Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-01085

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences have been committed under sections 47 as amended and 49 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, and sections 139 and 141 as amended of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence, some of the figures given in the tables may include offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Possession of an Offensive Weapon" Under Section 47 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,805	5,196	5,478	5,687
Aberdeen City	162	154	178	216
Aberdeenshire	92	138	117	93
Angus	80	95	76	43
Argyll and Bute	40	38	39	49
Clackmannanshire	36	24	62	74
Dumfries and Galloway	121	135	73	106
Dundee City	229	266	194	105
East Ayrshire	87	92	116	151
East Dunbartonshire	54	40	61	65
East Lothian	44	62	61	64
East Renfrewshire	41	42	41	56
Edinburgh, City of	283	408	467	448
Eilean Siar	7	4	6	3
Falkirk	95	88	108	123
Fife	270	332	297	193
Glasgow City	1,429	1,486	1,543	1,749
Highland	211	164	196	215
Inverclyde	76	122	178	176
Midlothian	46	49	44	49
Moray	62	56	73	77
North Ayrshire	85	104	136	168
North Lanarkshire	282	241	327	356
Orkney Islands	3	5	7	2
Perth and Kinross	119	116	87	59
Renfrewshire	155	155	156	197
Scottish Borders	50	71	70	77
Shetland Islands	3	5	14	6
South Ayrshire	96	97	87	93
South Lanarkshire	335	348	324	307
Stirling	42	50	76	92
West Dunbartonshire	104	98	119	136
West Lothian	66	111	145	139

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Having in a Public Place an Article with a Blade or Point" 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	3,089	2,953	3,186	4,002
Aberdeen City	60	51	56	85
Aberdeenshire	52	30	35	43
Angus	14	14	11	12
Argyll and Bute	45	52	34	44
Clackmannanshire	15	10	19	26
Dumfries and Galloway	21	17	31	49
Dundee City	92	66	40	55
East Ayrshire	69	53	65	92
East Dunbartonshire	27	34	34	38
East Lothian	9	16	15	28
East Renfrewshire	42	29	26	41
Edinburgh, City of	158	161	135	187
Eilean Siar	3	5	3	2
Falkirk	30	25	44	61
Fife	59	86	137	94
Glasgow City	1,267	1,243	1,290	1,627
Highland	41	45	45	57
Inverclyde	80	102	174	196
Midlothian	18	14	18	20
Moray	7	9	25	12
North Ayrshire	91	97	106	114
North Lanarkshire	149	146	168	182
Orkney Islands	6	0	1	1
Perth and Kinross	21	26	19	17
Renfrewshire	213	154	165	238
Scottish Borders	33	23	24	38
Shetland Islands	3	4	1	8
South Ayrshire	59	36	35	59
South Lanarkshire	263	262	286	382
Stirling	15	22	26	37
West Dunbartonshire	91	93	85	112
West Lothian	36	28	33	45

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, sections 49 and 49A and the Carrying of Knives etc (Scotland) Act 1993, section 1.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Restriction of Offensive Weapons" 1999 to 2002

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

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Criminal Justice Act sections 141 and 141A and the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959.

Question reference: S2W-01082

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of (a) forgery, (b) reset and (c) embe''lement have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

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

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,116	3,643	2,263	1,789
Aberdeen City	92	44	67	55
Aberdeenshire	46	70	43	24
Angus	55	67	30	59
Argyll and Bute	10	16	12	11
Clackmannanshire	30	30	22	23
Dumfries and Galloway	29	35	29	28
Dundee City	216	255	88	104
East Ayrshire	23	22	14	15
East Dunbartonshire	11	5	5	3
East Lothian	86	66	42	129
East Renfrewshire	8	8	7	6
Edinburgh, City of	1,816	1,805	694	453
Eilean Siar	19	0	2	3
Falkirk	158	73	136	94
Fife	67	75	112	65
Glasgow City	171	144	180	162
Highland	77	97	37	103
Inverclyde	3	9	7	8
Midlothian	136	103	88	64
Moray	16	12	5	8
North Ayrshire	17	33	10	9
North Lanarkshire	52	70	61	44
Orkney Islands	1	9	4	2
Perth and Kinross	78	114	57	40
Renfrewshire	13	15	26	22
Scottish Borders	305	106	190	47
Shetland Islands	1	7	3	6
South Ayrshire	24	14	11	7
South Lanarkshire	60	36	28	37
Stirling	131	55	75	53
West Dunbartonshire	20	16	107	12
West Lothian	345	232	71	93

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Reset", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,370	1,812	1,776	1,672
Aberdeen City	220	172	199	220
Aberdeenshire	62	43	43	29
Angus	15	10	6	7
Argyll and Bute	25	16	12	12
Clackmannanshire	14	12	24	11
Dumfries and Galloway	32	45	51	34
Dundee City	80	44	31	54
East Ayrshire	56	32	30	31
East Dunbartonshire	8	16	10	9
East Lothian	21	17	11	18
East Renfrewshire	22	24	6	7
Edinburgh, City of	399	336	415	320
Eilean Siar	0	2	1	7
Falkirk	34	31	38	47
Fife	90	105	97	97
Glasgow City	450	325	244	229
Highland	96	101	110	74
Inverclyde	60	37	19	28
Midlothian	28	22	26	38
Moray	58	42	44	33
North Ayrshire	70	51	31	32
North Lanarkshire	107	77	62	70
Orkney Islands	2	7	2	2
Perth and Kinross	15	15	10	17
Renfrewshire	85	36	57	33
Scottish Borders	22	20	27	36
Shetland Islands	6	8	8	2
South Ayrshire	43	36	23	21
South Lanarkshire	120	50	36	45
Stirling	34	20	30	21
West Dunbartonshire	33	30	26	36
West Lothian	63	30	47	52

Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Embezzlement", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	948	753	977	736
Aberdeen City	37	30	25	26
Aberdeenshire	9	13	8	6
Angus	1	3	4	2
Argyll and Bute	2	4	3	5
Clackmannanshire	0	2	5	2
Dumfries and Galloway	19	9	3	227
Dundee City	6	11	5	17
East Ayrshire	9	9	6	9
East Dunbartonshire	6	4	2	5
East Lothian	1	116	159	4
East Renfrewshire	5	4	2	0
Edinburgh, City of	595	291	417	74
Eilean Siar	1	0	1	1
Falkirk	5	7	8	7
Fife	20	22	23	14
Glasgow City	85	61	43	44
Highland	23	61	115	34
Inverclyde	6	6	4	4
Midlothian	5	11	20	18
Moray	3	2	3	3
North Ayrshire	6	4	1	4
North Lanarkshire	18	16	14	17
Orkney Islands	1	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	4	9	3	10
Renfrewshire	24	11	9	7
Scottish Borders	6	19	45	91
Shetland Islands	0	0	1	3
South Ayrshire	2	9	13	3
South Lanarkshire	11	13	14	15
Stirling	5	4	4	5
West Dunbartonshire	8	1	6	3
West Lothian	25	0	11	76

Question reference: S2W-01083

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of fire-raising have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following table.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Fire-Raising", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,325	2,364	2,774	3,624
Aberdeen City	145	117	166	225
Aberdeenshire	70	107	115	142
Angus	49	62	64	89
Argyll and Bute	20	19	28	27
Clackmannanshire	8	22	19	21
Dumfries and Galloway	35	63	63	77
Dundee City	159	143	147	136
East Ayrshire	39	42	61	66
East Dunbartonshire	26	33	25	40
East Lothian	31	41	48	54
East Renfrewshire	11	21	23	20
Edinburgh, City of	319	296	250	352
Eilean Siar	0	1	2	11
Falkirk	67	49	82	88
Fife	117	134	216	230
Glasgow City	367	388	449	573
Highland	90	70	118	154
Inverclyde	46	43	59	91
Midlothian	47	30	33	47
Moray	29	60	77	62
North Ayrshire	51	56	58	71
North Lanarkshire	148	114	155	211
Orkney Islands	1	2	4	2
Perth and Kinross	48	36	64	66
Renfrewshire	83	98	106	104
Scottish Borders	37	33	55	72
Shetland Islands	5	7	8	5
South Ayrshire	21	26	37	41
South Lanarkshire	85	55	74	219
Stirling	14	29	21	36
West Dunbartonshire	52	61	67	127
West Lothian	105	106	80	165

Note: A High Court ruling on crimes of fire-raising led to a switch in recording practice between 2001 and 2002. Many cases which previously would have been recorded as vandalism are now recorded as fire raising.

Question reference: S2W-00940

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 103(1)(b), (b) 87(1), (c) 143(2), (d) 47 and (e) 165(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 29 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail specified. In consequence some of the figures given in the tables may include offences recorded under legislation other than that requested in the question:Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving While Disqualified from Holding or Obtaining a Licence", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	4,366	4,463	4,392	5,124
Aberdeen City	294	327	287	311
Aberdeenshire	147	139	125	139
Angus	61	46	99	102
Argyll and Bute	42	45	51	48
Clackmannanshire	17	32	28	54
Dumfries and Galloway	90	128	139	148
Dundee City	216	199	237	291
East Ayrshire	94	124	105	145
East Dunbartonshire	39	28	28	46
East Lothian	41	45	46	39
East Renfrewshire	59	47	45	28
Edinburgh, City of	426	497	425	510
Eilean Siar	14	15	30	7
Falkirk	106	109	113	183
Fife	270	342	315	406
Glasgow City	855	784	745	865
Highland	113	127	122	171
Inverclyde	49	42	63	47
Midlothian	68	66	67	87
Moray	90	88	83	101
North Ayrshire	97	90	107	108
North Lanarkshire	274	301	302	303
Orkney Islands	7	3	1	3
Perth and Kinross	85	83	82	135
Renfrewshire	164	139	114	185
Scottish Borders	58	56	53	73
Shetland Islands	4	9	2	5
South Ayrshire	84	77	79	90
South Lanarkshire	226	214	207	201
Stirling	72	64	62	99
West Dunbartonshire	79	75	71	47
West Lothian	125	122	159	147

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Section 103(1).Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving Without a Licence (Including Under Age)", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	12,528	13,463	14,584	16,942
Aberdeen City	743	650	716	984
Aberdeenshire	449	396	459	435
Angus	196	188	227	297
Argyll and Bute	179	240	227	263
Clackmannanshire	52	65	117	137
Dumfries and Galloway	469	550	533	645
Dundee City	450	550	547	644
East Ayrshire	287	294	271	377
East Dunbartonshire	118	144	142	219
East Lothian	119	110	138	157
East Renfrewshire	140	104	99	139
Edinburgh, City of	927	1,053	1,147	1,176
Eilean Siar	23	30	51	46
Falkirk	208	215	369	377
Fife	743	978	1,017	1,323
Glasgow City	2,709	2,831	2,945	3,747
Highland	291	386	462	530
Inverclyde	255	278	209	193
Midlothian	167	146	182	180
Moray	144	165	267	273
North Ayrshire	279	324	316	324
North Lanarkshire	882	1,090	1,095	1,225
Orkney Islands	7	24	23	19
Perth and Kinross	227	267	462	410
Renfrewshire	447	417	442	540
Scottish Borders	133	173	172	169
Shetland Islands	19	33	14	29
South Ayrshire	302	306	294	361
South Lanarkshire	801	717	751	732
Stirling	151	99	188	268
West Dunbartonshire	309	198	218	242
West Lothian	302	442	484	481

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 94A, 87 (1 and 2) and 110 (1 and 2).Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failure to Insure Against Third Party Risks', 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	23,269	25,010	26,965	30,068
Aberdeen City	1,259	1,324	1,423	1,862
Aberdeenshire	819	746	871	825
Angus	393	342	496	595
Argyll and Bute	320	397	410	414
Clackmannanshire	114	151	275	317
Dumfries and Galloway	740	768	781	923
Dundee City	926	974	1,029	1,371
East Ayrshire	484	513	480	612
East Dunbartonshire	231	229	239	309
East Lothian	233	245	291	279
East Renfrewshire	260	202	209	222
Edinburgh, City of	1,939	2,183	2,124	2,268
Eilean Siar	72	62	97	69
Falkirk	495	507	899	887
Fife	1,308	2,256	2,209	2,478
Glasgow City	4,589	4,754	4,943	5,773
Highland	722	801	883	979
Inverclyde	415	396	344	315
Midlothian	385	396	337	404
Moray	317	326	439	523
North Ayrshire	499	513	565	542
North Lanarkshire	1,639	1,830	1,980	2,033
Orkney Islands	34	44	45	56
Perth and Kinross	528	556	723	808
Renfrewshire	800	695	718	929
Scottish Borders	282	367	335	383
Shetland Islands	51	68	48	72
South Ayrshire	540	514	523	597
South Lanarkshire	1,341	1,312	1,356	1,305
Stirling	335	270	516	588
West Dunbartonshire	506	350	356	356
West Lothian	693	919	1,021	974

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 143 and 165.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Using a Motor Vehicle Without a Test Certificate", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	12,589	13,658	14,450	15,043
Aberdeen City	463	489	579	782
Aberdeenshire	438	390	476	397
Angus	229	193	247	291
Argyll and Bute	188	255	253	223
Clackmannanshire	102	94	178	199
Dumfries and Galloway	465	451	391	431
Dundee City	466	517	512	692
East Ayrshire	262	237	249	290
East Dunbartonshire	137	140	127	179
East Lothian	137	147	158	143
East Renfrewshire	131	102	125	120
Edinburgh, City of	1,006	1,091	1,083	1,028
Eilean Siar	29	23	36	30
Falkirk	327	341	595	454
Fife	665	1,211	1,214	1,074
Glasgow City	2,515	2,670	2,729	2,966
Highland	349	423	433	535
Inverclyde	250	243	200	181
Midlothian	228	236	186	200
Moray	116	130	164	211
North Ayrshire	265	289	282	227
North Lanarkshire	914	1,122	1,170	1,192
Orkney Islands	19	22	21	25
Perth and Kinross	332	319	346	426
Renfrewshire	398	343	383	420
Scottish Borders	161	180	163	185
Shetland Islands	38	29	17	33
South Ayrshire	341	306	282	352
South Lanarkshire	774	784	787	724
Stirling	237	178	323	340
West Dunbartonshire	251	175	180	186
West Lothian	356	528	561	507

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 47(1), 53(1 and 3) and 165.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failing to Provide Information to Identify the Driver of a Motor Vehicle", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	455	393	643	625
Aberdeen City	29	34	35	46
Aberdeenshire	47	39	46	59
Angus	8	6	12	15
Argyll and Bute	10	5	4	3
Clackmannanshire	2	5	5	7
Dumfries and Galloway	6	2	12	13
Dundee City	43	19	12	30
East Ayrshire	7	4	6	9
East Dunbartonshire	3	4	3	4
East Lothian	2	0	2	6
East Renfrewshire	7	1	5	4
Edinburgh, City of	32	30	22	77
Eilean Siar	7	4	3	8
Falkirk	7	12	25	32
Fife	49	56	67	68
Glasgow City	53	38	36	37
Highland	36	19	31	45
Inverclyde	2	4	7	5
Midlothian	2	1	2	3
Moray	17	14	196	27
North Ayrshire	3	3	5	11
North Lanarkshire	20	16	25	9
Orkney Islands	1	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	9	12	24	24
Renfrewshire	5	9	13	7
Scottish Borders	2	3	17	7
Shetland Islands	7	1	0	3
South Ayrshire	9	4	5	3
South Lanarkshire	8	18	8	13
Stirling	10	25	9	31
West Dunbartonshire	5	3	1	3
West Lothian	7	2	5	16

Note:Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 165 and 172.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Vehicle Excise Licence Offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	19,956	23,775	23,208	19,354
Aberdeen City	932	1,084	1,013	1,114
Aberdeenshire	655	739	704	541
Angus	308	279	238	233
Argyll and Bute	214	392	375	312
Clackmannanshire	136	210	220	290
Dumfries and Galloway	528	753	604	370
Dundee City	786	1,032	871	969
East Ayrshire	369	414	398	439
East Dunbartonshire	146	174	216	199
East Lothian	294	344	272	20
East Renfrewshire	192	149	215	171
Edinburgh, City of	1,182	1,809	1,343	86
Eilean Siar	46	22	29	60
Falkirk	460	703	880	692
Fife	1,863	2,671	1,976	2,093
Glasgow City	3,004	3,829	4,413	4,375
Highland	926	780	697	734
Inverclyde	409	414	416	266
Midlothian	419	395	299	27
Moray	175	186	181	259
North Ayrshire	391	405	437	390
North Lanarkshire	1,695	1,988	2,433	2,180
Orkney Islands	45	56	33	58
Perth and Kinross	548	541	469	423
Renfrewshire	617	665	638	634
Scottish Borders	227	309	223	21
Shetland Islands	21	46	24	17
South Ayrshire	621	585	638	566
South Lanarkshire	1,143	1,183	1,357	1,042
Stirling	381	358	483	516
West Dunbartonshire	394	223	244	227
West Lothian	829	1,037	869	30

Note:Includes all offences recorded under various sections of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

Question reference: S2W-00941

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 40A and (b) 41A(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and regulation (i) 15, (ii) 16, (iii) 17, (iv) 18, (v) 27 and (vi) 29 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

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. Only general offences under 'Construction and use regulations (other than lighting)' can be distinguished; these may include offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Construction and Use Regulations (Other Than Lighting)', 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	28,659	23,670	22,834	22,135
Aberdeen City	443	360	431	641
Aberdeenshire	873	657	566	737
Angus	97	124	158	172
Argyll and Bute	414	531	508	520
Clackmannanshire	191	237	381	376
Dumfries and Galloway	715	737	547	510
Dundee City	120	156	157	221
East Ayrshire	1,049	993	658	776
East Dunbartonshire	181	169	194	118
East Lothian	412	206	191	178
East Renfrewshire	387	194	175	189
Edinburgh, City of	2,198	1,519	1,503	1,488
Eilean Siar	67	26	75	76
Falkirk	1,322	1,032	1,605	1,293
Fife	1,818	2,341	1,813	1,286
Glasgow City	4,442	3,938	3,244	2,649
Highland	1,025	961	993	1,417
Inverclyde	491	623	559	345
Midlothian	1,033	818	624	695
Moray	360	172	286	288
North Ayrshire	779	588	488	703
North Lanarkshire	2,275	1,533	1,864	1,332
Orkney Islands	123	46	47	71
Perth and Kinross	205	342	344	689
Renfrewshire	841	659	496	492
Scottish Borders	478	474	631	542
Shetland Islands	84	45	25	35
South Ayrshire	1,487	1,336	887	1,291
South Lanarkshire	1,756	1,116	1,175	857
Stirling	775	540	886	837
West Dunbartonshire	660	219	319	194
West Lothian	1,558	978	1,004	1,117

Note:May include offences recorded under various sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Question reference: S2W-00942

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what expert groups it has set up in each year since 1999, broken down by departmental area.

Question reference: S2W-00936

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under (a) local legislation, (b) animals and plants legislation, (c) liquor licensing laws and (d) environmental legislation in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The information requested is given in the following tables.Offences Recorded by the Police Under "Local Government Legislation", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	8,093	10,617	14,679	17,277
Aberdeen City	0	2	0	21
Aberdeenshire	7	2	0	5
Angus	2	14	27	6
Argyll and Bute	92	192	86	92
Clackmannanshire	15	60	58	42
Dumfries and Galloway	1	3	10	14
Dundee City	101	112	121	124
East Ayrshire	266	207	173	379
East Dunbartonshire	115	227	244	342
East Lothian	3	3	19	4
East Renfrewshire	46	156	262	317
Edinburgh, City of	0	1	1	1
Eilean Siar	32	15	9	2
Falkirk	130	150	274	224
Fife	135	256	411	407
Glasgow City	3,358	5,361	6,920	6,997
Highland	15	12	146	258
Inverclyde	538	256	170	190
Midlothian	20	11	18	15
Moray	16	1	2	31
North Ayrshire	264	183	149	225
North Lanarkshire	922	947	1,103	4,164
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	11	4	18
Renfrewshire	403	319	233	328
Scottish Borders	0	0	1	2
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	2	1	0	189
South Lanarkshire	1,390	1,738	3,720	2,598
Stirling	36	169	249	103
West Dunbartonshire	152	167	111	99
West Lothian	32	41	158	80

Offences Recorded by the Police Involving "Animals and Plants", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	1,199	1,124	977	1,071
Aberdeen City	84	59	52	52
Aberdeenshire	159	174	103	123
Angus	23	20	17	35
Argyll and Bute	27	34	28	34
Clackmannanshire	8	6	11	9
Dumfries and Galloway	54	34	25	42
Dundee City	64	101	61	50
East Ayrshire	20	39	31	23
East Dunbartonshire	12	11	11	17
East Lothian	0	9	12	9
East Renfrewshire	6	16	6	4
Edinburgh, City of	18	16	11	25
Eilean Siar	13	10	8	2
Falkirk	30	34	26	19
Fife	137	111	95	124
Glasgow City	105	76	86	80
Highland	71	66	83	68
Inverclyde	15	13	13	18
Midlothian	2	3	9	6
Moray	65	66	58	58
North Ayrshire	25	24	18	17
North Lanarkshire	49	27	32	40
Orkney Islands	16	2	4	24
Perth and Kinross	30	23	10	47
Renfrewshire	23	19	30	23
Scottish Borders	10	8	9	14
Shetland Islands	3	3	3	1
South Ayrshire	27	10	14	11
South Lanarkshire	42	33	31	40
Stirling	31	51	47	29
West Dunbartonshire	19	21	22	18
West Lothian	11	5	11	9

Offences Recorded by the Police of Against "Liquor Licensing Laws", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	808	692	905	799
Aberdeen City	35	25	40	27
Aberdeenshire	50	35	35	37
Angus	8	12	16	17
Argyll and Bute	39	32	32	24
Clackmannanshire	3	9	12	2
Dumfries and Galloway	38	10	13	11
Dundee City	30	37	40	36
East Ayrshire	8	29	24	61
East Dunbartonshire	15	13	34	28
East Lothian	4	8	15	6
East Renfrewshire	4	17	10	3
Edinburgh, City of	12	8	25	40
Eilean Siar	5	3	8	13
Falkirk	27	13	57	12
Fife	80	18	37	47
Glasgow City	133	170	154	133
Highland	72	68	72	64
Inverclyde	3	10	9	12
Midlothian	3	3	8	3
Moray	27	10	20	25
North Ayrshire	20	7	13	17
North Lanarkshire	23	41	19	28
Orkney Islands	6	6	6	6
Perth and Kinross	44	7	7	13
Renfrewshire	17	21	13	23
Scottish Borders	14	6	37	12
Shetland Islands	0	9	3	3
South Ayrshire	13	27	27	49
South Lanarkshire	45	23	28	13
Stirling	13	4	35	10
West Dunbartonshire	11	7	14	9
West Lothian	6	4	42	15

Offences Recorded by the Police Under "Environmental Legislation¹", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	1,193	1,241	1,403	1,581
Aberdeen City	20	22	59	43
Aberdeenshire	86	50	42	23
Angus	22	23	27	29
Argyll and Bute	25	23	30	29
Clackmannanshire	10	11	14	23
Dumfries and Galloway	17	14	8	20
Dundee City	189	197	129	127
East Ayrshire	19	23	22	22
East Dunbartonshire	34	38	50	63
East Lothian	2	5	3	5
East Renfrewshire	5	11	10	21
Edinburgh, City of	15	17	24	54
Eilean Siar	2	0	0	1
Falkirk	17	14	48	69
Fife	29	33	40	41
Glasgow City	302	324	350	406
Highland	35	20	43	42
Inverclyde	25	34	43	24
Midlothian	5	5	4	10
Moray	20	15	23	60
North Ayrshire	44	25	14	29
North Lanarkshire	65	76	47	107
Orkney Islands	0	0	2	1
Perth and Kinross	18	32	31	43
Renfrewshire	39	32	39	37
Scottish Borders	6	16	20	22
Shetland Islands	4	0	2	1
South Ayrshire	16	9	7	18
South Lanarkshire	94	134	208	152
Stirling	8	6	35	19
West Dunbartonshire	12	21	18	31
West Lothian	8	11	11	9

Note:1. Including litter offences.

Question reference: S2W-00939

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 3A(1), (b) 4(1), (c) 4(2), (d) 5(1)(a), (e) 5(1)(b), (f) 6(4) and (g) 7(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Crimes Recorded by the Police of "Death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs" Under Section 3A(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

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

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs" Under Section 4(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	825	793	941	1,001
Aberdeen City	57	34	43	37
Aberdeenshire	21	25	28	25
Angus	3	15	16	10
Argyll and Bute	21	14	14	22
Clackmannanshire	3	3	3	6
Dumfries and Galloway	6	10	13	15
Dundee City	41	64	60	64
East Ayrshire	17	24	16	23
East Dunbartonshire	16	14	12	16
East Lothian	7	2	9	11
East Renfrewshire	14	8	6	11
Edinburgh, City of	55	36	46	53
Eilean Siar	3	2	0	0
Falkirk	14	9	27	16
Fife	46	64	72	82
Glasgow City	236	208	204	235
Highland	22	20	34	35
Inverclyde	18	22	35	39
Midlothian	9	3	3	8
Moray	11	18	18	23
North Ayrshire	14	13	16	23
North Lanarkshire	33	36	51	51
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	11	19	19	15
Renfrewshire	34	32	45	54
Scottish Borders	5	2	3	4
Shetland Islands	1	1	0	0
South Ayrshire	17	16	13	14
South Lanarkshire	34	27	49	38
Stirling	9	8	14	17
West Dunbartonshire	25	15	37	27
West Lothian	22	29	35	27

Offences Recorded by the Police of "In charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs" Under Section 4(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	111	125	119	140
Aberdeen City	7	7	7	7
Aberdeenshire	2	2	3	5
Angus	1	1	4	3
Argyll and Bute	0	1	2	2
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	7	6	7
Dundee City	2	2	8	9
East Ayrshire	3	2	2	3
East Dunbartonshire	3	3	0	2
East Lothian	4	7	1	2
East Renfrewshire	0	1	1	0
Edinburgh, City of	23	22	12	13
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	1	1	7	4
Fife	3	4	7	4
Glasgow City	16	19	14	30
Highland	2	2	2	2
Inverclyde	7	2	3	6
Midlothian	4	7	5	2
Moray	1	0	1	2
North Ayrshire	1	0	4	2
North Lanarkshire	4	2	3	2
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	1	4	2
Renfrewshire	3	2	4	3
Scottish Borders	8	4	1	7
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	2	1	4
South Lanarkshire	5	5	2	2
Stirling	1	3	3	0
West Dunbartonshire	3	1	3	2
West Lothian	5	15	9	13

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving a motor vehicle with blood alcohol content above prescribed limit" Under Section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	7,397	7,139	7,687	7,805
Aberdeen City	336	313	355	383
Aberdeenshire	342	293	295	345
Angus	155	137	172	165
Argyll and Bute	147	168	189	195
Clackmannanshire	48	76	50	61
Dumfries and Galloway	196	176	200	160
Dundee City	257	219	250	269
East Ayrshire	142	115	139	143
East Dunbartonshire	83	92	83	102
East Lothian	80	78	80	74
East Renfrewshire	85	55	66	68
Edinburgh, City of	672	708	672	650
Eilean Siar	61	50	65	58
Falkirk	221	192	227	201
Fife	401	430	448	588
Glasgow City	930	910	1,020	994
Highland	474	426	475	491
Inverclyde	92	89	99	83
Midlothian	118	92	129	139
Moray	144	121	174	161
North Ayrshire	192	138	175	183
North Lanarkshire	472	502	484	460
Orkney Islands	26	35	25	32
Perth and Kinross	232	215	203	214
Renfrewshire	250	224	250	253
Scottish Borders	114	141	166	151
Shetland Islands	44	45	34	52
South Ayrshire	187	174	167	188
South Lanarkshire	353	358	395	348
Stirling	153	154	171	203
West Dunbartonshire	145	130	120	125
West Lothian	245	283	309	266

Offences Recorded by the Police of "In charge of motor vehicle while blood alcohol content above limit" Under Section 5(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	277	349	411	477
Aberdeen City	7	29	36	42
Aberdeenshire	18	20	20	19
Angus	2	6	13	11
Argyll and Bute	3	6	4	5
Clackmannanshire	1	0	3	6
Dumfries and Galloway	11	9	20	9
Dundee City	3	8	13	33
East Ayrshire	3	10	5	6
East Dunbartonshire	4	6	0	5
East Lothian	2	4	5	2
East Renfrewshire	1	2	3	2
Edinburgh, City of	40	10	18	33
Eilean Siar	2	6	3	3
Falkirk	8	7	16	25
Fife	18	26	38	38
Glasgow City	35	37	38	36
Highland	27	31	42	20
Inverclyde	1	4	5	4
Midlothian	3	3	5	8
Moray	5	15	11	14
North Ayrshire	6	13	8	4
North Lanarkshire	14	24	28	41
Orkney Islands	0	3	1	3
Perth and Kinross	4	8	16	19
Renfrewshire	6	12	6	14
Scottish Borders	3	6	7	13
Shetland Islands	1	2	3	2
South Ayrshire	4	8	4	2
South Lanarkshire	16	14	22	31
Stirling	4	2	8	16
West Dunbartonshire	5	10	1	0
West Lothian	20	8	9	11

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failure to provide breath specimen at the roadside" Under Section 6(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	932	914	899	989
Aberdeen City	29	31	35	39
Aberdeenshire	32	27	29	36
Angus	22	14	17	14
Argyll and Bute	13	13	15	23
Clackmannanshire	10	12	9	6
Dumfries and Galloway	18	22	20	25
Dundee City	36	35	34	23
East Ayrshire	14	14	21	21
East Dunbartonshire	15	14	5	12
East Lothian	9	14	11	12
East Renfrewshire	14	6	10	9
Edinburgh, City of	75	88	53	80
Eilean Siar	6	7	13	10
Falkirk	27	28	36	35
Fife	46	43	39	52
Glasgow City	149	148	132	155
Highland	66	60	72	80
Inverclyde	9	10	7	17
Midlothian	19	3	13	11
Moray	9	14	10	19
North Ayrshire	24	16	21	16
North Lanarkshire	68	54	69	61
Orkney Islands	4	4	3	1
Perth and Kinross	15	39	23	24
Renfrewshire	27	23	34	27
Scottish Borders	27	6	30	8
Shetland Islands	4	4	0	3
South Ayrshire	20	17	23	23
South Lanarkshire	75	74	57	67
Stirling	11	21	12	28
West Dunbartonshire	10	16	16	20
West Lothian	29	37	30	32

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Failure to provide a breath, blood or urine specimen at police station" Under Section 7(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	1,279	1,392	1,346	1,370
Aberdeen City	65	43	48	51
Aberdeenshire	40	41	42	44
Angus	10	27	25	22
Argyll and Bute	25	19	27	39
Clackmannanshire	10	13	9	10
Dumfries and Galloway	29	36	19	34
Dundee City	38	49	48	42
East Ayrshire	21	32	35	33
East Dunbartonshire	20	24	13	19
East Lothian	18	13	6	9
East Renfrewshire	14	9	11	14
Edinburgh, City of	99	96	65	93
Eilean Siar	8	11	8	9
Falkirk	34	31	48	44
Fife	73	87	58	76
Glasgow City	264	304	277	260
Highland	61	72	77	83
Inverclyde	17	14	25	27
Midlothian	20	8	12	12
Moray	16	12	10	19
North Ayrshire	30	30	40	26
North Lanarkshire	116	119	118	103
Orkney Islands	4	2	5	4
Perth and Kinross	26	44	36	37
Renfrewshire	33	38	47	42
Scottish Borders	17	17	8	10
Shetland Islands	2	2	1	2
South Ayrshire	22	27	34	37
South Lanarkshire	70	84	80	67
Stirling	18	20	35	27
West Dunbartonshire	26	35	37	28
West Lothian	33	33	42	47

Question reference: S2W-00938

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The requested information is given in the following tables.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Causing death by dangerous driving" Under Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	34	35	32	39
Aberdeen City	0	1	1	1
Aberdeenshire	3	3	3	3
Angus	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	3	2	2
Clackmannanshire	1	0	1	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	1	1	1	0
East Ayrshire	2	0	0	2
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	0	0	0	2
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	1
Falkirk	0	0	1	3
Fife	2	0	2	5
Glasgow City	3	5	1	1
Highland	7	8	6	4
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0
Moray	0	2	3	3
North Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	3	1	3	0
Orkney Islands	0	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	7	4	3	1
Renfrewshire	0	2	1	3
Scottish Borders	1	0	0	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	2	0
South Ayrshire	0	1	1	3
South Lanarkshire	4	3	1	3
Stirling	0	0	0	1
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Dangerous driving" Under Section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	2,112	2,015	2,445	2,804
Aberdeen City	86	86	86	138
Aberdeenshire	155	106	129	100
Angus	5	0	78	108
Argyll and Bute	37	78	48	47
Clackmannanshire	16	23	12	24
Dumfries and Galloway	70	75	65	98
Dundee City	24	3	91	88
East Ayrshire	38	68	53	71
East Dunbartonshire	39	19	30	29
East Lothian	26	14	28	29
East Renfrewshire	31	20	18	28
City of Edinburgh	76	84	101	139
Eilean Siar	8	3	6	6
Falkirk	112	93	122	105
Fife	144	138	188	233
City of Glasgow	304	265	293	348
Highland	152	130	165	160
Inverclyde	23	27	28	37
Midlothian	8	22	24	28
Moray	48	49	67	57
North Ayrshire	46	35	48	66
North Lanarkshire	149	168	181	190
Orkney Islands	21	6	8	6
Perth and Kinross	0	0	69	123
Renfrewshire	44	67	67	55
Scottish Borders	28	42	34	47
Shetland Islands	5	3	2	7
South Ayrshire	65	55	29	52
South Lanarkshire	215	186	213	211
Stirling	81	82	90	80
West Dunbartonshire	28	30	25	21
West Lothian	28	38	47	73

Offences Recorded by the Police of "Driving carelessly¹" Under Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	11,852	10,287	9,510	9,896
Aberdeen City	1,199	989	1,063	1,009
Aberdeenshire	973	769	797	788
Angus	294	208	162	199
Argyll and Bute	262	237	247	257
Clackmannanshire	35	26	28	54
Dumfries and Galloway	340	316	237	294
Dundee City	275	261	200	213
East Ayrshire	232	151	130	171
East Dunbartonshire	137	122	105	116
East Lothian	78	94	80	67
East Renfrewshire	149	99	91	104
City of Edinburgh	384	385	325	272
Eilean Siar	45	39	46	53
Falkirk	117	96	87	89
Fife	1,643	1,603	1,403	1,573
City of Glasgow	1,639	1,439	1,346	1,439
Highland	488	395	437	468
Inverclyde	203	174	165	146
Midlothian	91	92	62	87
Moray	361	302	336	381
North Ayrshire	174	122	127	139
North Lanarkshire	486	429	417	405
Orkney Islands	35	23	36	51
Perth and Kinross	275	266	181	168
Renfrewshire	405	316	337	306
Scottish Borders	104	119	96	113
Shetland Islands	32	20	9	18
South Ayrshire	316	268	177	198
South Lanarkshire	644	566	442	404
Stirling	84	71	71	93
West Dunbartonshire	198	134	139	124
West Lothian	154	156	131	97

Notes:1. Excludes section 3A, Causing death by careless driving when under influence of drink or drugs.

Question reference: S2W-00937

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences have been committed under section (a) 81, (b) 84, (c) 86 and (d) 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and under the Motorway Traffic (Speed Limit) Regulations 1974 in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The recorded crime statistics collected centrally do not distinguish legislation at the level of detail requested. In consequence some of the figures given in the tables may include offences recorded under legislation other than that specified in the question.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Speeding in restricted areas", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	76,856	71,338	78,555	62,195
Aberdeen City	3,070	4,709	2,764	5,501
Aberdeenshire	1,872	1,981	762	504
Angus	400	386	1,063	1,317
Argyll and Bute	1,064	1,700	1,272	1,492
Clackmannanshire	1,245	816	707	62
Dumfries and Galloway	2,330	1,883	1,671	1,087
Dundee City	614	1,252	1,101	1,052
East Ayrshire	1,152	1,094	549	673
East Dunbartonshire	461	382	409	336
East Lothian	548	431	308	271
East Renfrewshire	1,606	760	1,276	581
Edinburgh, City of	5,648	5,725	8,138	7,382
Eilean Siar	187	113	94	136
Falkirk	3,501	2,328	2,969	878
Fife	6,001	6,459	7,626	7,984
Glasgow City	23,278	21,068	28,954	16,514
Highland	2,569	4,506	2,007	2,170
Inverclyde	1,879	1,172	635	613
Midlothian	705	370	364	410
Moray	392	393	373	190
North Ayrshire	733	665	620	470
North Lanarkshire	4,073	2,772	3,422	4,646
Orkney Islands	161	67	19	99
Perth and Kinross	1,340	1,131	1,653	1,544
Renfrewshire	1,745	971	897	815
Scottish Borders	1,142	1,710	2,942	1,759
Shetland Islands	149	145	140	62
South Ayrshire	1,526	893	644	787
South Lanarkshire	2,465	1,804	2,016	941
Stirling	2,353	1,668	1,370	159
West Dunbartonshire	1,038	846	620	483
West Lothian	1,609	1,138	1,170	1,277

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 89(1) by section 81(1) and the Trunk Roads (Scotland) Order 1962.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Other speeding offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	48,480	45,412	44,685	49,610
Aberdeen City	226	125	709	1,047
Aberdeenshire	4,851	3,573	3,762	3,497
Angus	8,206	4,089	4,405	3,478
Argyll and Bute	535	1,041	494	630
Clackmannanshire	5	7	2	661
Dumfries and Galloway	8,671	8,080	6,769	5,665
Dundee City	98	48	29	109
East Ayrshire	992	1,144	603	1,145
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	2	4
East Lothian	2,079	1,445	764	1,613
East Renfrewshire	263	138	41	38
Edinburgh, City of	2,382	2,516	1,038	342
Eilean Siar	3	7	7	2
Falkirk	521	154	88	1,938
Fife	542	558	533	1,644
Glasgow City	2,200	4,848	2,399	2,291
Highland	3,752	1,051	3,990	4,676
Inverclyde	39	15	7	9
Midlothian	271	97	705	349
Moray	789	388	518	385
North Ayrshire	200	250	193	188
North Lanarkshire	181	164	149	5,039
Orkney Islands	4	1	0	19
Perth and Kinross	1,572	4,678	9,034	5,858
Renfrewshire	390	159	76	94
Scottish Borders	5,549	7,284	5,420	3,989
Shetland Islands	56	54	27	13
South Ayrshire	475	317	216	222
South Lanarkshire	2,333	1,643	1,795	1,989
Stirling	840	1,114	570	2,272
West Dunbartonshire	112	125	146	60
West Lothian	342	299	194	344

Note: Includes all offences recorded under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 sections 88 and 89(1) (not by section 81(1)), the Trunk Roads in Scotland (Temporary) Order 1999 and the Trunk Roads in Scotland (Temporary Prohibitions and Temporary Speed Restrictions) Orders for various years.Offences Recorded by the Police of "Motorway traffic offences", 1999 to 2002

Council Area	1999	2000	2001	2002
Scotland	455	483	576	620
Aberdeen City	0	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0	0
Angus	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	35	3	6	16
Dundee City	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	1
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	2	8	5	19
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	19	13	11	13
Fife	121	228	291	329
Glasgow City	106	101	129	169
Highland	0	1	0	0
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	4	0
Moray	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	7	9	24	7
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	97	61	22	4
Renfrewshire	6	15	20	21
Scottish Borders	1	0	0	1
Shetland Islands	0	0	1	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	45	28	28	14
Stirling	4	5	4	3
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	12	11	31	23

Note: Includes all offences recorded under various motorway traffic statutes.

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