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Question reference: S3W-36869

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 designing and implementing a performance framework to support local authorities, community safety partnerships and other relevant partners in their efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour.

Question reference: S3W-36870

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 publish guidance on the procedure for, and drafting of, criminal antisocial behaviour orders.

Question reference: S3W-36581

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Drugs Related Crimes Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, 2000-01 to 2009-10: Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	3	4	7	6	18	13	9	15	22	24
Dumfries and Galloway	4	2	6	5	4	7	5	11	11	19
Fife	13	33	37	35	42	42	64	51	94	110
Grampian	3	3	15	19	28	30	65	66	80	86
Lothian and Borders	40	32	44	53	52	80	91	112	111	165
Northern	10	8	16	17	9	15	12	27	29	31
Strathclyde	54	55	66	92	87	88	163	176	226	280
Tayside	4	7	14	22	14	22	28	32	36	38
Scotland	131	144	205	249	254	297	437	490	609	753

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

In response to intelligence in 2006 that organised crime groups were becoming increasingly involved in cannabis cultivation, distribution and supply, Scotland''s police forces launched joint intelligence and enforcement operations right across the country to crack down upon these plants wherever and whenever they occurred. The figures provided show the results of increased enforcement and detection by the police to expose these criminal enterprises and bring those responsible to justice.

Question reference: S3W-36908

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce has met since its inception.

Question reference: S3W-36578

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as breach of a sex offender order there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Breaches of Sex Offender Orders Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	23
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0	5	7	15	7	8	3
Fife	4	0	0	2	0	1	8	2	8	8
Grampian	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	26	25	28
Lothian and Borders	0	1	0	1	4	1	5	13	18	18
Northern	0	1	4	6	4	0	0	1	0	0
Strathclyde	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	4	20
Tayside	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	8	10	10
Scotland	5	3	5	9	17	14	60	63	79	110

Note: 1. Sex offender orders have been known as sexual offences prevention orders since May 2004, when the Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force.

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36585

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as litter offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Litter Offences Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force Area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Central	24	40	34	14	37
Dumfries and Galloway	1	2	5	9	10
Fife	6	0	0	0	0
Grampian	11	8	7	20	15
Lothian and Borders¹	22	8	13	7	14
Northern	4	10	8	4	7
Strathclyde	392	497	474	578	628
Tayside	12	23	33	74	47
Scotland	472	588	574	706	758
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	23	12	9	20	16
Dumfries and Galloway	4	14	6	22	26
Fife	1	2	0	0	0
Grampian	18	26	2	13	9
Lothian and Borders¹	9	5	0	0	0
Northern	5	9	19	10	9
Strathclyde	848	811	982	722	629
Tayside	20	14	10	6	3
Scotland	928	893	1,028	793	692

Note: 1. From 2007-08 onwards, environmental enforcement wardens have been employed by local authorities in the Lothian and Borders police force area to undertake fining individuals who commit littering offences.

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36587

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as antisocial behaviour - private landlord offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

The crime code for antisocial behaviour - private landlord offences was introduced following the implementation of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004. As a result, data is only available from 2005-06 onwards.

Only two crimes have been recorded under this heading in the last five years, both in 2009-10, one in the Grampian police force area and one in the Strathclyde police force area.

Question reference: S3W-36577

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as breach of an antisocial behaviour order there have been in each police board area in each of the last 10 years.

Breaches of Antisocial Behaviour Orders Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Police Force area, from 2000-01 to 2009-10

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Central	0	0	2	13	28
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	6	29
Fife	2	17	27	31	51
Grampian	0	0	54	45	39
Lothian and Borders	3	7	19	22	62
Northern	0	0	6	18	72
Strathclyde	14	16	22	40	94
Tayside	3	1	0	4	31
Scotland	22	41	130	179	406
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Central	33	58	77	64	46
Dumfries and Galloway	26	43	27	15	11
Fife	26	62	76	54	33
Grampian	37	72	118	123	188
Lothian and Borders	145	170	141	146	143
Northern	63	42	48	30	21
Strathclyde	86	157	188	162	123
Tayside	31	46	91	82	39
Scotland	447	650	766	676	604

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36584

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as drugs, money laundering related offences there have been in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Total Drugs, Other Offences, Money Laundering Recorded by the Police, 2000-10, Broken Down by Police Force Area

Scotland
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	455	284	280	275	222	193	202	360	389	328
Total	455	284	280	275	222	194	203	360	389	328
Central
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	9	11	7	12	7	6	3	5	17	35
Total	9	11	7	12	7	6	3	5	17	35
Dumfries and Galloway
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	1	6	11	10	6	5	1	4	7	5
Total	1	6	11	10	6	5	1	4	7	5
Fife
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	0
Total	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	0
Grampian
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, other offences	15	9	9	1	5	5	4	70	12	4
Total	15	9	9	1	5	5	4	70	12	4
Lothian and Borders
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	25	28	35	23	32	20	17	61	99	40
Total	25	28	35	23	32	20	17	61	99	40
Northern
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	8	2	12	22	4	5	11	16	14	21
Total	8	2	12	22	4	5	12	16	14	21
Strathclyde
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	394	225	204	205	161	146	164	203	229	194
Total	394	225	204	205	161	147	164	203	229	194
Tayside
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Drugs, Money Laundering Related Offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs, Other Offences	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	9	29
Total	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	9	29

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Question reference: S3W-36579

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported crimes listed as breach of a parenting order there have been in each police board area in each of the last five years.