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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4F-02208

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-02189

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4F-02163

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-02140

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4F-02126

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-02109

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4F-02084

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-20820

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) children or young people and (b) adults have been reported to procurators fiscal under section 105 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 in each of the last three years, and how many were subsequently (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted.

The information relating to charges reported has been provided by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). There are many different forms of action that the Procurator Fiscal can take, including referral to the Children’s Reporter, Fiscal Fines, the imposition of Fiscal Work Orders and other alternatives to prosecution in court. The percentage of charges in which action was taken overall in relation to charges reported is: in 2010-11: 82%, 2011-12: 82% and 2012-13: 78%.

Table 1. Number of charges reported¹ to COPFS under Section 105 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, by age of accused.

Financial Year reported

Age of accused	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
1. Under 18	64	57	35
2. 18 to 20	149	132	74
3. 21 and over	162	154	144
Total	375	343	253

1. COPFS records the number of individual charges reported to it, not the numbers of cases containing a particular type of crime. A reported case can contain multiple charges of the same type against one or more offenders

(i)(ii) Information in tables 2 and 3 relate to prosecutions and convictions and come from Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings Database.

Table 2. People prosecuted for offences under section 105 of Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005¹, by age of accused

Age of accused²	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
1. under 18	1	2	1
2. 18 to 20	32	25	11
3. 21 and over	60	39	38
Total prosecuted³	93	66	50

Table 3. People convicted of offences under section 105 of Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005¹, by age of accused

Age of accused²	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
1. under 18	0	2	1
2. 18 to 20	30	24	11
3. 21 and over	59	35	38
Total convicted³	89	61	50

1. Where main offence.

2. The age of each person is calculated as at the date of sentence or acquittal.

3. Court proceedings statistics are based on the year in which the person's case is disposed of. People are counted once for each occasion on which they are proceeded against. If a person is proceeded against more than once on the same day, each proceeding will be counted separately. Where a person is proceeded against for more than one crime or offence in a single proceeding, only the main charge is counted.

Question reference: S4F-02072

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.

Question reference: S4F-02029

Asked by: Ruth Davidson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 April 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2014

To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister.