Questions and answers

Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)

Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S3W-00883

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been confiscated in each year since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came into force, broken down by local authority area.

The following tableconfirms the money recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Financial Year	Amount
2003-04	£2,191,175
2004-05	£2,348,846
2005-06	£4,835,541
2006-07	£6,120,955

A breakdown of thesefunds by local authority area is not held centrally.

Question reference: S3W-00884

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current value is of the Scottish Consolidation Fund.

Question reference: S3W-00885

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that the Scottish Consolidation Fund is ring-fenced for investment directly back into the community where the crimes have been committed.

The Cabinet Secretaryfor Justice announced – in Parliament on 6 June 2007 – the Scottish Government’sintention to establish a new approach to reinvesting money confiscated from criminalsunder the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. By the autumn of this year, we will have around£8 million to reinvest in those communities hardest hit by crime. Early talks willbe sought to establish the best way to make a visible impact on services and activitiesfor young people where this is most needed, and to encourage additional contributionsfrom the worlds of business, sport and culture.

Question reference: S3W-00886

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-32072 by Johann Lamont on 7 March 2007, whether it will provide a breakdown by year of the community projects that have benefited from the funds confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

The answer toS2W-32072 listed all those projects which benefited from funding from thissource in 2006-07, which was the first year in which that funding source wasused to support community projects.

The CabinetSecretary for Justice announced on 6 June the steps we are now taking to decidehow we can best use funds from this source in this and future years.

All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, thesearch facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

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