Chamber and committees

The available informationis given in the tables for the years for which data is available. The statisticsdealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable fora number of reasons. A singlecrime or offence recorded by the police may have more than one perpetrator, or alternatively,an individual may be convicted of several cases of the same crime. There is the possibility that the crime oroffence recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings,while a crime or offence may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedingsnot concluded until a later year. Crimes and offences alleged to have been committedby children under 16 years old are also generally dealt with through the children’shearings system rather than through the courts.

Offences Recordedby Police for Supply or Possession with Intent to Supply Drugs by Police ForceArea, 2002-03 to 2006-07

Police Force Area	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Central	508	543	551	585	629
Dumfries and Galloway	345	426	332	274	305
Fife	657	544	680	555	619
Grampian	889	594	695	731	730
Lothian and Borders	1,948	1,677	1,896	1,884	2,532
Northern	294	435	287	388	492
Strathclyde	4,623	4,293	3,820	4,124	4,357
Tayside	676	772	817	752	780
Scotland	9,940	9,284	9,078	9,293	10,444

 

Persons ProceededAgainst for Supply or Possession with Intent to Supply Drugs¹ byPolice Force Area, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Police Force Area	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	106	126	125	124
Dumfries and Galloway	64	65	77	90
Fife	88	97	76	85
Grampian	188	173	210	193
Lothian and Borders	242	213	350	306
Northern	81	97	102	59
Strathclyde	749	911	915	801
Tayside	171	150	168	161
Scotland	1,689	1,832	2,023	1,822

Note: 1. Where mainoffence.

Persons with aCharge Proved for Supply, Possession with Intent to Supply Drugs¹ byPolice Force Area, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Police Force Area	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	92	115	97	91
Dumfries and Galloway	55	44	60	70
Fife	70	66	63	68
Grampian	157	151	169	176
Lothian and Borders	188	169	293	266
Northern	69	86	91	57
Strathclyde	693	787	770	688
Tayside	140	118	146	143
Scotland	1,464	1,536	1,689	1,562

Note: 1. Where mainoffence.

Data on the numberof deaths from bowel (colorectal) cancers are available by NHS board and year (1980-2006)on the Information Services Division website at: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_colorectal_mort_m.xls.

The latest year forwhich mortality data are available is 2006.

This information isnot held centrally. The police recorded crime statistics collected centrally arebased on an aggregate return, and do not distinguish the circumstances of the crime,such as the age of the offender.

This information isnot held centrally. The police recorded crime statistics collected centrally arebased on an aggregate return, and do not distinguish the circumstances of the crime,such as the age of the offender.

This information isnot held centrally. The number of knives seized by police forces through initiativescarried out as part of the Safer Scotland Anti Violence Campaign 2006-07 are shownin the table below.

Number of KnivesSeized, by Police Force, 2006-07

Force	Number
Central	67
Dumfries and Galloway	18
Fife	49
Grampian	127
Lothian and Borders	140
Northern	58
Strathclyde	858
Tayside	49
Total	1,366
British Transport Police (BTP)	9
Ministry of Defence Police (MoD)	0
Total - including BTP and MoD	1,375

 

Figures from the 2006-07Safer Scotland anti-violence campaign.

This data is not heldcentrally.

This data is not heldcentrally.

The Scottish Governmentwill be providing the NHS and local government in Scotland with record levels of funding over the period covered by the spending review2008-11.

For the NHS in Scotland, all NHS boards receive an annual allocation of funds, which will be announcedshortly. It is for each NHS board to decide how best to utilise these funds to meetthe health care needs of its resident population, including mental health services,taking account of national and local priorities.

The record funding included within the draft ScottishGovernment Budget will ensure continuity of approach and investment on mental healthand other priorities by all NHS boards, local authorities and other partners andwill support the delivery of the now four HEAT targets for NHS Scotland includingthe focus on early detection and support for those with dementia and for their families.

For local government,the vast majority of the funding, including the funding for mental health services,will be provided by means of a block grant. It is the responsibility of each localauthority to allocate the total financial resources available to it on the basisof local needs and priorities having first fulfilled its statutory obligations andthe jointly agreed set of national and local priorities including the Scottish Government’skey strategic objectives and manifesto commitments.

Information onthe percentage of people in the NHS Grampian area diagnosed with bowel cancerfrom 2002 to 2007 under the age of 50 is shown in the following table:

Table 1: ThePercentage and Number of Cases of People Under the Age of 50 Diagnosed withBowel (Colorectal) Cancer

Year	% under 50	Total number of incident cases
2002	4.9	20
2003	6.0	24
2004	5.7	20

 

The latest yearfor which cancer registration data are complete is 2004.

Data on thenumber of people diagnosed with bowel (colorectal) cancer are available by NHS boardand year (1980-2004) on the Information Services Division website at:http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_colorectal_inc.xls.

The latest yearfor which cancer registration data are complete is 2004.