that efficiency savings of 2% are achievable.
Answer
Due to problems that have built up over a long period of time, the council faces a number of challenges. Delivering services efficiently will be a key part in helping to meet those challenges. Efficiency savings release money which can be used for the benefit of local residents. Far from making it difficult for local authorities, efficiency is a means to their delivering greater service from the resources available.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust will be used to fund the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16207 on 23 September 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when an announcement will be made on funding arrangements for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
We are currently in week two of a possible 13 week public local inquiry. If the scheme is approved it is envisaged that procurement will take place through 2009. Funding arrangements will be addressed as part of the procurement process.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase the Bus Service Operators Grant in light of recent fares increases, in particular to First Group services in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
Ultimately, the level of fares is a matter for individual bus operators who use their own commercial judgement in these matters. Scottish Government support for bus services is considerable, amounting to some £280 million per year. This substantial investment is intended to help the industry drive down costs, encourage more routes and enable more older and disabled people to use these important services. Following the budget statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 6 February 2008 I can confirm that it is our intention that the budget for the Bus Service Operators Grant will be around £61 million in 2008-09.
