Questions and answers

Question reference: S5W-21190

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of theft have occurred in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospitals in each of the last five years, also broken down by hospital.

Information on the number of instances of theft that have occurred in hospitals is not held centrally. Where a hospital-based theft is reported to the police, this will be included in the Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics. However, the figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police Scotland are a simple count of the number of crimes and offences recorded in each local authority. We do not receive further details on the characteristics or circumstances of individual crimes and offences, such as the location.

Question reference: S5W-21185

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of violence have been reported in Inverclyde schools in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of instances of violence in schools is not held centrally. Where a school-based incident of violence is reported to the police, this will be included in the Recorded Crime National Statistics. However, the figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police Scotland are a simple count of the number of crimes and offences recorded in each local authority. We do not receive further details on the characteristics or circumstances of individual crimes and offences, such as the location.

Question reference: S5W-21186

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 1 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of antisocial behaviour have been reported to the Police in Inverclyde in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of instances of antisocial behaviour reported to the Police is not held centrally. The member may wish to write to Police Scotland directly to request this information.

Where a reported incident of antisocial behaviour involves any criminality (for example vandalism), this will be included in the Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics. However, the figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police Scotland are a simple count of the number of crimes and offences recorded in each local authority. We do not receive further details on the characteristics or circumstances of individual crimes and offences, such as whether they relate to antisocial behaviour.

Question reference: S5W-21183

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 1 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of antisocial behaviour have been reported to the Police in North Ayrshire in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of instances of antisocial behaviour reported to the Police is not held centrally. The member may wish to write to Police Scotland directly to request this information.

Where a reported incident of antisocial behaviour involves any criminality (for example vandalism), this will be included in the Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics. However, the figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police Scotland are a simple count of the number of crimes and offences recorded in each local authority. We do not receive further details on the characteristics or circumstances of individual crimes and offences, such as whether they relate to antisocial behaviour.

Question reference: S5O-02862

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of primary school teachers are supply staff.

Question reference: S5W-21179

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of sheep worrying have occurred in North Ayrshire in each of the last five years.

Information on cases of sheep worrying is not held centrally in the format requested. Information is available on the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 – which relates to dogs worrying livestock on agricultural land (table below). However, as this legislation applies to all forms of livestock, these figures are not available for specific types of animal.

Table 1: Offences of Protection of Livestock from Dogs, North Ayrshire, 2013-14 to 2017-18.

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
North Ayrshire	2	3	4	0	2

Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2017-18.

Question reference: S5W-21180

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial cost of sheep worrying to farmers in North Ayrshire.

Question reference: S5W-21181

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle sheep worrying in North Ayrshire.

Dog attacks on sheep, wherever they occur, is an issue that the Scottish Government takes very seriously.We fully support the work to tackle this matter being undertaken by the Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC), chaired by Police Scotland, including their 5 month campaign to highlight the issue, launched on 8 January 2019. We have also commissioned Ipsos MORI to undertake research investigating the incidence and impact of dog attacks on sheep in Scotland and looking at potential strategies to prevent it happening.

Question reference: S5W-21182

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of violence have been reported in North Ayrshire schools in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of instances of violence in schools is not held centrally. Where a school-based incident of violence is reported to the police, this will be included in the Recorded Crime National Statistics. However, the figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police Scotland are a simple count of the number of crimes and offences recorded in each local authority. We do not receive further details on the characteristics or circumstances of individual crimes and offences, such as the location.

Question reference: S5F-02933

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to tackle antisemitism.

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