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Questions and Answers Date answered: 25 October 2006

S2W-28900

Includes motorway and clearway offences.Motor Vehicle Offences witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts – Female Offenders, 1999-2000 to 2004-05 Type of Offence 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Total offences 7,307 6,182 6,859 8,704 9,766 9,050 Serious Driving Offences Dangerous driving 31 23 35 47 53 52 Careless driving 586 397 502 618 706 636 Drunk Driving 773 714 755 1,247 1,117 1,209 Driving while unfit through drink or drugs 61 36 47 66 57 77 In charge while unfit through drink or drugs 1 5 5 12 8 6 Driving with excess blood alcohol 544 535 577 972 835 891 In charge with excess blood alcohol 27 21 31 47 43 50 Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside 42 22 27 29 38 35 Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station 98 95 68 121 136 150 Failing to stop after accident 268 159 179 220 266 216 Driving while disqualified 83 99 113 199 187 176 Speeding Offences Speeding in restricted areas 1,084 617 465 445 622 616 Other speeding offences1 672 526 779 999 1,364 1,589 Signal and Direction Offences Traffic direction offences 134 141 187 195 139 136 Pedestrian crossing offences 56 40 33 33 34 33 Lighting, Construction and Use Offences Lighting offences 103 72 91 103 90 67 Construction and use regulations 186 126 133 173 204 164 Documentation Offences Vehicle excise licence offences 660 750 707 591 616 541 No test certificate 276 292 317 379 470 283 Driving licence offences 544 546 638 931 1,166 1,001 Third party insurance offences 1,341 1,292 1,516 2,136 2,305 1,967 Registration/identification offences 24 9 11 11 16 19 Other Offences Failure to provide information to identify driver 9 8 11 31 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 20 April 2005

S2W-15852

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences1, by Police Force Area, 1997- 2003 Offence/Police Force Area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20032 Housebreaking Central 159 102 139 109 160 154 150 Dumfries and Galloway 99 118 105 109 104 97 86 Fife 347 297 330 292 334 268 275 Grampian 497 469 470 429 415 351 363 Lothian and Borders 486 369 331 388 347 416 353 Northern 125 106 104 71 102 76 103 Strathclyde 1,288 1,293 1,358 1,096 1,075 1,122 1,004 Tayside 274 223 184 192 174 251 198 Total 3,275 2,977 3,021 2,686 2,711 2,735 2,532 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place Central 113 91 81 55 66 73 73 Dumfries and Galloway 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 8 March 2005

S2W-14712

Information broken down by employing local authority and information relating to police, fire and teaching staff who are employed in local government and who have retired on health grounds is not held in the form requested and is therefore not readily available.Local Government Pension Scheme Membership and Ill Health Retirement Details 2003-04, Figures taken from LFR 24 Returns *Figures for All Employees is Excluding Admitted Employees Pension Fund No. of Contributing Members Total Ill-Health Retirals Percentage *All Employees Admitted Employees Aberdeen City 21,251 2,616 23,867 N/A Dumfries and Galloway 4,999 281 5,280 39 0.74 Dundee City 15,603 1,957 17,560 82 0.47 Edinburgh City 30,296 5,112 35,408 164 0.46 Falkirk 11,364 748 12,112 66 0.54 Fife 14,190 275 14,465 78 0.54 Glasgow City 77,286 9,902 87,188 395 0.45 Highland 11,354 453 11,807 40 0.34 Orkney Islands 1,231 160 1,391 7 0.50 Shetland Islands 2,175 699 2,874 11 0.38 Scottish Borders 3,757 271 4,028 13 0.32 Local Government Pension Scheme Membership and Ill Health Retirement Details 2002-03, Figures taken from LFR 24 Returns *Figures for All Employees is Excluding Admitted Employees Pension Fund No. of Contributing Members Total Ill-Health Retirals Percentage *All Employees Admitted Employees Aberdeen City 20,102 2,626 22,728 102 0.45 Dumfries and Galloway 4,749 161 4,910 29 0.59 Dundee City 14,472 1,830 16,302 92 0.56 Edinburgh City 29,477 5,095 34,572 175 0.51 Falkirk 10,777 732 11,509 101 0.87 Fife 13,694 325 14,019 86 0.61 Glasgow City 71,705 9,879 81,584 487 0.59 Highland 11,048 459 11,507 42 0.36 Orkney Islands 1,070 151 1,221 8 0.65 Shetland Islands 1,990 678 2,668 17 0.64 Scottish Borders 3,616 207 3,823 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 31 January 2005

S2W-13393

The differences between the median wait and mean wait for in-patient/day case treatment and new out-patient appointments for the quarters ending: 30 June 1997,30 June 1999 and 30 September 2004, by NHS board of residence were asfollows: Difference in Median and Mean Wait (days) NHS Board (Residence) Quarter end In-patient/Day Case Waiting Time First Out-patient Appointment Waiting Time Median Wait Mean Wait Difference Median Wait Mean Wait Difference Scotland 30-Jun-97 34 59.7 -25.7 40 53.7 -13.7 30-Jun-99 30 53.5 -23.5 46 64.0 -18.0 30-Sep-04p 43 81.3 -38.3 55 89.8 -34.8 Argyll and Clyde 30-Jun-97 36 61.1 -25.1 39 59.0 -20.0 30-Jun-99 29 50.9 -21.9 42 58.5 -16.5 30-Sep-04p 45 76.2 -31.2 55 81.3 -26.3 Ayrshire and Arran 30-Jun-97 33 57.1 -24.1 35 44.4 -9.4 30-Jun-99 34 55.4 -21.4 37 48.4 -11.4 30-Sep-04p 52 86.1 -34.1 51 80.5 -29.5 Borders 30-Jun-97 28 46.7 -18.7 33 43.3 -10.3 30-Jun-99 27 43.4 -16.4 35 47.1 -12.1 30-Sep-04p 40 74.1 -34.1 41 74.2 -33.2 Dumfries and Galloway 30-Jun-97 33 60.2 -27.2 35 41.0 -6.0 30-Jun-99 31 49.9 -18.9 45 53.2 -8.2 30-Sep-04p 52 79.1 -27.1 49 79.8 -30.8 Fife 30-Jun-97 37 69.1 -32.1 48 58.8 -10.8 30-Jun-99 39 73.6 -34.6 54 73.4 -19.4 30-Sep-04p 45 90.1 -45.1 62 92.7 -30.7 Difference in Median and Mean Wait (days) NHS Board (Residence) Quarter end In-patient/Day Case Waiting Time First Out-patient Appointment Waiting Time Median Wait Mean Wait Difference Median Wait Mean Wait Difference Forth Valley 30-Jun-97 31 56.8 -25.8 42 52.0 -10.0 30-Jun-99 32 56.2 -24.2 54 68.9 -14.9 30-Sep-04p 50 90.2 -40.2 64 102.3 -38.3 Grampian 30-Jun-97 33 60.0 -27.0 35 50.4 -15.4 30-Jun-99 28 48.8 -20.8 49 67.1 -18.1 30-Sep-04p 38 77.6 -39.6 57 92.4 -35.4 Greater Glasgow 30-Jun-97 35 59.3 -24.3 46 59.2 -13.2 30-Jun-99 29 53.1 -24.1 48 65.7 -17.7 30-Sep-04p 34 75.0 -41.0 59 103.0 -44.0 Highland 30-Jun-97 30 52.0 -22.0 31 50.8 -19.8 30-Jun-99 28 49.7 -21.7 35 56.0 -21.0 30-Sep-04p 42 84.2 -42.2 43 79.5 -36.5 Lanarkshire 30-Jun-97 38 64.4 -26.4 44 57.4 -13.4 30-Jun-99 28 48.5 -20.5 50 70.4 -20.4 30-Sep-04p 54 90.7 -36.7 62 94.6 -32.6 Lothian 30-Jun-97 30 55.8 -25.8 38 53.7 -15.7 30-Jun-99 29 51.9 -22.9 46 69.3 -23.3 30-Sep-04p 42 84.4 -42.4 50 83.4 -33.4 Orkney 30-Jun-97 20 35.8 -15.8 22 31.3 -9.3 30-Jun-99 24 29.0 -5.0 29 33.8 -4.8 30-Sep-04p 25 45.1 -20.1 31 47.0 -16.0 Shetland 30-Jun-97 34 55.0 -21.0 32 37.7 -5.7 30-Jun-99 20 42.1 -22.1 30 34.4 -4.4 30-Sep-04p 34 62.9 -28.9 35 41.1 -6.1 Tayside 30-Jun-97 34 63.3 -29.3 37 47.0 -10.0 30-Jun-99 33 57.8 -24.8 44 58.9 -14.9 30-Sep-04p 47 77.2 -30.2 53 89.2 -36.2 Western Isles 30-Jun-97 30 50.0 -20.0 34 46.6 -12.6 30-Jun-99 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 6 December 2004

S2W-12292

Detailed information for such staff for the period requested is not available.Number Of Full-Time Equivalent Staff in Post in Scottish Executive Core Departments1 April 1999 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,658 199.8 3,857.8 303.5 7.9% Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries 967 39.8 1,006.8 88.7 8.8% Central Services 1,002 37.9 1,039.9 137.9 13.3% Centrally Managed Staff 67 7.4 74.4 0 0.0% Development Department 476 20.2 496.2 15 3.0% Education and Industry Department 553 43.6 596.6 18 3.0% Health Department 235 20.5 255.5 14.5 5.7% Home Department 358 30.4 388.4 29.4 7.6% 1 April 2000 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,813 205.6 4,018.6 146.6 3.6% Central Services 787 36.1 823.1 16.6 2.0% Centrally Managed Staff 202 8.2 210.2 9.9 4.7% Development Department 495 25.3 520.3 6 1.2% Education Department 335 23.4 358.4 4 1.1% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department 277 20.9 297.9 7 2.3% Executive Secretariat 265 10.7 275.7 15.4 5.6% Health Department 292 19 311 13 4.2% Justice Department 182 21.9 203.9 8.8 4.3% Rural Affairs Department 978 40.1 1,018.1 65.9 6.5% 1 April 2001 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,849 228.5 4,077.5 177.1 4.3% Central Services 800 46.8 846.8 35.5 4.2% Centrally Managed Staff 95 2.7 97.7 3 3.1% Development Department 481 27.5 508.5 8 1.6% Education Department 361 30.8 391.8 8.8 2.2% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Dept 290 23.9 313.9 9.5 3.0% Executive Secretariat 278 14.9 292.9 21.3 7.3% Health Department 319 18.3 337.3 6.5 1.9% Justice Department 196 22.9 218.9 11.4 5.2% Rural Affairs Department 1,029 40.7 1,069.7 73.1 6.8% 1 April 2002 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 4,060 257.1 4,317.1 274.3 6.4% Centrally Managed Staff 91 4.3 95.3 5 5.2% Corporate Services 628 41.8 669.8 52.2 7.8% Development Department 539 32.2 571.2 22.6 4.0% Education Department 290 25.4 315.4 25.8 8.2% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Dept 319 23.7 342.7 18.9 5.5% Executive Secretariat 292 17.5 309.5 22.5 7.3% Finance 135 9.1 144.1 1 0.7% Health Department 355 20.8 375.8 5.5 1.5% Justice Department 221 29.1 250.1 17.1 6.8% Ministerial Group 83 2.2 85.2 2 2.3% Rural Affairs Department 1,107 51 1,158 101.7 8.8% 1 April 2003 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 4,164 274.8 4,438.8 206.3 4.6% Centrally Managed Staff 92 5.4 97.4 4 4.1% Corporate Services 600 43.4 643.4 40.7 6.3% Development Department 472 20.6 492.6 18.9 3.8% Education Department 255 25.5 280.5 21 7.5% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department 319 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 19 November 2004

S2W-11574

The numbers of staff is the staff establishment on front line vehicles (whole-time equivalents in each health board area).Table 4: Number of Ambulances and Ambulance Staff by Health Board – Non-Emergency Service 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Health Board Vehicles Staff Vehicles Staff Vehicles Staff Vehicles Staff Argyll and Clyde 52 63.8 54 64.3 55 64.3 56 73.8 Ayrshire and Arran 41 57.8 41 58.8 41 58.8 41 58.8 Borders 16 22.8 17 25.5 17 25.5 19 25.3 Dumfries and Galloway 20 33.6 20 34.9 21 34.9 23 35.9 Fife 38 52.8 39 58.1 39 58.1 41 61.1 Forth Valley 24 36.8 24 40.8 24 40.8 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 25 August 2004

S2W-09828

The total number of laboratory reports of sexually transmitted infections in Scotland reported to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) from 1999 to 2003 by NHS board is as follows: Genital Chlamydia NHS Board 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Argyll and Clyde 283 375 524 832 1,014 Ayrshire and Arran 290 275 356 814 888 Borders 70 52 51 48 189 Dumfries and Galloway 118 282 328 408 387 Fife 1 512 524 858 1,002 Forth Valley 328 355 442 373 596 Grampian 731 1,164 1,236 1,348 1,429 Greater Glasgow 1,353 1,691 2,406 2,295 3,113 Highland 361 500 531 627 630 Lanarkshire 254 401 731 895 888 Lothian 1,297 1,207 2,433 2,744 2,974 Orkney 2 10 41 45 55 Shetland 6 8 24 33 41 Tayside 596 822 953 1,069 1,192 Western Isles 0 0 0 3 9 Unspecified 0 0 56 0 0 Total 5,690 7,654 10,636 12,392 14,407 Genital Herpes Simplex NHS Board 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Argyll and Clyde 23 20 2 31 45 Ayrshire and Arran 25 20 0 18 41 Borders 5 5 3 18 22 Dumfries and Galloway 10 15 0 17 28 Fife 0 1 0 0 82 Forth Valley 55 54 0 31 62 Grampian 99 121 140 138 139 Greater Glasgow 258 254 396 218 297 Highland 65 64 100 77 92 Lanarkshire 27 24 0 28 31 Lothian 283 253 297 298 366 Orkney 2 3 6 0 3 Shetland 0 2 0 0 2 Tayside 84 73 85 63 98 Western Isles 1 1 2 3 2 Unspecified 0 0 2 0 0 Total 937 910 1,033 940 1,310 Gonorrhoea NHS Board 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Argyll and Clyde 28 37 40 47 24 Ayrshire and Arran 3 10 21 31 16 Borders 0 0 0 7 1 Dumfries and Galloway 28 42 21 13 27 Fife 24 35 28 9 33 Forth Valley 28 41 33 18 31 Grampian 64 92 82 74 78 Greater Glasgow 154 266 264 239 249 Highland 24 33 43 34 13 Lanarkshire 21 45 46 31 31 Lothian 139 195 184 254 283 Orkney 0 1 0 0 2 Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 Tayside 26...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 1 April 2004

S2W-07090

Similarly, appeal decisions may relate to applications from an earlier period.Telecommunications Data 2002 Applications Made Granted Refused Granted on Appeal Refused on Health & Safety Grounds Average time taken to determine (days) Aberdeen City* 40 31 8 2 0 82 Aberdeenshire 22 26 1 1 1 74 Angus 16 14 1 - 0 69 Argyll and Bute 41 28 1 1 0 57 Clackmannanshire* 4 1 1 - 1 63 Dumfries & Galloway 23 27 1 - 0 78 Dundee City 19 12 5 1 0 76 East Ayrshire 18 13 5 1 2 115 East Dunbartonshire 28 21 6 2 3 79 East Lothian 24 17 3 - 0 72 East Renfrewshire 13 14 2 1 0 85 Edinburgh 160 131 20 2 0 79 Eilean Siar* 6 6 0 0 0 48 Falkirk* 32 14 8 2 2 79 Fife 46 35 9 3 2 65 Glasgow City* 128 * * 1 * * Highland 13 8 4 2 1 102 Inverclyde 12 8 2 - 0 67 Midlothian* 8 5 1 2 0 52 Moray 11 12 0 - 0 57 North Ayrshire 19 18 3 - 0 56 North Lanarkshire 40 42 6 1 2 88 Orkney* 0 * * - * * Perth and Kinross 28 25 3 3 0 104 Renfrewshire 38 27 7 2 0 76 Scottish Borders 39 14 1 - 0 92 Shetland* 3 * * - 0 * South Ayrshire 21 21 3 - 0 87 South Lanarkshire* 77 58 3 3 0 83 Stirling 16 13 3 - 0 78 West Dunbartonshire 19 11 9 0 0 68 West Lothian 41 32 4 1 0 62 Note: *Missing/incomplete return Telecommunications Data 2003 Applications Made Granted Refused Granted on Appeal Refused on Health & Safety Grounds Average time taken to determine (days) Aberdeen City* 32 23 4 3 0 67 Aberdeenshire* 29 18 1 - 0 52 Angus 20 20 3 - 0 60 Argyll and Bute 43 31 2 - 0 62 Clackmannanshire* 7 4 1 2 0 55 Dumfries & Galloway 46 44 1 - 0 65 Dundee City* 10 8 5 1 0 66 East Ayrshire* 19 13 1 1 0 135 East Dunbartonshire 13 10 4 1 1 55 East Lothian 11 12 0 2 0 38 East Renfrewshire 13 9 2 - 0 53 Edinburgh* 84 59 7 2 0 91 Eilean Siar* 20 15 1 - 0 46 Falkirk* 6 2 1 3 0 52 Fife* 35 30 2 2 2 132 Glasgow City* 135 * * 2 0 * Highland* 43 35 1 2 0 55 Inverclyde* 6 4 1 - 0 74 Midlothian 19 15 2 - 1 77 Moray 21 10 0 - 0 35 North Ayrshire* * * * - 0 * North Lanarkshire 32 30 3 2 0 63 Orkney* * 0 0 - 0 * Perth and Kinross 40 40 2 1 0 91 Renfrewshire* 22 31 2 2 0 67 Scottish Borders* 21 45 0 - 0 47 Shetland* 0 2 0 - 0 110 South Ayrshire* 18 17 2 - 0 78 South Lanarkshire 37 36 2 1 0 72 Stirling 10 10 1 1 0 48 West Dunbartonshire 7 1 4 1 0 60 West Lothian* 18 13 5 3 3 64 Note: *Missing/incomplete return.

Official Report Meeting date: 17 January 2007

Plenary, 17 Jan 2007

However, it is important to commend it when it has ensured, in a constructive and creative way, that the legal remedies that are available to it are being enforced.The purpose of securing the debate is not only to raise awareness of the success of the dispersal order, but—given that the dispersal order expired on 13 January—to look towards the future. We ha...

Official Report Meeting date: 20 December 2006

Plenary, 20 Dec 2006

Too many people make self-destructive choices because they have no confidence in who they are, their capabilities and their future. It is incumbent on us to create the conditions in which people can have such confidence.

Parliament dissolved ahead of election

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