- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether allegations about Gerard Sinclair, Chief Executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and temporary sheriff, that were published in The Sun on 14 August 2007 have been authenticated and, if so, whether it considers him to be a suitable person to continue to hold these posts.
Answer
The reported incidentoccurred in 2001 at a private function attended by Mr Sinclair in a personal capacitywhile he was in private employment. Mr Sinclair has been Chief Executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission since 1 July 2003 and has held an appointment as a part time sheriff since1 July 2006. I believe he is an entirely suitable personto hold both posts.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many retired teachers have returned to work for local authorities as teachers in the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requestedis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationary teachers have been unable to find a teaching job in the last five years.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-1391 on 17 July 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Information on yearsprior to 2005-06 is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationary teachers have been unable to find a teaching job in Glasgow in the last five years.
Answer
Under the teacherinduction scheme which has been running since August 2002, newly qualified, Scottishtrained teachers are guaranteed an offer of a one-year teaching post for their probationaryyear. After the induction scheme, teachers may apply for teaching posts with anylocal authority and local authorities may employ their own teachers and/or thosefrom other authorities.
The information requestedis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationary teachers have had to move abroad for a teaching job in the last five years, broken down by country in which employment has been secured.
Answer
Information on thenumber of teachers moving abroad after completing their Induction year is not heldcentrally. The following table provides the number of probationer teachers who havingbeen offered their one-year teaching post on the teacher induction scheme, haveopted to work/travel abroad or to take up a teaching post outwith Scotland. This information is not available broken down by countryand will include teachers who have moved within the UK.
| | Travel/Work Abroad | Post Outwith Scotland | Total | Total no. of Probationer Teachers |
| 2002-03 | no data available | no data available | no data available | 2,044 |
| 2003-04 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 1,815 |
| 2004-05 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2,034 |
| 2005-06 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 2,730 |
| 2006-07 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3,554 |
| 2007-08 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3,610 |
| Totals | 16 | 70 | 86 | 15,787 |
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dispersal orders have been enforced since October 2004, broken down by local authority area and giving details of each order.
Answer
The information requested,covering the period from October 2004 to end-March 2007 (the latest period forwhich data is held centrally), is provided in the following table. Please notethat dispersal orders are a police power rather than a local authority one.
| | Dispersal Order Location | Reason | Local Authority Area | Police Force Area | Dates |
| 1. | Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen (stretch of road on beach front – residential) | ‘Boy Racers’ | Aberdeen City | Grampian | 01.03.05 – 30.05.05 |
| 2 | Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen (As above) | ‘Boy Racers’ | Aberdeen City | Grampian | 31.05.05 – 28.08.05 |
| 3 | Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (Square in city centre – residential & business) | Street drinking and aggressive begging | City of Edinburgh | Lothian and Borders | 01.08.05 – 31.10.05 |
| 4 | Millbank/Chestnut Rd, Dingwall (2 streets in residential area) | Large groups of young people (around 20) engaged in underage drinking, vandalism and illegal use of ‘mini-motos’ | Highland | Northern | 30.09.05 – 29.12.05 |
| 5 | Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (As number 3) | Street drinking and aggressive begging | City of Edinburgh | Lothian and Borders | 01.11.05 – 31.01.06 |
| 6 | Mid Calder (Village – residential) | Large groups of young people (up to 60) engaged in underage drinking, shouting, littering. Plus violent incident. | West Lothian | Lothian and Borders | 01.12.05 – 28.02.06 |
| 7 | St Andrew’s Church, Dumfries (Church graveyard and Burns’ Mausoleum) | Groups of young people engaged in vandalism, graffiti, littering, underage drinking and drug taking. | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway | 30.04.06 – 29.07.06 |
| 8 | St Michael’s Church, Dumfries (Church graveyard) | Groups of young people engaged in vandalism, graffiti, littering, underage drinking and drug taking. | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway | 30.04.06 – 29.07.06 |
| 9 | Hunter Sq, Edinburgh (As number 3) | Street drinking and aggressive begging. | City of Edinburgh | Lothian and Borders | 05.06.06 – 31.08.06 |
| 10 | Moffat (Car park) | Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism. | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway | 26.08.06 – 25.11.06 |
| 11 | Lockerbie (Car park) | Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism. | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway | 26.08.06 – 25.11.06 |
| 12 | Knightswood, Glasgow (Residential area) | Groups of young people engaged in intimidation, noise nuisance, littering, public sexual activity and vandalism. | Glasgow City | Strathclyde | 01.09.06 – 30.11.06 |
| 13 | Sauchie (Village – residential) | Since beginning of 2006 and order coming into force more than 800 complaints and 430 crimes were recorded. Generally young people engaged in vandalism, fighting, drinking and acting in an unacceptable manner. | Clackmannanshire | Central | 18.09.06 – 17.12.06 |
| 14 | Dennistoun, Glasgow (Residential area) | Increase in the number of incidents involving large groups of youths gang fighting, carrying knives, vandalising property, drinking and causing disorder. | Glasgow City | Strathclyde | 13.10.06 – 11.01.07 |
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the success of each dispersal order.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot monitor the success of each individual dispersal order; that is theresponsibility of the police force and partner agencies concerned. We are,however, conducting a study – as required under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland)Act 2004 – of the operational effectiveness and impact of dispersal powers, asevidenced by the first 14 dispersal orders to be enforced. This study will bepresented to Parliament by 29 October 2007.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the antisocial behaviour outcome agreements prepared by Glasgow City Council and its community planning partners.
Answer
Glasgow City Council’sAntisocial Behaviour Strategy Outcome Agreement: Working Together to BuildStronger, Safer Communities, is available on the Council’s website at
www.glasgow.gov.uk. Annual progressreports are submitted to us for internal monitoring and assessment purposes butpublication of these is a matter for the Council.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour notices have been served since April 2006, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the evaluation of the implementation and impact of community warden schemes.
Answer
The evaluation of the impactand implementation of community wardens was published on the Scottish Executivewebsite on 23 March 2007 and can be accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/22104147/0.
