- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of internet fraud have been reported to the police in each year since 1999, broken down by force, and what information it has on the number of incidents similarly reported to trading standards offices, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The statistics held centrally on crimes of fraud recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstancesof the fraud, such as whether the fraud involved use of the internet. No informationabout incidents reported to trading standards offices is held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful convictions have been secured against individuals involved in consumer internet fraud in each year since 1999.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. The charges relate to fraud or attempted fraudby electronic means (that is obtaining or attempting to obtain goods or servicesby computer, electronic or telephone means) and is not limited to transactions overthe internet.
Personswith a Charge Proved for Electronic Fraud Offences1,2,3, 1999-2000to 2005-06
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Scotland | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Note:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes AttemptedFraud (Electronic Means) and Fraud (Electronic Means)
3. Excludes any chargesrecorded under the offences of general fraud or credit and debit card fraud.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to establish a marine management organisation to control human activity out to the boundary of international waters.
Answer
As I have alreadyindicated to the Parliament, I am committed to bringing forward Scottish marinelegislation and to consult on this issue. As part of this process, I am consideringthe range of options for improved delivery of public sector activities on the marineenvironment, including the establishment of a marine management organisation.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of Scottish consumers who have been the subject of internet consumer fraud in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions of traders have resulted from investigations by trading standards officers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Convictions of tradersresulting from investigations by trading standards officers cannot be separatelyidentified from other convictions of traders within the data held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the annual police budget is assigned to payments for information from informants and other sources.
Answer
None of theannual police budget is assigned to payments for information from covert humanintelligence sources and other sources. Operational responsibility for paymentsto covert human intelligence sources rests with chief constables.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many complaints have been received by trading standards offices in each year since 1999, expressed also as a per capita figure and broken down by local authority.
Answer
The informationrequested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have been (a) served with a notification of intended prosecution and (b) admonished in each year since 2003, broken down by force.
Answer
Information onthe occupation of persons proceeded against in Scottish courts is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many serving police officers have been convicted of criminal offences in each year since 1999, broken down by force.
Answer
Information onthe occupation of persons proceeded against in Scottish courts is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources have been allocated to police forces to tackle internet fraud in each year since 1999, broken down by force, and what information it has on the additional resources similarly allocated to trading standards offices, broken down by local authority.
Answer
It is for chief constablesto decide how to allocate resources to meet policing priorities in their forceareas, including tackling internet fraud. Police forces are funded by acombination of police grant from the Scottish Government and from localauthorities. As a result it is not possible to identify the overall police resourcesallocated to tackling internet fraud.
However, the Scottish Crimeand Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) has an E-crime unit, which providesspecialist support to the Scottish police service for those areas of seriousorganised criminality involving or facilitated by computer or informationtechnology. The costs of this are included within the budget of the SCDEA,although the costs of tackling internet fraud are not separately identifiablein the agency’s budget.
the Scottish Government provides general financial support for Scotland’slocal authorities’ net revenue expenditure on core services, including tradingstandards. This funding is, in the main, provided by means of a block grant andit is not possible to identify the level of funding for individual services. Itis the responsibility of each individual local authority to allocate its totalresources, including the locally collected council tax, on the basis of localneeds and priorities.
In 2007-08 the core localgovernment funding provided by the Scottish Government will amount to over £8.7billion.
