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I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14070 on 19 June 2008. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14070 on 19 June 2008. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14070 on 19 June 2008. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14070 on 19 June 2008. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The information requested is not held centrally.

This is a matter for HM Treasury. The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government.

This information is not held centrally.

Information on the amount of money collected by each commission area district court and forwarded to HM Treasury is provided to the Scottish Government by the individual local authorities in each commission area. They do not detail the specific criteria they have used in making these returns, however the basis on which money could be retained or forwarded in 2006-07 and previous years was as follows:

Local authorities were allowed to retain all income from fiscal fines and from fines imposed upon conviction for common law offences. They also retained a set proportion of income received for fixed penalty notices for certain road traffic offences. This proportion was set at 10%, but increased to 33% in the case of penalties for stationary vehicles where the fine became registered. Money received from fines imposed upon conviction for statutory offences was forwarded to HM Treasury, as was the balance of fixed penalty notice payments for road traffic offences.

The recorded crime data held centrally has the number of crimes recorded by the police and the number recorded as detected (that is, there is sufficient evidence to justify consideration of criminal proceedings). We cannot provide any information on the number of people involved in crimes, since it is possible that individuals may be responsible for more than one of the crimes recorded. The available information is shown in the following table.

Number of Crimes of Driving a Motor Vehicle While Unfit through Drink or Drugs, or Driving with Blood Alcohol Content Above Limit, Detected by the Police in East Dunbartonshire, 2004-05 to 2006-07

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Driving motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs	14	15	12
Driving motor vehicle with blood alcohol content above prescribed limit	73	81	99
Total	87	96	111

 

Local authorities have the power to make byelaws to prohibit drinking in designated public places under provisions contained in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, subject to confirmation by the Scottish ministers. To date, 30 local authorities across Scotland have byelaws in place, covering over 480 towns and villages, and the built up areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Information on the number of arrests made by the police is not held centrally, only the number of crimes recorded. The number of breaches of these byelaws recorded within the East Dunbartonshire local authority area are shown in the following table.

Breaches of Byelaws which Prohibit Drinking in Designated Public Places, East Dunbartonshire Local Authority Area, 2004-05 to 2006-07

2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
530	513	476