- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional funding will be provided to Central Scotland Police in respect of the protest at the Grangemouth Oil Refinery between 11 and 14 September 2000.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will meet reasonable claims from all forces, including Central Scotland Police, in respect of additional operational costs incurred by the police during the recent fuel distribution emergency.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to Central Scotland Police of policing the protest at the Grangemouth Oil Refinery between 11 and 14 September 2000.
Answer
The information is not yet available. Central Scotland Police are currently collecting data on the cost of policing the protest at Grangemouth oil refinery. Figures should be available by the end of October.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the consultation period will be for the codes of practice and regulations under Part 5 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act.
Answer
We intend to allow at least three months for consultation on the code of practice and regulations under Part 5. It has not been possible to publish the code and regulations in accordance with the timetable originally posted on the Adults with Incapacity website but, as Part 5 will not be commenced until summer 2001, the deadline for responses will be adjusted to reflect the later publication date.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was made available in order to promote race equality in the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides £275,000 annually to promote race equality. The allocation has totalled £825,000 over the past three years. This amount is allocated to the Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme. The Scheme provides grants to voluntary organisations in Scotland for projects designed to reduce discrimination and promote racial equality.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations it provides funding to in order to promote race equality.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides funding to the Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund for the purpose of administering the Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme on its behalf. The Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme is for projects designed to reduce racial disadvantage and promote racial equality. The Executive is currently conducting a strategic review of its funding for the black and ethnic minority voluntary sector.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was provided to local authorities in order to promote race equality in the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not provide specific funding to local authorities for this purpose. In accordance with the principle of mainstreaming equality, local authorities are expected to fund the promotion of racial equality from their main budgets. Some Race Equality Councils are funded by their local authority.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Davidson on 4 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 and how many of the fiscal fines issued by each office were fully paid in each of these years.
Answer
The total number of conditional offers of fixed penalty ("fiscal fines") issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office during the years to which the question refers was as follows:
| | Apr 97-Mar 98 | Apr 98-Mar 99 | Apr 99-Mar 2000 |
| Aberdeen | 1,136 | 1,527 | 1,470 |
| Airdrie | 1,781 | 1,858 | 1,464 |
| Alloa | 458 | 425 | 255 |
| Arbroath | 266 | 383 | 202 |
| Ayr | 934 | 1,247 | 1,058 |
| Banff | 127 | 315 | 250 |
| Campbeltown | 102 | 142 | 136 |
| Capar | 180 | 213 | 166 |
| Dingwall | 207 | 276 | 212 |
| Dornoch | 26 | 47 | 37 |
| Dumbarton | 804 | 809 | 832 |
| Dumfries | 566 | 1,034 | 689 |
| Dundee | 1,389 | 1,036 | 1,523 |
| Dunfermline | 623 | 555 | 557 |
| Dunoon | 154 | 209 | 196 |
| Duns | 22 | 6 | 10 |
| Edinburgh | 1,562 | 1,397 | 1,310 |
| Elgin | 455 | 553 | 468 |
| Falkirk | 867 | 965 | 699 |
| Forfar | 338 | 195 | 221 |
| Fort William | 118 | 150 | 215 |
| Glasgow | 12,802 | 13,640 | 11,244 |
| Greenock | 1,126 | 1,019 | 823 |
| Haddington | 77 | 119 | 89 |
| Hamilton | 2,491 | 2,848 | 3,070 |
| Inverness | 837 | 883 | 819 |
| Jedburgh | 168 | 293 | 204 |
| Kilmarnock | 1,116 | 1,861 | 1,973 |
| Kirkcaldy | 336 | 538 | 399 |
| Kirkcudbright | 153 | 79 | 73 |
| Kirkwall | 88 | 68 | 71 |
| Lanark | 580 | 526 | 358 |
| Lerwick | 59 | 90 | 131 |
| Linlithgow | 532 | 696 | 585 |
| Lochmaddy | 22 | 40 | 50 |
| Oban | 107 | 142 | 136 |
| Paisley | 1,395 | 1,349 | 1,120 |
| Peebles | 5 | 19 | 51 |
| Perth | 719 | 728 | 579 |
| Peterhead | 281 | 251 | 112 |
| Portree | 75 | 80 | 68 |
| Rothesay | 45 | 57 | 23 |
| Selkirk | 181 | 207 | 185 |
| Stirling | 452 | 410 | 413 |
| Stonehaven | 106 | 130 | 102 |
| Stornoway | 74 | 160 | 167 |
| Stranraer | 19 | 170 | 111 |
| Tain | 135 | 293 | 226 |
| Wick | 105 | 212 | 177 |
| TOTALS | 36,201 | 40,250 | 35,329 |
Information regarding the number of fiscal fines issued by each office which were fully paid in each of these years is not available.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was raised from fiscal fines issued in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Data for 1999-2000 are not yet available.
Value of fiscal fines received by district courts in 1997-98 and 1998-991 £000
1997-982 | 1998-993 |
525.1 | 639.6 |
Notes:
1. Data are not available centrally on value of fines received by year of issue.
2. Data are not available for East Renfrewshire, Fife (part), Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire (part) and West Dunbartonshire.
3. Data are not available for Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Midlothian, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines issued in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, and (c) 1999-2000 were fully paid.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Data for 1999-2000 are not yet available.
Number of fiscal fines fully paid into the district court in 1997-98 and 1998-991
1997-982 | 1998-993 |
12,653 | 14,768 |
Notes:
1. Data are not available centrally on fines fully paid by year of issue.
2. Data are not available for East Renfrewshire, Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
3. Data are not available for Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to increase the number of fiscal fines which are fully paid.
Answer
District Courts are responsible for collecting and enforcing fixed penalties, including fiscal fines. To enforce these fines, the court may use all the methods of enforcement available for court imposed fines, except imprisonment. In practice, this means that the court can allow the defaulter to pay by instalments, deduct from income support, seek to recover the amount by civil diligence or remit the fine.
