Chamber and committees

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The number of fine defaulters receiving custodial sentences has dropped markedly falling from a figure of 8,358 in 1999-2000 to 1,506 in 2008-09.

1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
8,358	7,566	6,991	7,097	6,888

 

2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
6,098	6,213	5,963	3,610	1,506

 

The information requested is given in table 16 in Prison statistics Scotland: 2008-09. This is available online through the Scottish Government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/27092125/0.

The average value of the outstanding fine in cases in which fine defaulters have been subject to a custodial sentence is as follows:

1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
£251	£241	£259	£261	£276

 

2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
£288	£277	£277	£286	£339

 

The information requested is given in Table 16 in Prison statistics Scotland: 2008-09. This is available on-line through the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/27092125/0.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33882 on 9 June 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

Historically, Prison work programme places are managed locally in each establishment and the information is not collated centrally so it would not be possible to provide such information without disproportionate cost. However, a database is currently under development to co-ordinate this information in the future.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The total number of educational programme spaces for prisoners in each of the last five years by prisons is:

Prison	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aberdeen	34	34	34	34	34
Barlinnie	38	38	38	38	38
Cornton Vale	17	17	17	25	33
Dumfries	34	34	34	34	34
Edinburgh	40	40	40	40	40
Glenochil	38	38	38	38	24
Greenock	26	26	26	26	26
Inverness	28	28	28	28	28
Kilmarnock	60	60	60	60	60
Open Estate	25	30	30	30	34
Perth	70	45	45	45	35
Peterhead	44	44	44	44	44
Polmont	58	74	74	74	74
Shotts	40	40	40	40	40

 

The total number of prisoners accessing these spaces in any year will vary depending on the duration of individual programmes and the take up by prisoners.

Addiewell prison opened in November 2009 as a private prison under contract to the Scottish Prison Service. The prison operates as a learning prison with all purposeful activity designed to have a learning element.

The National Community Safety Strategic Group was formed in February 2008.

It has met five times, on the following dates: 26 February 2008; 4 December 2008; 18 May 2009; 9 November 2009, and 17 May 2010. Minutes of the meetings are available on our website at www.scotland.gov.uk/communitysafety.

The delivery of the Promoting Positive Outcomes Implementation Plan is overseen by the National Community Safety Strategic Group. This group, which includes a range of strategic partners, including COSLA and ACPOS, meets twice a year and has met on two occasions since publication of the Plan, on 9 November 2009 and 17 May 2010.

Operational groups have also been established to oversee delivery, including the Antisocial Behaviour Communications Steering Group, which has met four times, on 9 September 2009, 23 November 2009, 26 February 2010 and 14 June 2010. A range of practitioner groups from the community safety sector have also been involved.

 

The number of emergency admissions where a diagnosis of assault by sharp object is recorded and the number of occupied bed days associated with those admissions for the financial year ending 31 March 2010 are presented in the following table.

Figures for elective and emergency admissions are presented separately. Totals for both types of admissions have not been included as a proportion of elective patients will have been previously admitted as an emergency and would therefore appear in both categories.

Emergency admissions only includes patients admitted as an inpatient and does not include patients treated solely within accident and emergency departments.

Additional data and commentary on assault by a sharp object is published as part of ISD''s unintentional injuries publication http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5327.html.

Number of Inpatient and Day Case Episodes and Acute Occupied Bed Days^1,2,3 Connected with an Assault by Sharp Object⁴ Split by Admission Type and NHS Board, Year Ending 31 March 2010^p

NHS Board of Treatment	Elective Admissions		Emergency Admissions
	Total Number of Episodes	Total Number of Bed Days4	Total Number of Episodes	Total Number of Bed Days4
NHS Scotland	261	1,097	1,178	1,843
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	11	40	7	8
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	21	75	95	126
NHS Borders	-	-	*	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	6	7
NHS Fife	6	10	22	30
NHS Forth Valley	8	26	20	25
NHS Grampian	8	91	37	47
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	123	562	715	1,172
NHS Highland	*	*	16	12
NHS Lanarkshire	36	110	108	233
NHS Lothian	41	167	103	118
NHS Tayside	*	*	40	55
Island Health Boards	-	-	*	*

Notes:

1. Hospital admission data are derived from linked records on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland.

2. Bed days are calculated using the length of stay variable.

3. The number of bed days can be influenced by the severity of the injury received and hence total bed day figures do not necessarily reflect the underlying number of admissions.

4. Assault by sharp object connected incidents are defined as ICD-10 code X99 in any secondary diagnosis positions.

5. In order to minimise the risk of disclosure due to small numbers figures for the island boards (NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles) have been aggregated.

^p “ Provisional

" - " indicates no data available.

* Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality.  For further guidance see ISD''s Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4489.html.

Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01

 

 

 

The number of emergency admissions where a diagnosis of assault by sharp object is recorded and the number of occupied bed days associated with those admissions for the financial year ending 31 March 2010 are presented in the answer to question S3W-35111 on 3 August 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx

Additional data and commentary on assault by a sharp object is published as part of ISD''s unintentional injuries publication http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5327.html.

The money secured by the Crown Office is the amount the courts have authorised to be recovered, but there can be a delay before that money is secured and paid into the Scottish Consolidated Fund. This can result in a difference between the COPFS figures announced each year and the amount available to be spent in the following year on Cashback. The annual allocation to the Cashback programme is based on what is transferred to the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

In addition, in 2008-09 and 2009-10, around £500,000 has also been set aside for the Crown Office and the police service to provide specialist staff and financial investigators to boost their capacity in recovering even more assets and criminal profits.

The total amount of money secured by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (including both the National Casework Division and Civil Recovery Unit) through the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is £5.5 million (2007-08), £6.3 million (2008-09) and £5.5 million (2009-10). The amounts allocated to the Cashback for Communities scheme were £4.4 million (2007-08), £5.4 million (2008-09) and £5.0 million (2009-10).

No distinction is made for the level of criminality that has led to the recovery of money and assets so it is not possible to advise the proportion of money that comes from serious organised crime.