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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.

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Question reference: S1W-26551

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the department and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26549

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Civil Aviation Authority, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the authority and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26548

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Child Support Agency (CSA), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the CSA and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26546

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Benefits Agency, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the agency and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26545

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25923 and S1W-25919 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what specific steps the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is taking to address timeliness of reporting with (a) the police and (b) other agencies.

Question reference: S1W-26547

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the British Standards Institute (BSI), (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the BSI and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26544

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25928 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what estimate it has made of wasted expenditure in respect of staff time in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service owing to adjournment of trials on the date of trial in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Question reference: S1W-26543

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25928 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 5 June 2002, what expenses have been paid to witnesses inconvenienced by an adjournment of trial in (a) the High Court of Justiciary, (b) the sheriff court in each sheriff court district and (c) each district court in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Question reference: S1W-26557

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by HM Industrial Pollution Inspectorate, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the inspectorate and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-26559

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to reports to the Procurator Fiscal by the Law Society of Scotland, (a) how many such reports the Procurator Fiscal has received, (b) how many cases have (i) been marked "no proceedings" as a result of delay on the part of the society and (ii) proceeded to trial and (c) how many convictions were secured in (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02.