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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: S1W-26547

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the British Standards Institute (BSI), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the BSI and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26546

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Benefits Agency, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the agency and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26544

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25928 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what estimate it has made of wasted expenditure in respect of staff time in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service owing to adjournment of trials on the date of trial in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Question reference: S1W-26563

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26058 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002, why the question was referred to the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service for answer, given that it related to the factual basis of the answer to question S1W-25236 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002.

Question reference: S1W-26556

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by HM Customs and Excise, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of HM Customs and Excise and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26555

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the HSE and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26552

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Department of Trade and Industry's Companies Investigation Branch, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the branch and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26561

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Vehicle Inspectorate, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the inspectorate and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26557

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by HM Industrial Pollution Inspectorate, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the inspectorate and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26560

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by local authorities, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the authority and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.