- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases were investigated by the Scottish Legal Aid Board in 2003-04 where it appeared that the applicant had not provided complete and accurate information about their financial circumstances.
Answer
The Scottish Legal Aid Board concluded investigations into 967 such cases in 2003-04.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the per mile road allowance for NHS board employees has been in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not available centrally in the detail requested but may be obtained from individual NHS boards. The names and addresses of all NHS boards are available on the Scottish Health on the Web website at
www.show.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the per mile road allowance for local authority staff has been in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total mileage claimed by its staff under the essential car users scheme was in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not operate an essential car users scheme. Individuals are permitted to use their own car for official business journeys where it is the most efficient and economical method of travelling. The total number of miles claimed by individuals for travel on official business journeys is set out in the following table:
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| 2,489,167 | 2,122,540 | 1,760,184 | 2,371,767 | 2,713,121 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to its staff under the essential car users scheme in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not operate an essential car users scheme. The total amount paid to individuals who claimed the motor mileage rate for travelling on official business using their own vehicle is set out in the following table:
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| £896,100 | £827,791 | £704,074 | £948,707 | £1,085,248 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on road mileage expenses levels for local authority staff.
Answer
None. Such matters are for local authorities themselves to determine.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the per mile road allowance for teachers has been in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The per mile road allowances for teachers in Scotland for the period 1997 to 2001 are set out below.
With effect from 1 April 1997, mileage allowances were as follows (as set out in Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee circular SE/147):
Essential Users
| Annual Lump Sum | £783 |
| Per mile – first 8,500 miles | 34.2p |
| Per mile – over 8,500 miles | 12.7p |
Casual Users
| Per mile first 1,000 miles | 51.9p |
| Per mile – next 7,500 miles | 42.3p |
| Per mile – over 8,500 miles | 12.7p |
Motor Cycle Allowances
| | Vehicle Capacity Not Exceeding 150 cc | Vehicle Capacity Exceeding 150 cc |
| First 1,500 miles | 15.7p | 16.1p |
| Next 4,000 miles | 10.7p | 11.0p |
| Next 5,500 miles | 8.1p | 8.3p |
| Over 11,000 miles | 3.2p | 3.3p |
These rates were in effect until 1 April 1999, when mileage allowances were amended as follows (as set out in Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee circular SE/160):
Essential Users
| Annual Lump Sum | £822 |
| Per mile – first 8,500 miles | 35.1p |
| Per mile – over 8,500 miles | 12.6p |
Casual Users
| Per mile first 1000 miles | 53.65p |
| Per mile – next 7,500 miles | 43.65p |
| Per mile – over 8,500 miles | 12.6p |
Motor Cycle Allowances
| | Vehicle Capacity Not Exceeding 150 cc | Vehicle Capacity Exceeding 150 cc |
| First 1,500 miles | 16.0p | 16.4p |
| Next 4,000 miles | 10.9p | 11.2p |
| Next 5,500 miles | 8.3p | 8.5p |
| Over 11,000 miles | 3.1p | 3.4p |
The 2001 teachers’ agreement A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century devolved decision-making on mileage allowances for teachers to Local Negotiating Committees for Teachers (LNCTs). We do not hold any information centrally on rates agreed at a local level.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total road mileage expenses for local authority staff were in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority and employment rank.
Answer
These figures are not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on road mileage expenses levels for teachers.
Answer
None. Road mileage expense levels are a matter for local negotiation, as set out in Annex F of the 2001 teachers’ agreement, A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints of rape were dismissed as false, rather than inconclusive, in each of the last five years and how many false complainers were subsequently charged.
Answer
Allegations of rape which are reported to the Procurator Fiscal will be prosecuted where there is sufficient credible and reliable evidence to prove that a rape has been committed and where it is in the public interest to prosecute. Where the evidence does not meet those criteria no proceedings will be taken. If the evidence fails to meet the requisite standard it does not necessarily follow that the allegation was false.
Similarly, where a male accused of rape is acquitted at trial it is not possible to draw an inference in relation to the veracity of the allegation. In Scots law the deliberations of a jury are entirely confidential and, as such, it is not possible to know the basis on which any verdict of acquittal has been reached.
Where there is corroborated evidence to suggest that a false allegation of rape has been made the police will report the facts and circumstances to the Procurator Fiscal. Where it is in the public interest to do so such cases will be prosecuted as attempts to pervert the course of justice. While our current method of collating statistics in relation to offences records the number of charges of attempt to pervert the course of justice prosecuted, more detailed information on the facts and circumstances of those cases is not readily available in the format required and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
