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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.

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Question reference: S3W-14524

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fixed penalties were issued in each of the last four years, broken down by sheriffdom.

The following table shows the number of accused persons who were issued with one or more conditional offers of a fixed penalty by Procurators Fiscal in respect of a road traffic offence.

Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalty

PF Area	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total
Argyll and Clyde	481	895	2,055	2,491	5,922
Ayrshire	222	545	1,331	1,807	3,905
Central	908	1,526	2,253	2,645	7,332
Dumfries and Galloway	1,225	1,000	1,467	1,717	5,409
Fife	956	1,454	2,033	2,688	7,131
Glasgow	4,366	6,068	6,892	7,993	25,319
Grampian	2,147	1,965	2,225	3,269	9,606
Highland and Islands	786	1,262	1,391	1,572	5,011
Lanarkshire	2,720	3,204	3,892	4,199	14,015
Lothian and Borders	3,031	3,800	4,542	5,057	16,430
Tayside	1,789	2,484	3,665	3,472	11,410
COPFS	18,631	24,203	31,746	36,910	111,490

Question reference: S3W-14523

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued in each of the last four years, broken down by sheriffdom.

The following table shows the number of accused persons issued with a conditional offer of a fiscal fine.

Fiscal Fines Issued

PF Area	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total
Argyll and Clyde	2,658	3,417	5,296	6,002	17,373
Ayrshire	2,719	4,123	6,861	5,962	19,665
Central	1,921	1,961	2,381	2,108	8,371
Dumfries and Galloway	1,104	852	700	762	3,418
Fife	1,244	1,095	1,664	1,740	5,743
Glasgow	14,157	15,080	17,844	15,957	63,038
Grampian	1,698	1,721	2,119	1,805	7,343
Highland and Islands	2,033	1,988	2,392	2,060	8,473
Lanarkshire	8,442	10,143	11,500	8,230	38,315
Lothian and Borders	3,196	3,964	4,162	5,048	16,370
Tayside	2,156	1,736	2,292	1,828	8,012
COPFS	41,328	46,080	57,211	51,502	196,121

The figures for 2007-08 exclude 65 fiscal fines that were offered in March 2008 as part of one of the new combined offers of a fiscal fine and compensation offer introduced under the provisions of the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Question reference: S3W-14528

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many disposals of cases involving bail breaches there were in each of the last four years, broken down by sheriffdom.

The available information is given in the following table:

Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Offences Related to Breaches of Bail¹, 2003-04 to 2006-07.

Sheriffdom	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
High Court	7	10	9	4
Glasgow and Strathkelvin	402	521	623	976
Grampian, Highland and Islands	361	377	377	602
Lothian and Borders	268	355	478	616
North Strathclyde	280	383	413	426
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway	516	660	685	731
Tayside, Central and Fife	1,218	1,159	1,031	1,360
Scotland	3,052	3,465	3,616	4,715

Note: 1. Where main offence. Includes failing to appear for trial having been given court bail and bail offences other than absconding or re-offending.

Question reference: S3W-14527

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of bail there were in the last 12 months, broken down by sheriffdom.

The available data is given in the following table. This gives the numbers of crimes recorded by the police in 2006-07 where someone has not appeared for trial following bail, and the number of bail offences other than absconding or re-offending. Since the source of this data is police recorded crime, it is not available by sheriffdom.

2006-07	Not Appearing for Trial Following Bail	Bail Offences Other than Absconding or Re-Offending
Aberdeen City	0	232
Aberdeenshire	0	181
Angus	0	302
Argyll and Bute	0	90
City of Edinburgh	0	974
City of Glasgow	11	2,297
Clackmannanshire	0	320
Dumfries and Galloway	0	129
Dundee City	0	1,085
East Ayrshire	0	158
East Dunbartonshire	0	95
East Lothian	0	46
East Renfrewshire	2	81
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	0	47
Falkirk	0	417
Fife	0	785
Highland	0	341
Inverclyde	0	92
Midlothian	0	102
Moray	0	182
North Ayrshire	1	189
North Lanarkshire	5	935
Orkney Islands	0	8
Perth and Kinross	0	298
Renfrewshire	0	192
Scottish Borders	0	109
Shetland Islands	0	14
South Ayrshire	0	116
South Lanarkshire	3	523
Stirling	0	238
West Dunbartonshire	1	135
West Lothian	0	251
All Scotland	23	10,964

Question reference: S3W-14042

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans, under the restructuring of district courts, to close courts in Motherwell, Monklands, Cumbernauld, or anywhere else in Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-12146

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police were on leave pending an inquiry following a complaint in each of the last five years, broken down by the nature of complaint.

Question reference: S3W-11468

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with Korsakov’s syndrome in each year since 1999, broken down (a) into ages (i) 6 and under, (ii) 7 to 10, (iii) 11 to 13, (iv) 14 to 17, (v) 18 to 24, (vi) 25 to 30, (vii) 31 to 39, (viii) 40 to 49, (ix) 50 to 59, (x) 60 to 69, (xi) 70 to 79, (xii) 80 to 85 and (xiii) 85 and over and (b) by NHS board area.

Question reference: S3W-11819

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 22 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent by Scottish Enterprise in payments to senior staff who have left the company since May 2007, broken down by position.

Question reference: S3W-08368

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 21 January 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in secondary education in Scotland were identified in the 2007 census as having dyslexia.

The results of the 2007pupil census are due to be published on 26 February 2008 and will be availableon the government website at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00641.

The number of pupils withdyslexia in publicly funded secondary education in Scotlandidentified in the 2006 census is available on the government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/48.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/50.

Data on pupils withdyslexia in the independent sector are available at the following links:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/04/16162451/27.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/04/16162451/29.

Question reference: S3W-07978

Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 10 January 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many written parliamentary questions it has received since 1999 and, of these, how many have been answered stating that the data requested is not held centrally, also broken down by year and subject.