- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of possession of a firearm were considered by summary trial in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2004-05 are planned for publication in April 2006.
Persons Proceeded Against for Possession of a Firearm1, by Summary Trial in Scottish Courts, 20032
| Sheriffdom | Possess a Firearm with Intent to Endanger life, Commit Crime etc. | Reckless Conduct with Firearms | Firearms Miscellaneous Offences | Total |
| Glasgow | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| Grampian, Highland and Islands | - | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| Lothian and Borders | 4 | 12 | 21 | 37 |
| North Strathclyde | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| South Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| Scotland | 11 | 42 | 93 | 146 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes estimated data.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there were for possession of a firearm in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2004-05 are planned for publication in April 2006.
Persons with a Charge Proved for Possession of a Firearm1 in Scottish Courts, 20032
| Sheriffdom | Possess a Firearm with Intent to Endanger Life, Commit Crime etc. | Reckless Conduct with Firearms | Firearms Miscellaneous Offences | Total |
| High court | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Glasgow | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| Grampian, Highland and Islands | - | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| Lothian and Borders | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| North Strathclyde | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| South Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| Scotland | 19 | 37 | 101 | 157 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes estimated data.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Environment and Rural Affairs Department has carried out any analysis of the environmental impact of small-scale renewables.
Answer
The Executive has recently reviewed its Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative. This showed estimated lifetime carbon savings of almost twenty thousand tonnes for around 650 small scale renewables projects supported by the initiative from its inception in 2002 to May 2005.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been for possession of a knife in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2004-05 are planned for publication in March 2006.
Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Handling an Offensive Weapon1, by Sheriffdom, 20032
| Sheriffdom | Possession of an Offensive Weapon4 | Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point |
| Glasgow and Strathkelvin | 608 | 520 |
| Grampian, Highland and Islands | 79 | 85 |
| Lothian and Borders | 103 | 151 |
| North Strathclyde | 216 | 287 |
| South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | 272 | 193 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 169 | 113 |
| Scotland3 | 1,448 | 1,349 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes estimated data.
3. Includes High Court.
4. Knives cannot be identified separately from other types of offensive weapon in the data held for this crime category.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of possession of a knife have been considered by trial on indictment in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2004-05 are planned for publication in March 2006.
Persons Proceeded Against on Indictment in Scottish Courts for Handling an Offensive Weapon1, by Sheriffdom, 20032
| Sheriffdom | Possession of an Offensive Weapon4 | Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point |
| Glasgow and Strathkelvin | 10 | 9 |
| Grampian, Highland and Islands | 2 | - |
| Lothian and Borders | - | 2 |
| North Strathclyde | 3 | 7 |
| South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | 4 | 1 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 5 | 1 |
| Scotland3 | 25 | 21 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes estimated data.
3. Includes High Court.
4. Knives cannot be identified separately from other types of offensive weapon in the data held for this crime category.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of possession of a knife have been considered by summary trial in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2004-05 are planned for publication in March 2006.
Persons Proceeded Against in Summary Courts for Handling an Offensive Weapon1, by Sheriffdom, 20032
| Sheriffdom | Possession of an Offensive Weapon3 | Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point |
| Glasgow and Strathkelvin | 674 | 567 |
| Grampian, Highland and Islands | 103 | 95 |
| Lothian and Borders | 137 | 177 |
| North Strathclyde | 260 | 315 |
| South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | 346 | 233 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 216 | 130 |
| Scotland | 1,736 | 1,517 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes estimated data.
3. Knives cannot be identified separately from other types of offensive weapon in the data held for this crime category.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to secure consultant-led maternity services across Scotland.
Answer
The national policy context is laid out in the Framework for Maternity Services published in 2001 and the report of the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services (EGAMS) published in 2002. The EGAMS report provides guidance for NHS boards on levels of care, ensuring that women get access to the correct level of care for their needs. It is for NHS boards to plan the location and type of maternity services provided for their local population within a regional network.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the outcome of the consultation on Community Justice Authorities.
Answer
The responses to the consultation were published on the Scottish Executive website on 26 July 2005. I have today placed copies of the independent analysis of the responses to the consultation on Community Justice Authorities in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37859) along with my response to the analysis (Bib. number 37865).
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 3 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop mediation schemes for adult offenders.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides a wide range of interventions targeting the problem of low-level offending, including funding of £335,654 for reparation and mediation schemes operated by SACRO (Safeguarding Communities Reducing Offending) in partnership with local authorities as part of Diversion from Prosecution. Such schemes currently operate in Edinburgh, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Aberdeen.
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to extend provision beyond these existing schemes.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 26 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will provide for mediation services in the next three years, broken down by department where possible.
Answer
Information is not held centrally on funding provision by Executive departments for the next three years.
