Chamber and committees

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Each prison provides a range of interventions appropriate to the needs of its population for prisoners who misuse drugs (and other substances), as set out in the SPS Drug Strategy, Partnership and Co-ordination (SPS 2000), available through the Parliament's Reference Centre.Due to the multiplicity of tasks performed by staff, no sensible figure exists of the staff related to this work. All staff are to a degree involved in drugs work. Several other outside agencies also help us to deliver services to prisoners, including local authorities, health boards and voluntary sector agencies. In meeting output targets, these agencies are responsible for determining the resources to allocate. We do not keep a grand total.

The following table sets out estimates of the requested proportions based on the relevant published spending plans for the years 1997-98 to 2003-04.

Year	(a) Total Scotland(£ million)	(b)Total Environment and Rural Affairs(£ million)	(c) Estimated Amount of (b) with no Linkage to European Funding(£ million) (%)	(d) Amounts in (c) as a % of Amounts in (a)
1997-98	14,614	908	459 (51%)	3.1%
1998-99	14,523	804	392 (49%)	2.7%
1999-2000	15,895	783	392 (50%)	2.5%
2000-01	16,691	834	391 (47%)	2.3%
2001-02	19,744	1,188	714 (60%)	3.6%
2002-03	20,913	1,207	737 (61%)	3.5%
2003-04	22,075	1,252	784 (63%)	3.6%

Spending plans from 2001-02 are in resource terms, while those for previous years are in cash terms.

The information requested is as follows:

Cases Marked: "No Proceedings"	April 1999 to March 2000	April 2000 to March 2001	April 2001 to March 2002
Aberdeen	2,198	1,188	1,269
Airdrie	1,319	1,523	1,225
Alloa	362	397	473
Arbroath	389	324	184
Ayr	1,009	923	858
Banff	456	102	199
Campbeltown	76	69	36
Cupar	388	391	353
Dingwall	143	169	148
Dornoch	39	43	47
Dumbarton	1,275	1,538	1,563
Dumfries	806	787	862
Dundee	1,251	1,115	911
Dunfermline	1,153	883	1,081
Dunoon	148	176	212
Duns	56	74	88
Edinburgh	3,386	2,804	3,879
Elgin	486	277	309
Falkirk	864	1,099	1,329
Forfar	276	259	224
Fort William	109	135	109
Glasgow	13,726	16,081	13,967
Greenock	817	792	724
Haddington	347	380	359
Hamilton	2,440	2,355	2,198
Inverness	720	776	705
Jedburgh	175	150	172
Kilmarnock	1,451	1,216	1,614
Kirkcaldy	1,308	1,710	1,349
Kirkcudbright	171	170	119
Kirkwall	72	71	57
Lanark	346	344	201
Lerwick	94	60	76
Linlithgow	841	769	841
Lochmaddy	24	21	18
Oban	184	142	132
Paisley	2,036	1,586	1,660
Peebles	81	65	60
Perth	893	695	766
Peterhead	204	174	135
Portree	32	51	60
Rothesay	30	22	45
Selkirk	273	303	231
Stirling	660	943	922
Stonehaven	118	129	86
Stornoway	34	46	52
Stranraer	446	320	276
Tain	134	181	209
Wick	112	152	123
PF Service Total	43,958	43,980	42,516

The information requested is not available but Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Management reviews each instance of this and takes steps to ensure that lessons are learned to seek to avoid repetitions.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Readily available information on reception drug test results are published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. The figures for 1998-99 to 2000-01 are at tables 106 and 107 in the 2001 report (Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2001, Information and Statistics Division, 2002). The figures for 2001-02 will be published in the next annual bulletin.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Prisoners subject to statutory throughcare are supervised post-release by Criminal Justice Social Work Services. Short-term prisoners with substance misuse problems (including drugs, alcohol and volatile substances) released from all prisons may access the newly implemented Transitional Care service, provided by the Scottish Prison Service. This service provides pre-release needs assessment and up to 12 weeks post-release advocacy support for needs related to accommodation, employment and training, education, personal finance and health needs, including substance misuse related support.Additional support arrangements may be in place from time to time through local ad-hoc arrangements.

For Scotland to thrive rather than simply survive in the rapidly evolving, knowledge driven, global economy we need to be more fully integrated within it: to be well connected physically, digitally and intellectually with the rest of the world. The Scottish Executive's policy approach was articulated in Scotland: A Global Connections Strategy, which was published last October. This makes it clear that the Executive wants to see Scotland recognised as the most globally connected small nation in Europe, capitalising fully on its existing diverse range of international linkages and seizing new opportunities. While the Executive has not undertaken a detailed assessment of the impact of globalisation on the promotion of Scottish culture, work undertaken by the UK Government and by Scottish Enterprise suggests that globalisation means that there are significant opportunities for the promotion of Scotland's creative and cultural industries.Scottish Parliamentary elections are a reserved matter. The Executive has made no assessment of the effects of globalisation on turnout at local government elections but the Electoral Commission is undertaking on-going research on voter engagement and education as part of its remit on electoral issues.

The following table shows the number of take-away food shop units, without restaurant, and take-away food mobile stands registered for VAT or PAYE:

Year	Number
1997	2,610
1998	2,654
1999	2,677
2000	2,761
2001	2,755

Data for earlier years or data on the nationality of ownership are not available.

This is a matter for individual institutions. The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.