- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding Fife Constabulary has allocated to the investigation and detection of wildlife crime, also expressed as a percentage of its overall budget, in each year from April 1999.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Operational deployment of resources is a matter for the Chief Constables of Scottish Police Forces.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many wildlife crimes recorded by Fife Constabulary led to a conviction, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of convictions in each year from April 1999 to April 2009.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
Persons with a Charge Proved for Wildlife Crime Offences1, in Fife Police Area, 1999-2000 - 2008-09
| | Scotland | Fife | as % of total |
| 1999-2000 | 84 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000-01 | 72 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001-02 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 51 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003-04 | 75 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004-05 | 72 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005-06 | 90 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006-07 | 110 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007-08 | 130 | 3 | 2 |
Note: 1. Where main offence. Includes the offences categories of cruelty to animals (excluding dogs), animal offences (excluding dogs and birds), offences involving birds, hunting with dogs, cruelty to wild animals, offences involving badgers, and other wildlife offences.
Some caution is needed when comparing figures between recorded crime and court proceedings as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. In addition a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the recommendations made in the Thematic Review of Wildlife Crime remain to be implemented in each Scottish police force and within the Scottish Government.
Answer
A follow-up to the thematic review was carried out by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland and Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland this year. This update, released by the Scottish Government in November, contains a list of the original recommendations.
The report can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Wildlife-Habitats/paw-scotland/news/naturaljusticeupdate.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals have been lodged under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and how many have been successful in part or in whole.
Answer
The issuing of licences under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences have been variated, suspended or revoked under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009, broken down by group.
Answer
The issuing of licences under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many warrants have been issued under regulation 17(3) of the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
Answer
The enforcement of the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensing applications have been rejected under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009, also expressed as a percentage.
Answer
The issuing of licences under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on what grounds licensing applications have been rejected under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
Answer
The issuing of licences under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences have been issued under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
Answer
The issuing of licences under the Licensing of Animal Dealers (Young Cats and Young Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 is a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many small and medium-sized enterprises (a) bid for contracts for services in the Parliament and (b) were successful in whole or part, also expressed as a percentage, in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information below shows how many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been successful in bidding for Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) contracts (goods and services) by number since April 2003.
This historical information is only available from 2003 in a percentage format as this was when procurement services commenced its Responsible Purchasing Initiative, part of which contained a commitment to actively remove barriers to SME participation in SPCB procurement.
To date, the number of SMEs that have bid for contracts has not been recorded. However, as part of the SPCB''s Responsible Purchasing Strategy, procurement services is currently developing a system to obtain this information, which will start to be published from 1 April 2010 (from this date we will also record and publish the same statistics for social enterprises)
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/corporate/procurement/docs/Strategy-FINAL.pdf.
| Years | Total Number of Contracts Let to SMEs |
| 2003-04 | 39% |
| 2004-05 | 48% |
| 2005-06 | 45% |
| 2006-07 | 62% |
| 2007-08 | 67% |
| 2008-09 | 53% |
