- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number of pro forma documents that are in regular use by front-line police and support staff.
Answer
Reducing unnecessary bureaucracy in the police service is clearly an important matter and we are always open to ways to reduce this. The Policing Bureaucracy Task Force, set up by the Home Office in 2001 to consider ways of increasing police officer visibility in England and Wales, collected information on the number of pro forma documents as part of its work. While information on pro forma documents used by Scottish police forces is not collected centrally by the Executive, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland is due to publish the results of a thematic inspection into public reassurance and police visibility in Scotland in November 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what input it or police forces had to the work of the Policing Bureaucracy Task Force under the chairmanship of Sir David O'Dowd.
Answer
The Policing Bureaucracy Task Force was established by the Home Office in 2001 to consider ways of increasing police officer visibility in England and Wales. The Executive was not asked directly to input to the work of the task force and I am not aware of any Scottish force being approached.HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland is due to publish the results of a thematic inspection into public reassurance and police visibility in Scotland in November 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the findings of the Inquiry by Sir Robin Auld, Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales, published on 8 October 2001 in relation to the modernisation of the criminal justice system in Scotland
Answer
There are currently two reviews of the criminal justice system in Scotland. That being conducted by Lord Bonomy is examining the operation of the High Court, while a committee chaired by Sheriff Principal McInnes is looking at the system of summary justice. I expect both of these reviews to produce proposals for the modernisation of the Scottish criminal justice system.Sir Robin Auld's Review of the Criminal Courts in England and Wales focused exclusively on the courts and legal system in England and Wales but contains a number of proposals that could have relevance for Scotland. As noted in the replies to questions S1W-27759 and S1W-27760 on 15 August 2002, we are following their development with close interest.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the number of recipients receiving public subsidy under Common Agricultural Policy schemes shown in bands of under #10,000, between (a) #10,001 and #20,000, (b) #20,001 and #30,000 (c) #30,001 and #40,000, (d) #40,001 and #50,000 and (e) over #50,001 and #100,000 and of over #100,000 per year in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000, (iii) 2000-01 and (iv) 2001-02.
Answer
The number of recipients receiving public subsidy under the main Common Agricultural Policy schemes according to the following bands for the 1998 to 2002 financial years are as follows:
| Financial Year | Range | No. of Producers |
| 1998-99 | £0 - £10,000 | 13,421 |
| £10,001 - £20,000 | 3,367 |
| £20,001 - £30,000 | 2,204 |
| £30.001 - £40,000 | 1,384 |
| £40,001 - £50,000 | 863 |
| £50,001 - £100,000 | 1,413 |
| £100,001 over | 324 |
| 1999-2000 | £0 - £10,000 | 12,693 |
| £10,001 - £20,000 | 3,326 |
| £20,001 - £30,000 | 2,096 |
| £30.001 - £40,000 | 1,310 |
| £40,001 - £50,000 | 899 |
| £50,001 - £100,000 | 1,533 |
| £100,001 over | 384 |
| 2000-01 | £0 - £10,000 | 12,890 |
| £10,001 - £20,000 | 3,230 |
| £20,001 - £30,000 | 2,115 |
| £30.001 - £40,000 | 1,407 |
| £40,001 - £50,000 | 864 |
| £50,001 - £100,000 | 1,573 |
| £100,001 over | 385 |
| 2001-02 | £0 - £10,000 | 13,420 |
| £10,001 - £20,000 | 3,084 |
| £20,001 - £30,000 | 2,024 |
| £30.001 - £40,000 | 1,373 |
| £40,001 - £50,000 | 925 |
| £50,001 - £100,000 | 1,680 |
| £100,001 over | 432 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24069 by Ross Finnie on 27 March 2002, what assessment it has made of how much agricultural producers received under the Common Agricultural Policy schemes for 2001-02.
Answer
Agricultural producers received a total of £394.9 million under the main Common Agricultural Policy schemes during financial year 2001-02.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on increases in the net worth of agricultural producers from 1992 to date.
Answer
The Scottish Executive publishes figures on the net worth of Scottish agriculture each year in the
Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture (ERSA). The 2002 edition contains annual data back to 1993 (the 1992 figures can be found in the 2001 edition of ERSA). The same document also provides information on net worth by type and size of farm.ERSA can be accessed via the Scottish Executive website.The relevant editions of the economic report on Scottish agriculture can be found at the following addresses:ERSA 2002 Table A3;
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/agri/era2-06.asp ERSA 2001 Table A3;
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/agri/ersa01-07.asp.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28692 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, whether the research for the review announced in April 2000 of the powers introduced in 1996 enabling the courts to impose aggravated sentences for offences committed while the offender was on bail will include consideration of the incidence of (a) failure to appear or be represented at court amongst accused persons admitted to bail, (b) offending by accused persons while admitted to bail and (c) intimidation of witnesses by accused persons while admitted to bail.
Answer
Aggravated sentences are only used to deal with offending while on bail and not other forms of bail abuse. Accordingly, the research is considering the incidence of and particularly the punishment imposed for offending while on bail.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the amount of payments made to agricultural producers in compensation for the effects of BSE.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. BSE is a notifiable disease and cases are required to be notified to the Divisional Veterinary Manager at the local Animal Health Divisional Office of the State Veterinary Service, which operates throughout Great Britain. Since November 1988, 8,256 clinical cases of BSE have been notified in Scotland as at 20 September 2002. Compensation is paid at 100% of market value under the Transmittable Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) (Scotland) Regulations 2002. Compensation was increased from 50% to 100% in February 1990 and is paid by the Department of the Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs on behalf of all the GB Agriculture Departments. A further 75 cases of BSE in its pre-clinical phase have been detected in Scotland under the surveillance of fallen stock for bovines over 24 months. Compensation is not payable in these cases.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the average sum received per farm from public subsidy in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02.
Answer
The average sum received per farm from public subsidy in the financial years requested are as follows:
| 1998-99 | £16,053 |
| 1999-2000 | £17,162 |
| 2000-01 | £17,096 |
| 2001-02 | £17,213 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the amount of payments made to agricultural producers in compensation for the effects of foot-and-mouth disease.
Answer
A total of 1,970 payments amounting to £177,033,102 were made to producers in Scotland by way of compensation for the loss of their animals culled due to foot-and-mouth disease.The Livestock Welfare Disposal Scheme and the Light Lamb Scheme paid out £13,058,811 and £1,895,147 for 119,164 animals and 187,861 light lambs respectively.
