- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of recorded burglary was per thousand population in Glasgow, broken down by council ward area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table. Information at council ward area is not available centrally.
The Number of Offences of Housebreaking per 1,000 Population Recorded in the City of Glasgow, 1999-2000 to 2003-04
| Year | Rate Per 1,000 population |
| 1999-2000 | 17.1 |
| 2000-01 | 15.6 |
| 2001-02 | 14.9 |
| 2002-03 | 13.1 |
| 2003-04 | 10.6 |
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what sums are allocated to pharmacists who take part in the prescribing of methadone on their premises.
Answer
Dispensing methadone to drug misusers has been a locally contracted service since April 1997. Payments in respect of locally negotiated services are funded from NHS boards’ unified budgets.
The following table shows the value of fees paid to community pharmacists for dispensing and supervised consumption of methadone. The amounts listed include payments made through both the Practioner Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland and NHS boards.
Value of Fees
| Dispensing Health Board | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Value of Local Supervision and Dispensing Fees (£) | Value of Local Supervision and Dispensing Fees (£) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1,152,268.07 | 1,267,822.83 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 701,216.74 | 820,819.01 |
| Borders | 21,365.75 | 17,717.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 167,235.25 | 243,972.22 |
| Fife | 322,312.10 | 354,255.25 |
| Forth Valley | 175,890.95 | 255,514.02 |
| Grampian | 764,690.57 | 771,495.91 |
| Greater Glasgow | 3,945,941.53 | 4,502,215.02 |
| Highland | 216,439.76 | 54,719.28 |
| Lanarkshire | 746,127.18 | 748,733.81 |
| Lothian | 1,043,320.43 | 884,057.72 |
| Orkney | 688.48 | 18.90 |
| Shetland | 29,475.49 | 7,379.75 |
| Tayside | 458,672.50 | 622,374.30 |
| Western Isles | 19.25 | 103.25 |
| Total | 9,745,664.05 | 10,551,198.27 |
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what sums are allocated to doctors who accept drug addicts onto their practice list.
Answer
There is no specific allocationmade to GP practices for accepting drug addicts on to their practice list.
Under the terms of the new GeneralMedical Services (GMS) contract, GP practices receive a Global Sum payment asa contribution towards their running costs, includingstaff costs, in delivering essential and additional services to the patients ontheir list. This resource allocation is basedon the relative needs of the practice population and the associated workload andcost of delivering healthcare to patients.
NHS boards have also been allocated£34.9 million in 2004-05 for the provision of a range of enhanced services, whichincludes services to drug misusers. It is for boards to decide how best to provideenhanced services in their area, taking account of local circumstances.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 23 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to promote disability sport.
Answer
Sportscotland works very closely with Scottish Disability Sport to develop and maximise sporting opportunities for people with a disability in Scotland andthis continues to be the case today.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the independent task group reviewing the provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 has made specific reference to the licensing of limousines in the course of the review.
Answer
I refer the member to paragraphs 2.52-2.55 of the independent task group report which was published on 20 December 2004, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34546).
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the independent task group reviewing the provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 has made specific reference to the regulation of lap dancing or table dancing clubs in the course of the review.
Answer
I refer the member to Chapter 15 of the independent task group report, which was published on 20 December 2004, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34546).
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are in place to prevent pollution of the River Clyde in the event of adverse weather conditions.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SEPA to write to you about this matter.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent task group reviewing provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 is expected to report.
Answer
We expect to make an announcement regarding the publication of the report later today.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the number of community police in the Strathclyde area and, in particular, in Glasgow, to combat the increasing number of crimes of violence carried out with the use of knives.
Answer
Between 2004-05 and 2007-08, grant aided expenditure for Strathclyde Police is planned to increase by around 15.5%. The allocation of these resources between Glasgow and other parts of the Force area is a matter for the Chief Constable. However, we remain deeply concerned about the incidence of knife crime and its contribution to violent crime more generally. We are currently undertaking areview of legislation on knife crime and will bring forward proposals for consultation in due course.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes fell into the category of offences aggravated by religious prejudice in the six-month period from June 2003 to February 2004, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This level of detail is not available from the recorded crime statistics collected centrally. Information on offence aggravators is included within the data collected centrally on court convictions, but statistics for 2003 and later are not yet available.
