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Question reference: S2W-27784

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children aged (a) 8, (b) 9, (c) 10, (d) 11, (e) 12, (f) 13, (g) 14, (h) 15, (i) 16 and (j) 17 have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of under-age drinking in each sheriff court area in each of the last five years.

Statistics on personscharged by the police are not available centrally. Children aged under 16 aregenerally referred to the children’s hearings system for all but the most seriousoffences. With very few exceptions, any prosecutions for under-age drinkingtake place in the district courts which are organised on a local authority areabasis. Information on the number of children aged under 18 who were proceededagainst in Scottish courts for under-age drinking was given in reply toS2W-27288 answered on 8 August 2006. Figures on the number of persons where thecharge was proved are given in the following tables.

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Persons Aged 16 and Under¹with a Charge Proved for Under-Age Drinking^2,3, by Local Authority Area⁴,2000-01 to 2004-05

Local Authority Area	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	-	-	-
Angus	-	-	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	1	-	-
Dundee City	2	1	1	2	2
East Ayrshire	1	1	2	4	3
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	1	5	2
East Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
East Renfrewshire	-	-	-	1	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	-	-	-	-
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	1	1	2
Fife	-	-	1	-	-
Glasgow City	5	7	9	5	9
Highland	-	1	-	1	-
Inverclyde	1	-	1	1	-
Midlothian	-	-	-	-	-
Moray	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	-	-	1	1	4
North Lanarkshire	4	6	5	4	19
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	-	1	-
Renfrewshire	-	2	-	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	5	1	1
South Lanarkshire	3	7	2	4	7
Stirling	-	-	1	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	1	-	1	1
West Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	16	26	31	32	51

Note:

1. All aged 16 apart fromtwo 15-year-olds (one proceeded against in 2003-04 in Dundee City, andone proceeded against in 2004-05 in East Ayrshire).

2. Where main offence.

3. Includes persons agedunder 18 proceeded against for buying excisable liquor or consuming in a bar,or for contraventions of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol indesignated places.

4. Incorporates anapproximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from morethan one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

Persons Aged 17 Proceeded Againstfor Under-age Drinking^1,2, by Local Authority Area³2000-01 to 2004-05

Local Authority Area	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	-	1	-
Angus	-	2	-	1	1
Argyll and Bute	3	4	2	2	4
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	3
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	-	1
Dundee City	3	8	7	3	1
East Ayrshire	4	2	4	12	12
East Dunbartonshire	3	3	4	3	5
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire	-	2	-	2	3
Edinburgh, City of	-	-	-	-	-
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	1	1	2	2	2
Fife	1	1	-	5	4
Glasgow City	12	43	24	22	23
Highland	-	-	6	1	1
Inverclyde	2	1	4	1	1
Midlothian	-	-	2	-	-
Moray	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	2	2	1	5	5
North Lanarkshire	14	10	21	26	50
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	1	-	1	1	-
Renfrewshire	2	-	3	-	2
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	1
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	9	16	1
South Lanarkshire	14	29	14	13	13
Stirling	-	-	2	-	5
West Dunbartonshire	1	3	2	5	2
West Lothian	-	1	1	3	2
Scotland	64	112	109	124	142

Note:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes persons agedunder 18 proceeded against for buying excisable liquor or consuming in a bar,or for contraventions of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol indesignated places.

3. Incorporates anapproximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from morethan one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

Question reference: S2W-27780

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have had their stay terminated prematurely from (a) secure units and (b) residential homes in each of the last 10 years, also giving the reasons for the premature termination.

Question reference: S2W-27683

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have been found guilty of a crime in each of the last five years, broken down by category of offence and outcome.

The available information isgiven in the tables.

Women with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts, by Main Crime/Offence and Main Penalty, 2000-01

Main crime or offence	Custody	Community sentence	Monetary	Other	Total
All crimes and offences	933	1,855	9,812	3,315	15,915
All crimes	648	1,249	2,524	1,453	5,874
Non-sexual crimes of violence	54	89	21	57	221
Homicide	7	1	-	-	8
Serious assault and attempted murder	24	38	11	7	80
Robbery	18	17	5	4	44
Other	5	33	5	46	89
Crimes of indecency	-	7	105	47	159
Lewd and indecent behaviour	-	-	1	-	1
Other	-	7	104	47	158
Crimes of dishonesty	451	785	1,648	875	3,759
Housebreaking	15	18	27	12	72
Theft by opening a lockfast place	2	12	9	14	37
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	1	8	16	19	44
Shoplifting	272	321	908	476	1,977
Other theft	103	198	343	185	829
Fraud	22	91	213	80	406
Other	36	137	132	89	394
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	7	56	209	82	354
Fire-raising	1	9	2	3	15
Vandalism etc	6	47	207	79	339
Other crime	136	312	541	392	1,381
Crimes against public justice	57	115	214	237	623
Handling an offensive weapon	14	45	21	37	117
Drugs	64	152	306	118	640
Other	1	-	-	-	1
All offences	285	606	7,288	1,862	10,041
Miscellaneous offences	269	554	3,014	1,633	5,470
Common assault	68	221	683	460	1,432
Breach of the peace	37	103	847	589	1,576
Drunkenness	-	1	22	22	45
Breach of social work orders	164	201	41	207	613
Other	-	28	1,421	355	1,804
Motor vehicle offences	16	52	4,274	229	4,571
Dangerous and careless driving	-	3	268	19	290
Drunk driving	4	20	622	16	662
Speeding	-	-	1,116	2	1,118
Unlawful use of vehicle	12	29	1,681	168	1,890
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	79	11	90
Other	-	-	508	13	521

Women with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts, by Main Crime/Offence and Main Penalty, 2001-02

Main crime or offence	Custody	Community sentence	Monetary	Other	Total
All crimes and offences	1,126	2,142	9,900	3,301	16,469
All crimes	820	1,476	2,543	1,483	6,322
Non-sexual crimes of violence	52	106	21	46	225
Homicide	6	3	-	-	9
Serious assault and attempted murder	22	51	9	5	87
Robbery	23	19	5	2	49
Other	1	33	7	39	80
Crimes of indecency	1	14	70	28	113
Lewd and indecent behaviour	-	1	1	2	4
Other	1	13	69	26	109
Crimes of dishonesty	576	923	1,665	899	4,063
Housebreaking	11	31	21	14	77
Theft by opening a lockfast place	6	14	11	6	37
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	4	18	18	13	53
Shoplifting	374	438	932	536	2,280
Other theft	114	190	323	167	794
Fraud	20	95	230	82	427
Other	47	137	130	81	395
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	22	60	210	62	354
Fire-raising	6	13	-	2	21
Vandalism etc	16	47	210	60	333
Other crime	169	373	577	448	1,567
Crimes against public justice	64	142	212	281	699
Handling an offensive weapon	13	44	34	30	121
Drugs	92	187	330	137	746
Other	-	-	1	-	1
All offences	306	666	7,357	1,818	10,147
Miscellaneous offences	295	586	2,671	1,575	5,127
Common assault	69	248	769	483	1,569
Breach of the peace	69	117	907	568	1,661
Drunkenness	-	-	18	13	31
Breach of social work orders	152	186	51	209	598
Other	5	35	926	302	1,268
Motor vehicle offences	11	80	4,686	243	5,020
Dangerous and careless driving	1	4	365	20	390
Drunk driving	1	28	654	14	697
Speeding	-	-	1,232	1	1,233
Unlawful use of vehicle	9	47	1,824	195	2,075
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	65	6	71
Other	-	1	546	7	554

Women with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts, by Main Crime/Offence and Main Penalty, 2002-03

Main crime or offence	Custody	Community sentence	Monetary	Other	Total
All crimes and offences	1,215	2,598	11,599	3,546	18,958
All crimes	793	1,657	2,552	1,571	6,573
Non-sexual crimes of violence	74	144	27	58	303
Homicide	9	-	-	1	10
Serious assault and attempted murder	20	59	17	7	103
Robbery	40	40	3	3	86
Other	5	45	7	47	104
Crimes of indecency	-	5	67	30	102
Lewd and indecent behaviour	-	1	-	-	1
Other	-	4	67	30	101
Crimes of dishonesty	541	1,081	1,611	936	4,169
Housebreaking	14	33	23	16	86
Theft by opening a lockfast place	3	14	16	8	41
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	1	6	23	12	42
Shoplifting	344	581	958	564	2,447
Other theft	116	203	257	178	754
Fraud	15	98	199	94	406
Other	48	146	135	64	393
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	21	39	265	101	426
Fire-raising	6	3	2	-	11
Vandalism etc	15	36	263	101	415
Other crime	157	388	582	446	1,573
Crimes against public justice	70	134	185	252	641
Handling an offensive weapon	10	45	33	40	128
Drugs	77	208	357	153	795
Other	-	1	7	1	9
All offences	422	941	9,047	1,975	12,385
Miscellaneous offences	395	789	3,324	1,673	6,181
Common assault	113	315	868	479	1,775
Breach of the peace	65	111	936	642	1,754
Drunkenness	-	2	23	16	41
Breach of social work orders	213	305	53	230	801
Other	4	56	1,444	306	1,810
Motor vehicle offences	27	152	5,723	302	6,204
Dangerous and careless driving	3	8	423	26	460
Drunk driving	10	70	1,060	18	1,158
Speeding	-	-	1,419	4	1,423
Unlawful use of vehicle	14	73	2,158	225	2,470
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	105	7	112
Other	-	1	558	22	581

Women with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts, by Main Crime/Offence and Main Penalty, 2003-04

Main crime or offence	Custody	Community sentence	Monetary	Other	Total
All crimes and offences	1,300	2,594	13,124	3,833	20,851
All crimes	878	1,668	2,731	1,660	6,937
Non-sexual crimes of violence	89	163	30	93	375
Homicide	7	2	-	1	10
Serious assault and attempted murder	37	70	13	10	130
Robbery	37	34	10	7	88
Other	8	57	7	75	147
Crimes of indecency	-	5	96	30	131
Lewd and indecent behaviour	-	3	-	1	4
Other	-	2	96	29	127
Crimes of dishonesty	565	1,023	1,615	955	4,158
Housebreaking	16	47	23	17	103
Theft by opening a lockfast place	7	12	13	8	40
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	4	16	20	11	51
Shoplifting	364	552	922	603	2,441
Other theft	107	160	274	158	699
Fraud	23	113	236	87	459
Other	44	123	127	71	365
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	25	62	270	94	451
Fire-raising	4	14	3	1	22
Vandalism etc	21	48	267	93	429
Other crime	199	415	720	488	1,822
Crimes against public justice	80	161	211	268	720
Handling an offensive weapon	13	38	53	34	138
Drugs	106	215	451	186	958
Other	-	1	5	-	6
All offences	422	926	10,393	2,173	13,914
Miscellaneous offences	393	803	3,918	1,854	6,968
Common assault	98	331	906	627	1,962
Breach of the peace	79	149	984	600	1,812
Drunkenness	8	-	30	13	51
Breach of social work orders	202	275	50	207	734
Other	6	48	1,948	407	2,409
Motor vehicle offences	29	123	6,475	319	6,946
Dangerous and careless driving	3	5	528	38	574
Drunk driving	5	56	943	17	1,021
Speeding	-	-	1,954	5	1,959
Unlawful use of vehicle	20	61	2,370	228	2,679
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	101	15	116
Other	1	1	579	16	597

Women with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts, by Main Crime/Offence and Main Penalty, 2004-05

Main crime or offence	Custody	Community sentence	Monetary	Other	Total
All crimes and offences	1,369	2,737	13,334	4,028	21,468
All crimes	924	1,650	2,928	1,757	7,259
Non-sexual crimes of violence	67	148	34	78	327
Homicide	4	3	-	-	7
Serious assault and attempted murder	33	60	15	10	118
Robbery	28	39	6	6	79
Other	2	46	13	62	123
Crimes of indecency	1	4	169	55	229
Indecent assault	1	-	-	-	1
Lewd and indecent behaviour	-	1	1	2	4
Other	-	3	168	53	224
Crimes of dishonesty	599	987	1,673	957	4,216
Housebreaking	16	35	29	17	97
Theft by opening a lockfast place	5	18	33	14	70
Theft of/from a motor vehicle	1	12	14	12	39
Shoplifting	395	500	954	606	2,455
Other theft	115	172	280	164	731
Fraud	32	132	244	87	495
Other	35	118	119	57	329
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	22	64	304	111	501
Fire-raising	4	14	2	4	24
Vandalism etc	18	50	302	107	477
Other crime	235	447	748	556	1,986
Crimes against public justice	78	168	211	327	784
Handling an offensive weapon	16	45	78	40	179
Drugs	140	234	456	188	1,018
Other	1	-	3	1	5
All offences	445	1,087	10,406	2,271	14,209
Miscellaneous offences	420	948	4,105	1,993	7,466
Common assault	133	435	945	577	2,090
Breach of the peace	95	192	969	667	1,923
Drunkenness	2	5	22	21	50
Breach of social work orders	173	253	57	313	796
Other	17	63	2,112	415	2,607
Motor vehicle offences	25	139	6,301	278	6,743
Dangerous and careless driving	-	16	460	35	511
Drunk driving	2	54	1,041	15	1,112
Speeding	-	-	2,160	14	2,174
Unlawful use of vehicle	23	67	2,051	189	2,330
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	112	8	120
Other	-	2	477	17	496

Question reference: S2W-27778

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) longest, (b) average and (c) shortest time was for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to settle a claim (i) since and (ii) in each year since its inception.

Question reference: S2W-27779

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many outstanding claims the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority currently has and in what years these claims were initiated.

Question reference: S2W-27783

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young offenders have been tested for dyslexia and how many have (a) gone on to re-offend and (b) been offered sufficient support after being diagnosed with dyslexia in each year since 1997, broken down by sheriff court area.

Question reference: S2W-27782

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been tested for dyslexia in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-27608

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children in local authority care homes have been charged with a crime in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-27607

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 21 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have run away from local authority care homes in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-27609

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times sheriffs have granted bail where a procurator fiscal has recommended against it in each of the last 10 years, broken down by sheriff court area.

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