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Question reference: S3W-36699

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as crimes of indecency there have been in each police board area in each of the last 10 years, broken down by type of crime.

Question reference: S3W-36700

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as cruel and unnatural treatment of children there have been in each police board area in each of the last 10 years.

The information requested is given in the following table.

Crimes of Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-01 to 2009-10

Scotland

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	1,102	1,384	1,404	1,416	1,241	1,272	1,315	1,420	1,521	1,647
Child Stealing (Plagium)	45	43	46	49	40	49	38	9	11	8
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	1,148	1,427	1,450	1,465	1,281	1,321	1,353	1,429	1,532	1,655

Central

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	29	57	50	43	79	98	114	121	76	47
Child Stealing (Plagium)	3	2	2	5	5	4	2	1	1	0
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	32	59	52	48	84	102	116	122	77	47

Dumfries and Galloway

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	11	7	7	9	5	13	16	17	12	14
Child Stealing (Plagium)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	11	8	7	10	6	13	16	17	12	14

Fife

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	23	33	45	46	34	53	41	62	59	41
Child Stealing (Plagium)	5	3	3	2	2	6	3	0	1	0
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	28	36	48	48	36	59	44	62	60	41

Grampian

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	55	105	91	121	140	105	119	92	139	165
Child Stealing (Plagium)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	55	105	91	121	141	106	119	92	139	165

Lothian and Borders

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	103	149	184	168	154	152	173	202	276	262
Child Stealing (Plagium)	20	14	12	5	5	12	9	0	3	2
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	124	163	196	173	159	164	182	202	279	264

Northern

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	90	76	78	115	107	109	137	91	117	113
Child Stealing (Plagium)	0	2	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	1
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	90	78	79	117	108	112	139	91	117	114

Strathclyde

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	713	886	868	828	651	678	638	761	729	873
Child Stealing (Plagium)	11	13	21	23	19	14	17	8	5	2
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	724	899	889	851	670	692	655	769	734	875

Tayside

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Cruelty (Neglecting and Causing) to and Unnatural Treatment of Children	78	71	81	86	71	64	77	74	113	132
Child Stealing (Plagium)	6	8	7	11	6	9	5	0	1	3
Exposing Child Under Age of 7 to Risk of Burning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Cruel and Unnatural Treatment of Children	84	79	88	97	77	73	82	74	114	135

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36865

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in considering and implementing the recommendations in the report, Review of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for Antisocial Behaviour.

Question reference: S3W-36873

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting community wardens.

Question reference: S3W-36871

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what conclusions it has drawn from the Community Wellbeing Champions Initiative.

Question reference: S3W-36866

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to require local authorities and registered social landlords to offer a package of support measures to anyone being considered for an antisocial behaviour order.

Question reference: S3W-36872

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting the Scottish Community Wardens Network.

Community wardens across Scotland play a key role in making our communities safer, stronger places to live. Following the concordat between COSLA and the Scottish Government, the operation of each community warden scheme is the responsibility of its local authority and most local authorities have reviewed their warden services to best meet local needs.

The Scottish Government supports community wardens and the Scottish Community Wardens'' Network in a number of ways, based on activities identified in the antisocial behaviour framework Promoting Positive Outcomes.

We assist and promote the sharing of good practice through regular attendance at official level at Scottish Community Wardens'' Network meetings and, more broadly, through the Scottish Community Safety Network. We also provide financial support through the funding of the national conference.

Question reference: S3W-36867

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has consulted interested parties on potential changes to the Antisocial Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004.

Question reference: S3W-36868

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in establishing the database referred to on page 7 of Promoting Positive Outcomes: Working Together to Prevent Antisocial Behaviour in Scotland, Volume 3.

Question reference: S3W-36864

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to seek to amend the Antisocial Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004.

The implementation plan for our antisocial behaviour framework, Promoting Positive Outcomes, was published in October 2009. It committed us to providing an annual report to the Parliament on progress against the actions and recommendations in the plan.

The first annual progress report will be presented to the Parliament shortly and will provide a comprehensive overview of how our framework is contributing to national outcomes aimed at making our communities safer and stronger.