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The document is intended tobe finalised later this year. May I refer the member to the answer to questionS2W-31325 on 5 February 2007, when I said that no decision has been taken onwhether to publish the reports at that stage. It is not our normal policy topublish internal management reports.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The then Deputy First Minister,Jim Wallace MSP, attended the General Assembly of the CPMR in Ioannina, Greece inSeptember 2002. In September 2004, the then Deputy Minister for Finance, PublicServices and Parliamentary Business, Tavish Scott MSP, attended the CPMRGeneral Assembly in Stavanger, Norway. Mr Scott also addressed the General Assembly of theNorth Sea Commission, a geographical Commission of the CPMR, in Aviemore on 15 June 2006 in hiscapacity as Minister for Transport.

The Executive has no financialsupport mechanism targeted specifically at village hall building or refurbishment.The Rural Development Small Awards scheme, designed to promote social developmenton a small scale, has a maximum funding level of £5,000. The contact point is KenGray, Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, 47 Robb’s Loan,Edinburgh, EH14 1TY.

For the future, we are consideringhow best to promote social and economic development in rural communities throughthe Scottish Rural Development Programme for 2007-13.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Bail Orders Granted in Scotland forDrug Offences^1,2, by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

Police Force	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	54	72	91	141	142	196	204
Dumfries and Galloway	39	24	40	87	61	77	78
Fife	72	93	121	121	111	128	157
Grampian	121	151	203	238	234	264	333
Lothian and Borders	231	258	279	314	387	451	526
Northern	63	55	77	76	117	83	93
Strathclyde	1,056	1,228	1,336	1,563	1,809	1,884	1,873
Tayside	96	142	175	191	255	258	267
Scotland1	1,732	2,023	2,322	2,731	3,116	3,341	3,532

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Excludes modifications toexisting bail orders - persons counted once only where more than one bail orderon the same day.

It should be noted that the numberof crimes cleared up by the police annually which fall into this category has increasedfrom 30,000 to 43,000 over the period from 1999-2000 to 2005-06. The figures forthe number of bail orders granted in respect of these offences should be read inthat context.

The information held centrallyon persons convicted for bail absconding does not identify the type of charge forwhich they were on bail.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Bail Orders Granted in Scotland forFire-Raising, Vandalism, etc^1,2, by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

Police Force	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	39	57	114	149	214	238	296
Dumfries and Galloway	28	36	39	45	62	87	89
Fife	112	164	191	215	197	206	257
Grampian	76	107	129	144	168	128	214
Lothian and Borders	215	287	298	349	370	436	507
Northern	73	83	112	122	146	164	166
Strathclyde	817	885	1,021	1,316	1,502	1,738	1,776
Tayside	164	157	210	225	319	326	294
Scotland	1,524	1,776	2,114	2,565	2,978	3,323	3,599

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Excludes modifications toexisting bail orders - persons counted once only where more than one bail orderon the same day.

It should be noted that the numberof crimes cleared up by the police annually which fall into this category has increasedfrom 19,000 to 29,000 over the period from 1999-2000 to 2005-06. The figures forthe number of bail orders granted in respect of these offences should be read inthat context.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Bail Orders Granted in Scotland forTheft of Motor Vehicle^1,2, by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

Police Force	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	27	31	44	57	53	57	45
Dumfries and Galloway	12	10	22	28	16	34	19
Fife	68	95	85	89	63	68	38
Grampian	77	76	88	62	66	66	61
Lothian and Borders	174	177	188	229	193	203	217
Northern	36	43	40	39	55	34	48
Strathclyde	705	654	631	759	595	504	462
Tayside	78	82	120	93	103	98	85
Scotland	1,177	1,168	1,218	1,356	1,144	1,064	975

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Excludes modifications toexisting bail orders - persons counted once only where more than one bail orderon the same day.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Bail Orders Granted in Scotland forHousebreaking^1,2, by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

Police Force	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	46	68	105	132	151	134	114
Dumfries and Galloway	43	65	42	66	50	47	40
Fife	123	192	244	271	173	183	182
Grampian	178	183	219	257	243	198	205
Lothian and Borders	236	267	286	360	343	337	388
Northern	41	60	47	57	63	64	55
Strathclyde	816	887	848	1040	965	931	731
Tayside	171	144	206	246	219	239	195
Scotland	1,654	1,866	1,997	2,429	2,207	2,133	1,910

Note:

1. Where main offence

2. Excludes modifications toexisting bail orders - persons counted once only where more than one bail orderon the same day.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Bail Orders Granted whereMain Offence was Rape¹, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

Police Force Area	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central	2	1	5	5	24	16	24
Dumfries and Galloway	3	6	2	6	1	6	4
Fife	16	16	16	25	22	14	25
Grampian	7	7	15	8	13	15	19
Lothian and Borders	22	20	29	42	40	42	41
Northern	2	7	4	7	16	11	8
Strathclyde	69	73	78	86	102	129	118
Tayside	12	14	16	35	25	27	31
Scotland	133	144	165	214	243	260	270

Note: 1. Excludes modificationsto existing bail orders.

The Executive seeks the approvalof the Privy Council only when submitting draft Orders in Council for making byHer Majesty the Queen. Acts of the Scottish Parliament normally provide for subordinatelegislation to be made by Order In Council where it would be inappropriate for thatsecondary legislation to be made by the Scottish Ministers.