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This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCTS who will reply within 20 days.

This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCTS who will reply within 20 days.

This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCTS who will reply within 20 days.

The Primary Care Workforce Survey collected information on GP practices reporting current vacancies at 31 August 2015. It showed that the vacancy rate for responding practices in NHS Fife was 5.6%, and nine of those posts had been vacant for over six months.

The average daily female remand population in Scotland over the past five years is shown in the following table

Source: Scottish Government (2015) Prison statistics and population projections Scotland 2013-14 for data up to 2013-14.

Figures for 2014-15 and 2015-16 are based on administrative data from the Scottish Prison Service PR2 management information system and are compiled on a slightly different basis from those reported in earlier years. This will not affect the observed trend to any great extent.

Scottish Government and Scottish Prison Service data are not held in a way which allows routine identification of the outcome of remand episodes. Earlier analysis carried out by Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services suggests that at least a third of women remanded to prison custody subsequently receive a custodial sentence.

This is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland, and the Scottish Police Authority. Police Scotland has advised that written guidance on the operational use of spit hoods is provided via the Scottish Police College Officer Safety Training Manual and all Police Scotland Officers and Special Constables receive training in their use. Any application of a spit hood must meet the Police Scotland criteria for the use of force.

The Scottish Government maintains regular contact with the Scottish Police Authority on a range of financial matters. Any adjustments to policing budgets set through the Budget Act would be undertaken through the normal process of Autumn and Spring Budget Revisions.

The reconviction rate for offenders released from a Young Offenders Institution between 2009-10 and 2013-14 is presented below. The rate measures the proportion of offenders who were reconvicted within a year.

Reconviction rates for those released from a Young Offenders institution, 2009-10 to 2013-14

Source: Scottish Offenders Index

Data on how many people in young offender institutions have mental health problems is not provided to the Scottish Government.

The SPS prisoner survey will identify mental health issues via self-reporting. Prisoners are asked questions on mental health by way of an instrument known as the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). There is a specific young persons report which covers HMYOI Polmont only. http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Publication-3908.aspx

Police Scotland report that a total of 972 quad bikes were stolen across Scotland over the past five years, with 276 of those being recovered. For the Fife area, 177 quad bikes were stolen over the same period with 54 of those being recovered. Due to restrictions in searching facility, and the scope of the question posed, the figures provided in response to this question have been limited to quad bikes alone.

A breakdown of the data provided to us by Police Scotland for each year is provided in the following tables. The period of data collection in both tables runs from 1 April until 31 March 2016.

Scotland:

Fife: