Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1376 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Appointments to the special constabulary are made by chief constables by virtue of the Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 1966. The document Policing Priorities for Scotland 2003-2006 published earlier this year by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) notes that ACPOS "has made it a priority to increase by 500 officers the establishment of the Special Constabulary throughout Scotland". As the partnership agreement states, "we will support chief constables to meet their target of an increase of 500 in the number of special constables". Work to meet the target is now underway.

We are working with the police and others to introduce a national programme of restorative police warnings. We plan to publish guidance to the police in the autumn. This guidance will set out how restorative principles should be applied and will provide examples of good practice.Evidence suggests that a restorative approach can make warnings more effective and may reduce re-offending. The restorative element of the warning will vary depending upon the offender, the offence and the impact on the victims. Typically, such an approach involves the young offender and other parties (e.g. his or her parents, the victim and victim supporter, police, community representatives etc) collectively resolving how to deal with the aftermath of the offence. In particular, it aims to involve the victim (either directly or with his or her views conveyed) and offender in discussing the implications of the crime and possible forms of reparation.

The Scottish Executive is strongly committed to supporting families in transition and values the role of the voluntary sector in providing marriage and relationship support. Funding in this area has doubled since 2000 and in 2003-04, the family organisations will receive grants totalling £1.188 million. Three-quarters of this funding goes to family mediation organisations. An on-going external consultancy review is considering the funding arrangements and corporate governance of Family Mediation Scotland and affiliated local mediation services. The review is due to conclude in the autumn. A recent consultation on merging voluntary sector funding for services for children and young people sought views on whether grants for marriage and relationship support should be included in an integrated fund. The consultation responses are currently being analysed. The continued development of the role of the voluntary organisations in supporting families in transition will be informed by the family mediation review, the consultation responses on merging funding streams, and the regular discussions which take place between the family organisations and the Scottish Executive.

The capital costs will be around £45 million, which will cover both the development costs of the additional 29 places and the modernisation of 78 places. Current average weekly costs are around £3,000 for each child. Secure schools are responsible for managing their operational costs and setting their costs per place. The Executive has asked them to look to minimise their weekly costs while delivering a high level of care and education for the young people in their care.

The requested information is given in the following table.Crimes Recorded by the Police of Fraud, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	18,608	21,188	17,410	16,627
Aberdeen City	3,088	2,491	2,131	1,398
Aberdeenshire	514	678	556	420
Angus	165	226	109	145
Argyll and Bute	113	146	184	109
Clackmannanshire	51	84	81	156
Dumfries and Galloway	476	307	423	491
Dundee City	559	511	337	367
East Ayrshire	371	371	258	269
East Dunbartonshire	132	122	76	121
East Lothian	260	383	261	157
East Renfrewshire	91	112	98	45
Edinburgh, City of	2,613	3,885	3,314	3,170
Eilean Siar	15	6	8	10
Falkirk	352	360	400	645
Fife	1,121	1,781	1,264	1,240
Glasgow City	2,498	2,437	2,133	1,951
Highland	681	928	632	981
Inverclyde	458	293	233	165
Midlothian	143	382	314	237
Moray	204	267	328	195
North Ayrshire	362	393	432	271
North Lanarkshire	768	771	606	532
Orkney Islands	12	32	46	31
Perth and Kinross	217	183	165	210
Renfrewshire	633	607	515	334
Scottish Borders	299	763	318	428
Shetland Islands	37	28	24	59
South Ayrshire	429	508	360	272
South Lanarkshire	841	529	473	509
Stirling	227	200	327	359
West Dunbartonshire	330	285	291	260
West Lothian	548	1,119	713	1,090

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Perjury", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	31	17	18	28
Aberdeen City	1	1	2	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	2	0
Angus	0	0	0	3
Argyll and Bute	0	0	1	0
Clackmannanshire	0	2	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	1	0	0
Dundee City	0	0	1	3
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	2
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	4	2	1	10
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	2	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	2	1
Glasgow City	13	2	1	5
Highland	2	5	3	1
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	1	0
Moray	0	0	0	1
North Ayrshire	1	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	2	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	1	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	2	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	2	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	4	1	0	1
Stirling	1	1	1	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Resisting Arrest", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	5,764	5,810	6,568	6,847
Aberdeen City	240	225	246	262
Aberdeenshire	123	112	123	125
Angus	80	79	90	78
Argyll and Bute	139	162	358	233
Clackmannanshire	44	48	89	97
Dumfries and Galloway	144	116	119	172
Dundee City	192	148	126	153
East Ayrshire	153	143	128	155
East Dunbartonshire	64	49	64	62
East Lothian	60	57	52	81
East Renfrewshire	66	56	54	58
Edinburgh, City of	551	563	628	607
Eilean Siar	17	9	24	11
Falkirk	146	123	174	192
Fife	309	333	349	399
Glasgow City	1,303	1,291	1,451	1,591
Highland	206	220	261	279
Inverclyde	77	112	136	140
Midlothian	90	76	95	66
Moray	70	56	86	84
North Ayrshire	150	144	127	167
North Lanarkshire	379	374	402	489
Orkney Islands	7	5	10	6
Perth and Kinross	66	93	37	77
Renfrewshire	218	214	210	210
Scottish Borders	76	92	89	98
Shetland Islands	14	5	12	6
South Ayrshire	87	97	115	163
South Lanarkshire	337	359	419	369
Stirling	79	106	128	107
West Dunbartonshire	140	168	161	138
West Lothian	137	175	205	172

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Wasting Police Time", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,577	996	919	1,019
Aberdeen City	32	33	31	56
Aberdeenshire	23	15	19	17
Angus	64	48	44	63
Argyll and Bute	51	9	15	10
Clackmannanshire	12	7	10	22
Dumfries and Galloway	29	28	21	23
Dundee City	136	140	93	124
East Ayrshire	73	31	15	17
East Dunbartonshire	24	3	4	14
East Lothian	9	13	4	8
East Renfrewshire	36	5	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	76	69	85	83
Eilean Siar	4	0	1	2
Falkirk	30	42	35	29
Fife	73	78	71	89
Glasgow City	949	127	113	103
Highland	37	39	44	40
Inverclyde	46	11	13	5
Midlothian	7	18	11	11
Moray	16	15	9	16
North Ayrshire	105	18	14	23
North Lanarkshire	168	29	31	28
Orkney Islands	4	2	3	3
Perth and Kinross	76	55	64	62
Renfrewshire	114	26	12	18
Scottish Borders	26	31	22	26
Shetland Islands	2	1	2	2
South Ayrshire	71	20	24	32
South Lanarkshire	150	28	28	23
Stirling	19	12	35	37
West Dunbartonshire	96	12	17	10
West Lothian	19	31	29	23

Note: From 2000, Strathclyde police force changed their recording practices and now record many crimes previously recorded as "wasting police time" under the crime category of "General attempts to defeat/pervert the course/ends of justice".Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Bail Offences (other than Absconding or Re-Offending)", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	1,821	2,172	2,206	3,588
Aberdeen City	40	5	28	129
Aberdeenshire	34	4	35	42
Angus	21	50	36	34
Argyll and Bute	22	15	17	37
Clackmannanshire	64	69	18	93
Dumfries and Galloway	18	20	25	24
Dundee City	227	383	169	205
East Ayrshire	34	28	32	46
East Dunbartonshire	16	33	22	33
East Lothian	8	16	21	45
East Renfrewshire	12	7	21	23
Edinburgh, City of	223	266	184	387
Eilean Siar	1	6	0	1
Falkirk	103	130	111	251
Fife	99	168	97	312
Glasgow City	423	428	582	821
Highland	22	14	46	90
Inverclyde	7	5	9	7
Midlothian	31	29	30	40
Moray	9	3	124	80
North Ayrshire	18	6	22	28
North Lanarkshire	57	38	76	181
Orkney Islands	0	0	2	0
Perth and Kinross	22	35	48	70
Renfrewshire	36	58	98	138
Scottish Borders	53	41	61	85
Shetland Islands	4	2	1	1
South Ayrshire	17	18	57	49
South Lanarkshire	64	104	92	121
Stirling	55	68	31	78
West Dunbartonshire	33	44	38	36
West Lothian	48	79	73	101

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Conspiracy", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	32	14	27	17
Aberdeen City	3	2	1	0
Aberdeenshire	3	1	1	1
Angus	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	1	1	0	1
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	0	0
Dundee City	0	1	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	1	1
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	1	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	1
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	1
Edinburgh, City of	6	1	7	3
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	1	0
Glasgow City	8	2	2	4
Highland	0	2	5	0
Inverclyde	0	0	1	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0
Moray	0	0	1	0
North Ayrshire	1	1	0	1
North Lanarkshire	0	0	1	2
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	1	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	2	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	1	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	4	2	2	1
Stirling	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	1	2	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Explosive Offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	42	43	65	64
Aberdeen City	1	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	1	0
Angus	0	0	1	6
Argyll and Bute	5	3	0	0
Clackmannanshire	1	0	2	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	2	0	0
Dundee City	2	2	2	6
East Ayrshire	1	0	4	2
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	2
East Lothian	0	2	0	1
East Renfrewshire	1	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	4	1	7	2
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	2	0	0
Fife	1	0	5	4
Glasgow City	13	13	12	18
Highland	2	2	6	1
Inverclyde	1	2	4	2
Midlothian	0	0	2	0
Moray	0	0	2	1
North Ayrshire	3	1	2	2
North Lanarkshire	0	3	5	6
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	2
Renfrewshire	0	2	0	0
Scottish Borders	1	0	7	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	1	3	2	2
Stirling	0	1	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	2	4	1	4
West Lothian	2	0	0	1

The requested information is given in the following tables.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Petty Assault", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	53,989	54,751	54,870	54,726
Aberdeen City	3,117	3,096	3,222	3,164
Aberdeenshire	1,728	1,803	1,752	1,542
Angus	939	902	994	1,151
Argyll and Bute	685	634	566	648
Clackmannanshire	378	397	508	533
Dumfries and Galloway	1,456	1,209	1,073	1,379
Dundee City	2,081	2,073	1,829	2,012
East Ayrshire	1,198	1,024	1,149	1,162
East Dunbartonshire	504	541	516	483
East Lothian	921	981	785	711
East Renfrewshire	359	314	322	314
Edinburgh, City of	7,000	7,677	7,167	6,147
Eilean Siar	147	129	131	133
Falkirk	1,383	1,441	1,484	1,608
Fife	3,167	3,322	3,421	3,518
Glasgow City	9,718	9,784	9,836	9,985
Highland	1,808	1,707	1,982	2,096
Inverclyde	731	786	888	854
Midlothian	970	910	918	766
Moray	847	859	982	986
North Ayrshire	1,177	1,134	1,138	1,285
North Lanarkshire	2,918	2,857	3,181	3,382
Orkney Islands	114	70	86	66
Perth and Kinross	908	933	944	912
Renfrewshire	1,761	1,766	1,829	1,591
Scottish Borders	921	1,051	1,021	983
Shetland Islands	120	89	95	125
South Ayrshire	1,006	974	908	973
South Lanarkshire	2,520	2,400	2,598	2,556
Stirling	639	674	756	871
West Dunbartonshire	964	917	932	949
West Lothian	1,804	2,297	1,857	1,841

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Breach of the Peace", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	71,028	69,986	72,601	74,169
Aberdeen City	4,090	3,405	3,826	3,777
Aberdeenshire	2,666	2,445	2,431	2,263
Angus	1,254	1,162	1,240	1,607
Argyll and Bute	1,218	1,449	1,722	1,408
Clackmannanshire	492	538	674	666
Dumfries and Galloway	1,778	1,529	1,423	1,639
Dundee City	3,027	2,918	2,714	2,976
East Ayrshire	1,857	1,571	1,658	1,638
East Dunbartonshire	716	748	772	822
East Lothian	537	489	521	515
East Renfrewshire	531	571	522	496
Edinburgh, City of	3,450	3,585	3,658	4,072
Eilean Siar	359	269	254	297
Falkirk	1,952	1,901	1,952	2,242
Fife	3,716	3,669	3,954	4,361
Glasgow City	15,602	16,390	16,077	15,493
Highland	3,589	3,439	3,733	3,864
Inverclyde	1,414	1,352	1,380	1,224
Midlothian	575	581	611	643
Moray	1,644	1,655	1,945	2,038
North Ayrshire	2,022	1,774	1,868	2,010
North Lanarkshire	4,643	4,705	5,093	5,615
Orkney Islands	132	97	157	124
Perth and Kinross	1,364	1,256	1,288	1,369
Renfrewshire	2,246	2,247	2,146	2,012
Scottish Borders	774	854	931	1,158
Shetland Islands	178	112	159	156
South Ayrshire	1,611	1,482	1,359	1,607
South Lanarkshire	4,266	4,232	4,614	3,976
Stirling	765	927	1,166	1,170
West Dunbartonshire	1,513	1,530	1,546	1,596
West Lothian	1,047	1,104	1,207	1,335

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Drunkenness", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	7,785	7,810	7,920	7,083
Aberdeen City	46	47	33	36
Aberdeenshire	80	59	53	38
Angus	70	55	44	60
Argyll and Bute	343	351	252	229
Clackmannanshire	43	16	12	7
Dumfries and Galloway	77	108	71	51
Dundee City	386	400	424	369
East Ayrshire	207	171	179	158
East Dunbartonshire	57	74	92	89
East Lothian	23	23	26	11
East Renfrewshire	32	33	28	18
Edinburgh, City of	57	132	261	230
Eilean Siar	88	66	60	60
Falkirk	86	72	83	60
Fife	313	365	388	428
Glasgow City	1,889	1,864	1,999	1,834
Highland	772	757	761	696
Inverclyde	322	257	207	190
Midlothian	22	24	23	18
Moray	142	105	98	107
North Ayrshire	272	280	279	212
North Lanarkshire	689	678	642	552
Orkney Islands	26	11	19	12
Perth and Kinross	122	219	155	136
Renfrewshire	257	290	310	311
Scottish Borders	39	39	71	59
Shetland Islands	47	33	31	40
South Ayrshire	159	154	163	171
South Lanarkshire	606	619	606	427
Stirling	96	69	67	58
West Dunbartonshire	340	351	373	306
West Lothian	77	88	110	110

The available information is given in the following table. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence, the figures given in the table include all crimes of vandalism, including offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Vandalism", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	75,575	79,059	90,181	89,808
Aberdeen City	4,507	4,310	4,382	3,982
Aberdeenshire	2,958	3,080	2,894	2,355
Angus	1,833	1,852	2,032	2,020
Argyll and Bute	789	782	928	868
Clackmannanshire	563	719	778	737
Dumfries and Galloway	1,797	1,755	2,091	2,766
Dundee City	3,275	3,213	3,532	3,754
East Ayrshire	1,440	1,468	1,977	1,941
East Dunbartonshire	1,145	1,177	1,125	962
East Lothian	1,143	884	985	1,066
East Renfrewshire	561	595	763	861
Edinburgh, City of	9,226	9,503	9,653	9,883
Eilean Siar	124	176	169	167
Falkirk	1,851	1,612	1,547	1,622
Fife	5,590	5,893	6,915	6,850
Glasgow City	11,546	13,186	15,607	15,180
Highland	2,721	3,043	3,075	2,986
Inverclyde	888	1,089	1,527	1,595
Midlothian	1,223	1,162	1,028	1,070
Moray	1,261	1,125	1,288	1,124
North Ayrshire	1,332	1,679	2,446	2,538
North Lanarkshire	3,888	4,728	6,273	5,171
Orkney Islands	101	131	128	138
Perth and Kinross	1,790	1,689	1,999	2,103
Renfrewshire	2,719	3,075	3,591	3,123
Scottish Borders	1,281	1,222	1,479	1,623
Shetland Islands	138	166	256	196
South Ayrshire	1,003	1,251	1,907	1,824
South Lanarkshire	3,644	4,025	4,582	4,998
Stirling	820	694	698	858
West Dunbartonshire	1,615	1,487	1,986	2,142
West Lothian	2,803	2,288	2,540	3,305

Note: Includes all offences of vandalism recorded under the common law and all offences recorded under the British Telecommunications Act 1981 section 46, the Criminal Damage Act 1971, the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 section 52, the Electric Lighting Act 1882 section 22, Local Police Acts (malicious damage), the Postal Services Act 2000 section 85(1) (not explosives), the Post Office Act 1953 section 60 (not explosives) and section 61 and the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 section 3.