- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were charged with a crime in each of the last five years, broken down by police board area.
Answer
Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. Information on the numbers proceeded against in Scottish courts is given in the reply to question S2W-12388 answered on 2 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. Information on the numbers proceeded against in Scottish courts is given in the reply to question S2W-12379 answered on 2 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) careers service, (b) school-based administration, (c) cleaning and (d) catering staff have been employed by each local authority at (i) local authority and (ii) school level in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-12363, answered on 1 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) classroom assistants, (b) youth workers and (c) pre-school staff have been employed by each local authority in each year since 1997.
Answer
Information on the numbers of classroom assistants and school-based administrative staff is contained in tables 5.10, 6.10 and 7.9 of the publication
Teachers in Scotland 2003, copies of which are available from Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33785). It can also be accessed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00352-00.asp. Prior to 2003, the only available information on the numbers of classroom assistantsemployed by individual local authorities was contained in returns made to ScottishExecutive Education Department in relation to the Excellence Fund. The answer given to question S1W-14460, answered on 15 May 2001, contained figures covering the period 1999-2000 and 2000-01 and can be accessed at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. Figures relating to 2001-02 are contained in the following table. No earlier data is available for other school based administrative staff. Details on pre-school staffing is only available for the past three years and is provided in the second table. Table 8.1 in Teachers in Scotland 2003 has figures for local authority centrally employed pre-school home visiting staff. Information about the numbers of youth workers, cleaners, catering staff and career service staff employed at local authority and school level are not held centrally. > | Local Authority | Number of Classroom Assistants 2001-02 |
| Aberdeen City | 136.95 |
| Aberdeenshire | 205 |
| Angus | 80.9 |
| Argyll and Bute | 38 |
| Clackmannanshire | 28.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 131.22 |
| Dundee City | 81.4 |
| East Ayrshire | 126.39 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 138 |
| East Lothian | 76 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.26 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 295.22 |
| Eilean Siar | 5 |
| Falkirk | 116 |
| Fife | 228.59 |
| Glasgow City | 494 |
| Highland | 139.2 |
| Inverclyde | 106 |
| Midlothian | 72 |
| Moray | 78.5 |
| North Ayrshire | 148.5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 354 |
| Orkney Islands | 3.5 |
| Perth and Kinross | 59 |
| Renfrewshire | 185.6 |
| Scottish Borders | 32.67 |
| Shetland Islands | 7.06 |
South Ayrshire | 137.43 |
| South Lanarkshire | 307 |
| Stirling | 52 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 97 |
| West Lothian | 167 |
| All Scotland | 4,227.99 |
Number of Staff in Pre-School Education or Child Care by Local Authority: 2002-041
| | 2002 Total | 2003 Total | 2004 Total |
| Aberdeen City | 594 | 759 | 679 |
| Aberdeenshire | 543 | 563 | 570 |
| Angus | 223 | 193 | 213 |
| Argyll and Bute | 164 | 123 | 131 |
| Clackmannanshire | 201 | 188 | 187 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 184 | 176 | 169 |
| Dundee City | 425 | 311 | 333 |
| East Ayrshire | 319 | 214 | 223 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 131 | 99 | 128 |
| East Lothian | 233 | 184 | 175 |
| East Renfrewshire | 181 | 152 | 177 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,154 | 943 | 870 |
| Eilean Siar | 10 | 24 | 22 |
| Falkirk | 359 | 291 | 310 |
| Fife | 864 | 831 | 859 |
| Glasgow City | 1,702 | 1,286 | 1,329 |
| Highland | 460 | 498 | 485 |
| Inverclyde | 210 | 132 | 155 |
| Midlothian | 202 | 208 | 190 |
| Moray | 153 | 120 | 150 |
| North Ayrshire | 321 | 240 | 220 |
| North Lanarkshire | 666 | 542 | 601 |
| Orkney Islands | 68 | 43 | 53 |
| Perth and Kinross | 184 | 165 | 249 |
| Renfrewshire | 422 | 300 | 341 |
| Scottish Borders | 253 | 204 | 215 |
| Shetland Islands | 55 | 59 | 79 |
| South Ayrshire | 192 | 180 | 168 |
| South Lanarkshire | 622 | 501 | 572 |
| Stirling | 243 | 221 | 271 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 311 | 212 | 281 |
| West Lothian | 386 | 321 | 384 |
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| Scotland | 12,035 | 10,283 | 10,789 |
Notes: 1. Staff working in nurseries, playgroups, holiday play schemes, out of school care clubs, crèches and family centres.
The results of the Quarterly Joint Staffing Watch survey cannot be disaggregated and variations in definitions can lead to differences between the Joint Staffing Watch figures and those published elsewhere.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) careers service, (b) school-based administration, (c) cleaning and (d) catering staff have been employed by each local authority in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-12363, answered on 1 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parlaiment.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) classroom assistants, (b) youth workers and (c) pre-school staff have been employed by each local authority at (i) local authority and (ii) school level in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-12363, answered on 1 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil legal aid grants were paid for divorce cases in each of the last five years and what the total cost was of such grants was in each year.
Answer
The following table sets out the number of divorce cases in which a final civil legal aid payment was made, and the total gross cost of divorce cases funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board in each year since 1999.
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Number of cases paid | 5,637 | 4,650 | 4,122 | 3,701 | 3,587 |
| Total Paid | £9,039,077 | £7,749,518 | £7,151,100 | £5,993,682 | £5,771,760 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the spending stream “Health Improvement” under the level 3 heading “Health Improvement” in Draft Budget 2005-06 will be used for.
Answer
The funding will be used to support the health improvement priorities outlined in the
Draft Budget 2005-06 document available at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/db0506-07.asp.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive why, according to its statistics, of the 30,319 cases of possession of drugs cleared up by the police in 2002-03, only 5,091 proceeded to court and what action was taken in relation to the other offenders.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Justice Department database shows a total of 8,562 individual offences of possession of drugs that proceeded to court in 2002, of which 6,288 resulted in a charge proved.
Comparison of the statistics currently available on recorded crime and persons proceeded against in court for possession of drugs need to be treated with caution as the different way in which these statistics are recorded means that they cannot be compared on a like for like basis.
For example, the recorded crime figures count charges and treat each type of drug a person is found in possession of as a separate offence, while proceedings in court count accused and may allege multiple charges against one accused. Further, where the alleged offender is under the age of 16 the offender will not be prosecuted in court although these cases will be included in recorded crime figures. Finally, the court figures will not include cases that are not prosecuted, either because of evidential difficulties or because an alternative to prosecution such as a fiscal fine is deemed appropriate.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the spending stream “20 mph Limits around Schools and Home Zones” under the level 3 heading “Other Capital Grants to Local Authorities and Regional Transport Partnerships” in Draft Budget 2005-06 will be used for.
Answer
The spending stream will be used by the Executive to make available to local authorities additional capital funding for the introduction of 20 mph speed limits around schools, safer routes to school projects and the development of home zones. A wide range of measures can be implemented under safer routes to school schemes, including crossings for pedestrians and cyclists, the provision of footways and cycle-ways, and traffic free entrances to schools.
I announced on 4 November the amount of funding being made available to each authority in 2006-07 and 2007-08 for these measures.
