Chamber and committees

It is not possible to providea complete answer, as many callers opt not to provide addresses or other identitydetails. In addition, between the inception of Enquire in November 1999 and 30 June 2005 the Enquiredatabase did not store this information with regard to relatively straightforwardcalls such as requests for publications. However, since 1 July 2005, Enquirehas been recording calls to their helpline using a more sophisticated database whichallows inclusion of all call types. Therefore, the data for calls received in2005-06 is provided in two parts:

(i) calls received in Quarter1, recorded on the original database and,

(ii) calls received in Quarter2-4 recorded on the new database.

Where the callers’ details areknown, the breakdown is as follows:

Local Authority	1999-2002 Number	1999-2002 %	2002-03 Number	2002-03 %	2003-04 Number	2003-04 %	2004-05 Number	2004-05 %
Aberdeen City	67	3.1	57	4.1	84	4.1	67	3.2
Aberdeenshire	69	3.2	52	3.7	100	4.9	115	5.6
Angus	31	1.4	14	1.0	46	2.3	42	2.0
Argyll and Bute	55	2.6	26	1.9	30	1.5	26	1.3
Borders	36	1.7	29	2.1	23	1.1	44	2.1
Clackmannanshire	42	2.0	26	1.9	33	1.6	13	0.6
Dumfries and Galloway	55	2.6	26	1.9	30	1.5	61	3.0
Dundee City	51	2.4	27	1.9	40	2.0	52	2.5
East Ayrshire	30	1.4	20	1.4	28	1.4	15	0.7
East Dunbartonshire	33	1.5	11	0.8	24	1.2	50	2.4
East Lothian	47	2.2	26	1.9	42	2.1	33	1.6
East Renfrewshire	21	1.0	21	1.5	9	0.4	19	0.9
Edinburgh	316	14.7	199	14.2	293	14.4	225	10.9
Falkirk	93	4.3	52	3.7	88	4.3	80	3.9
Fife	103	4.8	55	3.9	86	4.2	105	5.1
Glasgow	218	10.2	196	14.0	257	12.6	243	11.8
Highland	133	6.2	95	6.8	73	3.6	125	6.1
Inverclyde	15	0.7	18	1.3	18	0.9	16	0.8
Midlothian	25	1.2	20	1.4	34	1.7	32	1.6
Moray	40	1.9	17	1.2	12	0.6	37	1.8
North Ayrshire	28	1.3	23	1.6	29	1.4	26	1.3
North Lanarkshire	66	3.1	30	2.1	74	3.6	70	3.4
Orkney	13	0.6	4	0.3	25	1.2	9	0.4
Perth and Kinross	84	3.9	54	3.8	102	5.0	69	3.3
Renfrewshire	35	1.6	28	2.0	51	2.5	53	2.6
Shetland	10	0.5	2	0.1	11	0.5	10	0.5
South Ayrshire	38	1.8	33	2.4	25	1.2	26	1.3
South Lanarkshire	70	3.3	43	3.1	45	2.2	56	2.7
Stirling	56	2.6	30	2.1	38	1.9	43	2.1
West Dunbartonshire	34	1.6	39	2.8	27	1.3	13	0.6
West Lothian	79	3.7	54	3.8	67	3.3	82	4.0
Western Isles	21	1.0	5	0.4	7	0.3	13	0.6
National	8	0.4	8	0.6	3	0.1	9	0.4
Outside Scotland	43	2.0	20	1.4	47	2.3	34	1.6
Not recorded	0	0.0	1	0.1	45	2.2	61	3.0
Unknown	80	3.7	43	3.1	86	4.2	88	4.3
Total	2,145		1,404		2,032		2,062

 

New Database Figures for 2005-06

Local Authority	2005-06 Q1 Number	2005-06 Q1 %	2005-06 Q2-Q4 Number	2005-06 Q2-Q4 %
Aberdeen City	12	2.9	82	3.7
Aberdeenshire	23	5.6	94	4.2
Angus	8	2.0	50	2.2
Argyll and Bute	1	0.2	35	1.6
Borders	12	2.9	52	2.3
Clackmannanshire	1	0.2	5	0.2
Dumfries and Galloway	5	1.2	55	2.5
Dundee City	16	3.9	40	1.8
East Ayrshire	0	0.0	16	0.7
East Dunbartonshire	8	2.0	40	1.8
East Lothian	5	1.2	31	1.4
East Renfrewshire	6	1.5	13	0.6
Edinburgh	52	12.7	259	11.6
Falkirk	17	4.2	45	2.0
Fife	32	7.8	110	4.9
Glasgow	56	13.7	206	9.2
Highland	32	7.8	60	2.7
Inverclyde	1	0.2	29	1.3
Midlothian	9	2.2	26	1.2
Moray	1	0.2	36	1.6
North Ayrshire	1	0.2	29	1.3
North Lanarkshire	16	3.9	101	4.5
Orkney	2	0.5	2	0.1
Perth and Kinross	20	4.9	49	2.2
Renfrewshire	6	1.5	38	1.7
Shetland	2	0.5	17	0.8
South Ayrshire	7	1.7	47	2.1
South Lanarkshire	15	3.7	59	2.6
Stirling	5	1.2	41	1.8
West Dunbartonshire	8	2.0	20	0.9
West Lothian	14	3.4	46	2.1
Western Isles	1	0.2	13	0.6
National	0	0.0	0	0.0
Outside Scotland	5	1.2	57	2.6
Not recorded	6	1.5	71	3.2
Unknown	3	0.7	355	15.9
	408		2,229

 

The report of the independentreview, carried out by the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversityat Edinburgh University, is being finalised. The full evaluation report willbe available on the Executive website in due course.

Enquire were awarded (a) £261,586in 1999-2000; (b) £181,387 in 2000-01; (c) £177,479 in 2001-02; (d) £254,421 in2002-03 (e) £321,963 in 2003-04 (f) £367,361 in 2004-05 (g) £326,951 in 2005-06.The agreed grant for 2006-07 is £309,321. No decisions have been taken on fundingbeyond 2006-07.

Most requests forinformation are handled routinely and not all are recorded or countedcentrally. In line with centrally produced guidance some requests for informationare notified to the Scottish Executive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. the Scottish Executive have published a report on information requests handling inthe Scottish Executive for requests received during 1 January to 31 December 2005;this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number39491) and on the Freedom of Information pages of the Scottish Executive Website. The reportprovides information on the number and percentage of requests dealt without-with the 20 working-day time period for the each of the quarters of 2005. Areport on the information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for thefirst six months of 2006 will be published later in the year.

The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics.

Table 1 shows the percentageof the top 5% of earners within each local authority area that were women in eachyear since 2000. These estimates are taken from ASHE and are based on the area thatemployees work in.

The estimates in the followingtable are based on a sample survey, and as such, are subject to sampling error.This error can be used to assess the reliability of an estimate. Only those estimatesthat are judged to be reliable are reported.

Table 1: Percentage of the Top 5% of Earners That Were Women, Scotland, 2000-05

Work Place Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scotland	22.3%	26.2%	21.0%	22.3%	28.5%	31.5%
Aberdeen City	x	x	x	x	x	x
Aberdeenshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
Angus	x	x	x	x	x	x
Argyll and Bute	x	x	x	x	x	x
The Scottish Borders	x	x	x	x	x	x
Clackmannanshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
Dumfries and Galloway	x	x	x	x	x	x
Dundee City	x	x	x	x	x	x
East Ayrshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
East Dunbartonshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
East Lothian	x	x	x	x	x	x
East Renfrewshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
City of Edinburgh	21.4%	29.6%	25.7%	30.1%	29.7%	33.8%
Falkirk	x	x	x	x	x	x
Fife	x	x	x	x	x	x
Glasgow City	21.3%	18.5%	23.4%	22.2%	29.5%	27.2%
Highland	x	x	x	x	x	x
Inverclyde	x	x	x	x	x	x
Midlothian	x	x	x	x	x	x
Moray	x	x	x	x	x	x
North Ayrshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
North Lanarkshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
Orkney Islands	x	x	x	x	x	x
Perth and Kinross	x	x	x	x	x	x
Renfrewshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
Shetland Islands	x	x	x	x	x	x
South Ayrshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
South Lanarkshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
Stirling	x	x	x	x	x	x
West Dunbartonshire	x	x	x	x	x	x
West Lothian	x	x	x	x	x	x
Western Isles	x	x	x	x	x	x

Source: Annual Survey of Hoursand Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

x – Estimate is unreliable.

Notes:

1. The estimates are based onthe hourly pay excluding overtime for employees on adult rates whose pay for thesurvey pay-period was not affected by absence.

2. The estimates are based on a samplesurvey, and as such, are subject to sampling error.

3. To improve coverage and hencemake the survey more representative, supplementary information was collected fromthe 2004 ASHE survey onwards. The 2004 and 2005 ASHE results are therefore discontinuouswith the results for 2003 and previous years, for which no supplementary informationwas collected.

This information is notcollected centrally. Only those voluntary organisations seeking charitablestatus have been required to register their establishment.

Generally speaking,voluntary organisations include unincorporated community and voluntary groups,registered charities, friendly societies and a growing number of social economyorganisations. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations estimates thereto be around 50,000 voluntary organisations in Scotland.

Information on the number ofcharities registered between 1999 and 2005 can be obtained from Her Majesty’sRevenue and Customs. The number of new organisations granted charitable statusfrom April 2006 onwards will be available from the Office of the ScottishCharity Regulator (OSCR), recently established under the Charities and TrusteeInvestment (Scotland) Act 2005.

This information is not heldcentrally. Guidelines are provided for Scottish Executive staff considering officialhospitality and all such expenditure must be approved by a manager of appropriateseniority.

All agencies who work with childrenhave a responsibility to contribute to the prevention and reduction of youth offending.

Key national partner agencieshave made clear public commitments about their determination to make the necessaryimprovements.

All local authority areas havelocal youth justice strategic groups who are responsible for identifying the natureand extent of youth crime in their area through youth crime audits, and for matchingthe range of local service provision to the evidence about service requirements.

Within that local structure,partner agencies will have their own responsibilities for delivering improvements.

The information requested bythe member is not yet available. National and local youth justice performance informationfor 2005-06 will be published in July 2006.

The data will be included inthe 2005-06 youth justice report to be published by the Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration.

The figures on persistent youthoffending in Scotland were first collated for 2003-04. The statement I madeto Parliament on 4 November 2004 made it clear that the 2003-04 youth justice report representedthe agreed baseline. Data gathered in previous years cannot be directly compared.

The 2003-04 report (Bib.number 34397) and 2004-05 report (Bib. number 37302) are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, and include data for every local authority area.

The 2005-06 performance figureswill be published in July 2006.