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(a) I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-15528 on 21 April 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

 (b) Information on convictions where the offence involved breach of an antisocial behaviour order is provided by court area in the following table. ¹The figures refer to numbers of cases³.

Breach of Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Charges Proved in Scottish Courts - 1999 to 2003

Sheriff Court	1999	2000	2001	2002	20032
Aberdeen	-	-	4	18	17
Airdrie	-	-	-	3	3
Arbroath	-	-	-	-	2
Ayr	-	-	-	-	1
Cupar	-	-	1	5	-
Dumbarton	-	-	1	-	-
Dundee	-	-	-	6	2
Dunfermline	-	2	1	3	6
Edinburgh	1	5	20	4	4
Glasgow	-	5	6	1	1
Hamilton	-	-	-	-	4
Kirkcaldy	-	-	-	5	5
Oban	-	-	1	-	-
Peebles	-	-	1	-	-
Peterhead	-	-	1	1	-
Selkirk	-	2	-	2	2
Stirling	-	-	-	-	2
Tain	-	-	-	-	2
Total1	1	15	37	51	51

Notes:

1. Includes a small number of High Court and District Court cases.

2. Provisional data.

3. It is not possible to calculate the percentage of orders breached from this data as ASBOs may be breached more than once in an individual case and/or an ASBO may be breached and not lead to court action.

Tentative data on breaches of antisocial behaviour orders granted in local authority areas is available for 2003-04. During this period, 213 orders were in force and 144 (67%) were allegedly breached during the year. However, the independent researchers who collated this data for the Scottish Executive have advised that confusion over the term “breach” during the research means that this finding must be treated with extreme caution. The lack of robust data means that it is not possible to provide a reliable breakdown on a local authority basis for 2003-04. A further survey will be undertaken this summer which should  clarify the position for 2004-05.

Section 9 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill provides that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) must, after consulting such persons as it thinks fit, produce guidance on how it determines whether a body meets the charity test. The guidance cannot be adopted until OSCR is set up in the form envisaged under the bill and those sections have been commenced. However, in preparation for this, OSCR will consult on the guidance before the charity test comes into force. The guidance will not be formally laid before the Parliament but the Communities Committee will be included in the consultation and OSCR will lay its annual report before the Parliament.

The Commission for Racial Equality do not routinely advise the Scottish Executive of racist incidents reported to them. 

The commission keeps ministers informed of public bodies’ progress in terms of compliance with the statutory duty to promote race equality.

Copies of the commission’s annual report, both UK and Scottish, are sent to Scottish ministers each year.

The Commission in Scotland is a key partner of the Scottish Executive’s in terms of our work to tackle racism and promote race equality. We are therefore in regular contact with them on a wide range of issues.

It is not possible to provide a complete answer, as many callers opt not to provide addresses or other identity details. Furthermore, until recently, the Enquire database did not store this information in the case of relatively straightforward enquiries such as requests for publications. Where an address is known, the breakdown by local authority is set out in the following table:

Local Authority	2002-03 Number	%	2003-04 Number	%	2004-05 Number	%
Aberdeen City	57	4.1	84	4.1	67	3.2
Aberdeenshire	52	3.7	100	4.9	115	5.6
Angus	14	0.9	46	2.3	42	2.0
Argyll and Bute	26	1.9	30	1.5	26	1.3
Borders	29	2.1	23	1.1	44	2.1
Clackmannanshire	26	1.9	33	1.6	13	0.6
Dumfries and Galloway	26	1.9	30	1.5	61	3.0
Dundee City	27	1.9	40	2.0	52	2.5
East Ayrshire	20	1.4	28	1.4	15	0.7
East Dunbartonshire	11	0.8	24	1.2	50	2.4
East Lothian	26	1.9	42	2.1	33	1.6
East Renfrewshire	21	1.5	9	0.4	19	0.9
Edinburgh	199	14.2	293	14.4	225	10.9
Falkirk	52	3.7	88	4.3	80	3.9
Fife	55	3.9	86	4.2	105	5.1
Glasgow	196	13.9	257	12.7	243	11.8
Highland	95	6.8	73	3.6	125	6.1
Inverclyde	18	1.3	18	0.9	16	0.8
Midlothian	20	1.4	34	1.7	32	1.6
Moray	17	1.2	12	0.6	37	1.8
North Ayrshire	23	1.6	29	1.4	26	1.3
North Lanarkshire	30	2.1	74	3.6	70	3.4
Orkney	4	0.3	25	1.2	9	0.4
Perth and Kinross	54	3.8	102	5.0	69	3.3
Renfrewshire	28	2.0	51	2.5	53	2.6
Shetland	2	0.1	11	0.5	10	0.5
South Ayrshire	33	2.4	25	1.2	26	1.3
South Lanarkshire	43	3.1	45	2.2	56	2.7
Stirling	30	2.1	38	1.9	43	2.1
West Dunbartonshire	39	2.8	27	1.3	13	0.7
West Lothian	54	3.8	67	3.3	82	4.0
Western Isles	5	0.4	7	0.3	13	0.6
National	8	0.5	3	0.1	9	0.4
Outside Scotland	20	1.4	47	2.3	34	1.6
Not recorded*	1	0.1	45	2.2	61	3.0
Unknown*	43	3.1	86	4.2	88	4.3
Total	1404	100	2032	100	2062	100

 

It is not possible to provide a complete answer, as many callers opt not to provide identity details. Furthermore, until recently, the Enquire database did not store this information in the case of relatively straightforward enquiries such as requests for publications. Where the status of the caller is known, the breakdown is as follows:

2002-03

Parents: 973

Others: 431

2003-04

Parents: 1,509

Others: 523

2004-05

Parents: 15,52

Others: 510.

The Scottish Executive is required to conduct regular independent external reviews of major recurring grants to voluntary sector organisations. Accordingly, the Education Department has planned such a review of the ENQUIRE service during the course of this year. The findings of the review will then be considered by the department.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-15090 on 17 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The information to support an answer to this question is not held centrally.

At all times, all clinically urgent calls are dealt with immediately by NHS 24 nurse advisers. During peak times, less clinically urgent calls are prioritised and receive a call back by a nurse adviser within a specific timescale. All callers who are categorised in this way are advised that should their condition deteriorate or they become concerned they should immediately contact the service again. The number of Priority one (P1) and Priority two (P2) call back calls and the percentage of those for which NHS 24 did not reach the target call back time since its establishment are listed in the table (these figures are not available broken down by NHS board area):

	2002*	2003	2004**	2005*
Total P1 calls	4,049	20,257	42,215	31,586
P1 calls outwith target	45	2,305	6,147	2,317
%age outwith target	1%	11%	15%	7%
Total P2 calls	4,013	27,910	60,529	43,864
P2 calls outwith target	408	8,702	20,617	7,705
%age outwith target	10%	31%	34%	18%

Notes:

*NHS 24 was launched on 8 May 2002.

**Call back standard for Priority 1 calls changed from 30 minutes to 60 minutes from November 2004. Call back standard for Priority 2 calls changed from 60 minutes to 120 minutes from December 2004.

***Figures available for January and February 2005.

It should also be borne in mind that NHS 24 did not roll out to the whole of Scotland until November 2004, so these figures over each year are not yet comparable.

The rationale for changes in call back targets for Priority 1 and Priority 2 calls, which were agreed by NHS 24’s Executive Team in December 2004, related to risk management balancing clinical appropriateness, managing demand and available resources. NHS 24’s Executive Team agreed that, subject to appropriate clinical prioritisation and on-going monitoring and review of the call back queue, the clinical cases in Priority 2 could safely be clinically assessed within two hours. All calls awaiting call back are regularly reviewed by experienced nursing staff and can be re-prioritised based on clinical need.

The review of NHS 24 which was announced in February will identify performance improvements to ensure that it realises its full potential in delivering high quality services for patient. The use of call back and how it can be reduced is part of the NHS 24 review team’s remit.