Chamber and committees

The information requestedon accidental injuries is available for Scotland as a whole only, and is given inHer Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland annual reports publishedby the Scottish Executive in January 2003, January 2004; December 2004; October2005 and December 2006, copies of which are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. numbers 25890; 30472; 34686; 38132, and 41202). The inspectorateonly began compiling figures for attacks on personnel in 2002-03 and this informationis also available in the annual reports.

The available informationis given in the following table. The charges relate to fraud or attempted fraudby electronic means (that is obtaining or attempting to obtain goods or servicesby computer, electronic or telephone means) and is not limited to transactions overthe internet.

Persons ProceededAgainst for Electronic Fraud Offences^1,2,3, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Scotland	-	-	-	4	6	5	7

Note:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes AttemptedFraud (Electronic Means) and Fraud (Electronic Means) under common law.

3. Excludes any chargesrecorded under the offences of general fraud or credit and debit card fraud.

Independent scrutinyof the process of managing covert human intelligence sources within police forcesis provided by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. The Scottish Executivehas no plans to review this process.

This information isnot held centrally.

Responsibility forpayments made to covert human intelligence sources rests with chief constables.

The information availableis set out in the following tables.

Tables 1-3 cover officialcars.

Table 4 covers airtravel.

Table 5 covers railtravel.

Table 6 covers ferrycrossings.

Tables 1 and 2: CarJourneys Undertaken Between 1999 and 2004¹

Table 1: ManualScheduling System

Calendar Year	Journeys
1999	5,538
2000	6,149
2001	6,673
2002 (up to and including July)2	3,999

 

Table 2:Computerised Scheduling System

Calendar Year	Journeys
2002 (from August to December)2	5,709
2003	11,531
2004	12,317

Notes:

1. The tables includejourneys undertaken by Scottish ministers, ministers of the UK Government Departmentswhen in Scotland, some senior officials at the Scottish Executive, visiting dignitariesand where necessary the transportation of official documents. The underlying recordsare no longer held.

2. The numbers providedwere compiled using data from two different scheduling methods. Up to and includingJuly 2002, the Government Car Service (GCS) relied on a manual scheduling systemwhere journeys were recorded as one, regardless of the number of points of call.From 1 August 2002, GCS installed a computerised scheduling systemwhich only accepts a single point of call as one journey. The totals in each of the tables are therefore not comparable. The large variation between the numberof journeys carried out during the first seven months of 2002 and those completedin the latter months simply reflect the different recording methods, and not becauseof any increase in the workload.

Table 3: Car JourneysUndertaken Between 2005 and 2006

Calendar Year	Journeys
2005 (1 April to 31 December)	7,6691
2006	9,933
2007 (1 January to 15 May)	2,752

Note: 1. Data forthe period of January to March 2005 is no longer held. This corresponds to an annualfigure of approximately 10,250

Table 4: Ministerial Flights

Calendar Year	Journeys
2002 (1 April to 31 December)	2741
2003	204
2004	234
2005	245
2006	230
2007 (1 January to 15 May)	33

Note: 1. Informationprior to April 2002 is no longer held.

Table 5: Ministerial Rail Journeys

Calendar Year	Journeys
2002 (1 April to 31 December)	1521,2
2003	1121
2004	1071
2005	1271
2006	861
2007 (1 January to 15 May)	281

Notes:

1. Additionally,ministers could travel on the Edinburgh to Glasgow route using rail tickets purchased in bulk. No statistics are held coveringtravel using these.

2.  Information priorto April 2002 is no longer held.

Table 6: Ministerial Ferry Crossings

Calendar Year	Journeys
2002 (1 April to 31 December)	1
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	2
2007 (1 January – 15 May)	0

Note: 1. Informationprior to April 2006 is no longer held.

There are no plansat present, however, the future management of common good funds and assets willbe considered as part of a review of asset management across the public sector.

This information isnot held centrally.

The statistics held centrally on crimes of fraud recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstancesof the fraud, such as whether the fraud involved use of the internet. No informationabout incidents reported to trading standards offices is held centrally.

The available informationis given in the following table. The charges relate to fraud or attempted fraudby electronic means (that is obtaining or attempting to obtain goods or servicesby computer, electronic or telephone means) and is not limited to transactions overthe internet.

Personswith a Charge Proved for Electronic Fraud Offences^1,2,3, 1999-2000to 2005-06

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Scotland	-	-	-	3	6	4	7

Note:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes AttemptedFraud (Electronic Means) and Fraud (Electronic Means)

3. Excludes any chargesrecorded under the offences of general fraud or credit and debit card fraud.