- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes to Scots law would be required if the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill becomes law.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26834.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents there were on (a) the A725 and (b) the A71 in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001 in each local authority area and how many fatalities and serious injuries there were in each case.
Answer
Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only accidents.The table gives the numbers of road accidents which were identified in the STATS 19 returns as occurring on (a) the A725 and (b) the A71 in the specified years, and the associated fatalities and serious casualties. The information is broken down by local authority area.It should be noted that the statistics given in the table are based upon the data which are held in the central statistical database and which were collected by the police at the time of the accident and subsequently reported to the Executive. They may differ from any figures which the local authorities would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequent changes or corrections that local authorities may have made to the statistical information, for use at local level, about the location of each accident, based upon their knowledge of the roads and areas concerned.(a) Injury road accidents occurring on the A725, and the associated numbers of fatalities and seriously-injured casualties, as reported in the "STATS 19" statistical returns.
Local Authority | Year | Injury road accidents | Fatalities | Seriously-injured casualties |
North Lanarkshire | 2000 | 41 | 0 | 15 |
2001 | 43 | 1 | 6 |
South Lanarkshire | 2000 | 58 | 0 | 17 |
2001 | 44 | 0 | 5 |
of which: on that part of the A725 which is a trunk road - |
North Lanarkshire | 2000 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2001 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
South Lanarkshire | 2000 | 58 | 0 | 17 |
2001 | 44 | 0 | 5 |
(b) Injury road accidents occurring on the A71, and the associated numbers of fatalities and seriously-injured casualties, as reported in the STATS 19 statistical returns.
Local Authority | Year | Injury road accidents | Fatalities | Seriously-injured casualties |
Edinburgh | 2000 | 62 | 1 | 12 |
2001 | 43 | 0 | 5 |
West Lothian | 2000 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
2001 | 30 | 1 | 2 |
North Lanarkshire | 2000 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
2001 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
South Lanarkshire | 2000 | 31 | 2 | 9 |
2001 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
East Ayrshire | 2000 | 30 | 1 | 7 |
2001 | 33 | 3 | 11 |
North Ayrshire | 2000 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of special constables was from ethnic minority groups in each police force at 31 March 2002.
Answer
The percentages of special constables from ethnic minority groups in each police force at 31 March 2002 are shown in the following table.
Force | Percentage of Special Constables from Ethnic Minority Groups |
Central | 0% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2% |
Fife | 2% |
Grampian | 1% |
Lothian & Borders | 2% |
Northern | 0% |
Strathclyde | 3% |
Tayside | 0% |
Total | 1.3% |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill would be on the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
Answer
The Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill proposes that, in certain circumstances, there should be a change in entitlement to housing benefit, which is a reserved matter. The Department for Work and Pensions is currently considering the amendments it wishes to propose to the bill and I and my officials are in active discussion with the department with the aim of ensuring that the bill in its final form will be consistent with the approach in Scotland on any devolved matters which may be affected by the implementation of the bill.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the compatability of the terms of the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill with its aims to eradicate poverty and promote social inclusion.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26834.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) target and (b) actual median current waiting times are for an opthamological examination by a consultant opthamologist in each NHS board area.
Answer
The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in ophthalmology, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS board of residence, in the year ended 31 December 2001, is given in the following table. The target waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a Consultant, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner, is nine weeks.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Out-patient Appointment with a Consultant in Ophthalmology, Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence. Year Ending 31 December 2001
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NHS Board | Median WaitP |
Argyll and Clyde | 55 days |
Ayrshire and Arran | 58 days |
Borders | 45 days |
Dumfries and Galloway | 71 days |
Fife | 67 days |
Forth Valley | 62 days |
Grampian | 89 days |
Greater Glasgow | 102 days |
Highland | 77 days |
Lanarkshire | 87 days |
Lothian | 47 days |
Orkney | 86 days |
Shetland | 22 days |
Tayside | 39 days |
Western Isles | 95 days |
Scotland | 66 days |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR00.
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- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of officers at each rank within (a) each police force and (b) the Scottish Crime Squad at 31 March 2002 was female.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table. There were no female chief constables. The Scottish Crime Squad was replaced by the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (SDEA) on 1 April 2001.Percentage of Female Strength by Rank at 31 March 2002
Force | Assistant Chief Constable | Superintendent | Chief Inspector | Inspector |
Central | - | - | 6.7% | 4.8% |
Dumfries and Galloway | - | - | - | 8.7% |
Fife | - | - | 7.1% | 2.7% |
Grampian | - | 5.6% | - | 3.4% |
Lothian and Borders | - | 9.4% | 6.8% | 6.3% |
Northern | - | - | - | 3.1% |
Strathclyde | 16.7% | 4.9% | 8.5% | 5.7% |
Tayside | - | 8.3% | 11.8% | 3.8% |
Total | 5.3% | 5.2% | 7.2% | 5.5% |
Secondment to SDEA | - | - | - | - |
Force | Sergeant | Constable |
Central | 7.8% | 17.1% |
Dumfries and Galloway | 6.8% | 23.7% |
Fife | 3.3% | 21.2% |
Grampian | 10.9% | 22.1% |
Lothian and Borders | 8.4% | 20.1% |
Northern | 6.6% | 20.6% |
Strathclyde | 8.2% | 17.8% |
Tayside | 23.9% | 20.4% |
Total | 8.7% | 26.4% |
Secondment to SDEA | 8.3% | 13.4% |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many officers recruited into each rank within (a) each police force and (b) the Scottish Crime Squad from April 2001 to March 2002 were from ethnic minority groups.
Answer
From April 2001 to March 2002 there were nine officers in total from ethnic minority groups recruited to Scottish police forces - three to Lothian and Borders and six to Strathclyde. Information by rank is not held centrally.The Scottish Crime Squad was replaced by the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (SDEA) on 1 April 2001. Officers are not recruited directly to the SDEA but are seconded from forces. No secondments of officers from ethnic minority groups took place between April 2001 and March 2002.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of officers at each rank within (a) each police force and (b) the Scottish Crime Squad at 31 March 2002 was from ethnic minority groups.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table. There were no officers from ethnic minority groups above Chief Inspector. The Scottish Crime Squad was replaced by the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (SDEA) on 1 April 2001.Percentage of Officers from Ethnic Minority Groups by Rank
| Chief Inspector | Inspector | Sergeant | Constable |
Central | - | - | 0.9% | 0.2% |
Dumfries and Galloway | - | - | - | 0.3% |
Fife | - | - | - | 0.4% |
Grampian | - | - | - | 0.5% |
Lothian and Borders | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Northern | - | - | - | 0.4% |
Strathclyde | - | - | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Tayside | - | - | - | 0.4% |
Total | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Secondment to SDEA | - | - | - | 1.0% |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many officers recruited into each rank within (a) each police force and (b) the Scottish Crime Squad from April 2001 to March 2002 were female.
Answer
The number of female officers recruited to each police force from April 2001 to March 2002 is shown in the following table. Information by rank is not held centrally.
Force | Number of Female Officers Recruited |
Central | 3 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 3 |
Fife | 24 |
Grampian | 12 |
Lothian and Borders | 42 |
Northern | 8 |
Strathclyde | 95 |
Tayside | 25 |
Total | 212 |
The Scottish Crime Squad was replaced by the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (SDEA) on 1 April 2001. Officers are not recruited directly to the SDEA but are seconded from forces. Between April 2001 to March 2002, nine secondments of female officers took place - one sergeant from Grampian, four constables from Strathclyde, two constables from Grampian and one constable each from Fife and Lothian and Borders.