Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-19762

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 1 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the most common assets recovered from drug dealers have been since 1999, showing the monetary value and broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency.

Criminal Confiscation

Since April 1999, there have been 248 Confiscation Orders made in criminal cases where an accused person has been convicted of drugs offences.

A Confiscation Order is an order for payment of a sum of money by the accused.

The most common assets realised to make payment of Confiscation Orders are houses and flats, bank accounts, insurance policies and investments, motor vehicles and sums of cash seized by the police at the time of arrest for the original offence.

The monetary value of the Confiscation Orders made since 1999 is listed in the table below. The information is not held in the format requested, but is recorded by individual police force reporting the drugs case and is shown in that format:

Year (1 April to 31 March)	Number of Orders	Monetary value	Reporting Police Force
1999-2000	15	£807,283.13	Information not held
2000-01	12	£117,284.75	Information not held
2001-02	32	£532,812.96	Information not held
2002-03	30	£560,248.89	Information not held
2003-04	1	£1,500.00	Central Scotland Police
	2	£18,205.47	Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
	1	£11,098.97	Fife Constabulary
	5	£166,873.40	Grampian Police
	8	£320,695.15	Lothian and Borders Police
	5	£64,699.62	Northern Constabulary
	7	£270,692.05	Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency
	22	£349,312.22	Strathclyde Police
	2	£51,438.16	Tayside Police
Total for 2003-04	53 Orders	£1,254,515.04
2004-05	1	£10,040.00	Central Scotland Police
	2	£54,687.79	Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
	6	£104,831.44	Fife Constabulary
	4	£319,059.58	Grampian Police
	10	£107,916.84	Lothian and Borders Police
	3	£17,545.84	Northern Constabulary
	7	£187,174.55	Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency
	21	£383,420.23	Strathclyde Police
	3	£37,029.80	Tayside Police
Total for 2004-05	56 Orders	£1,221,706.07
2005-06 (Orders up to 20-10-05)	1	£10,000.00	Central Scotland Police
	2	£17,300.00	Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
	3	£83,350.43	Fife Constabulary
	6	£275,566.59	Grampian Police
	9	£283,357.21	Lothian and Borders Police
	3	£41,354.39	Northern Constabulary
	3	£154,510.34	Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency
	20	£217,490.89	Strathclyde Police
	2	£55,701.10	Tayside Police
Total to date for 2005-06	49 Orders	£1,138,630.95
Totals from 1999–2005	248 Orders	£5,632,481.79

Property obtained through unlawful conduct can, without the need initially to secure a criminal conviction, be recovered by the Scottish ministers through their powers of civil recovery under part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Civil recovery does not proceed on the basis of a person having been convicted for a particular offence and it is not necessary for the Civil Recovery Unit to specify the particular unlawful conduct which gave rise to the acquisition of an asset.

I can, however, confirm that since part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came into force, £988,581.99 has been realised through the powers of civil recovery. A further £1,800,854.61 has been forfeited to the Scottish ministers through the cash seizure powers contained in the act.

Question reference: S2W-19614

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of school leavers in each (a) Edinburgh, (b) Dundee and (c) Aberdeen parliamentary constituency area left school with no (i) standard and (ii) higher grade qualifications compared with the national average in each of the last five years.

The tables provided show the percentage of school leavers in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Dundee and (c) Aberdeen parliamentary constituency areas that left school with no (i) standard grades or equivalent and (ii) higher grade qualifications for each of the last five years, compared with the national average. It should be noted in relation to table (a) that some school leavers may achieve individual unit awards in National Qualifications courses but these unit awards have not been included in the table unless they form part of a full course award. The information is post-appeal. Post-appeal figures for 2004-05 are not yet available.

(a) Percentage of School Leavers with no Standard Grade or Equivalent Qualifications*

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Edinburgh Central	5	6	6	5	3
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	8	6	5	7	6
Edinburgh North and Leith	5	10	5	3	6
Edinburgh Pentlands	5	5	6	5	4
Edinburgh South	7	6	7	6	4
Edinburgh West	4	3	3	4	4
Dundee East	11	13	8	9	10
Dundee West	7	10	8	11	8
Aberdeen Central	8	7	4	5	4
Aberdeen North	3	3	4	3	2
Aberdeen South	2	4	3	2	1
National Average	5	5	5	5	4

Note: *School leavers from publicly funded secondary schools. Equivalent qualifications include Access 3, Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2.

(b) Percentage of School Leavers with no Higher Grade Qualifications*

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Edinburgh Central	50	52	57	53	42
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	62	63	62	65	63
Edinburgh North and Leith	67	66	59	60	56
Edinburgh Pentlands	57	60	54	55	55
Edinburgh South	57	53	57	57	51
Edinburgh West	51	50	48	50	50
Dundee East	72	73	68	66	68
Dundee West	59	64	61	61	61
Aberdeen Central	54	56	58	58	51
Aberdeen North	57	55	62	55	55
Aberdeen South	56	52	55	48	51
National Average	55	57	56	56	54

Note: *School leavers from publicly funded secondary schools.

Question reference: S2W-19615

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people in each (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Dundee and (d) Aberdeen parliamentary constituency area died from lung cancer compared with the national average in each of the last five years.

The information requested is given in the following table.

Deaths from Lung Cancer¹ as a Percentage of the Population² Scotland and Selected Parliamentary Constituencies

Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Area	Percentages
Scotland	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Glasgow Anniesland	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.10
Glasgow Baillieston	0.12	0.14	0.11	0.14	0.12
Glasgow Cathcart	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.09
Glasgow Govan	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.06
Glasgow Kelvin	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.07	0.07
Glasgow Maryhill	0.11	0.14	0.13	0.10	0.10
Glasgow Pollock	0.13	0.13	0.15	0.11	0.13
Glasgow Rutherglen	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.10
Glasgow Shettleston	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.13
Glasgow Springburn	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.14
Edinburgh Central	0.09	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.06
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	0.11	0.09	0.10	0.07	0.09
Edinburgh North and Leith	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06
Edinburgh Pentlands	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.07
Edinburgh South	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06
Edinburgh West	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06
Dundee East	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.11	0.09
Dundee West	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.09
Aberdeen Central	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.07
Aberdeen North	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.07
Aberdeen South	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.07

Notes:

1. International classification of diseases, tenth revision (ICD10), codes C33-C34 - malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung.

2. Percentages based on 2001 Census populations.

Question reference: S2W-19619

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many female offenders who defaulted on a fine in (a) all sheriff summary courts, (b) Glasgow Sheriff Summary Court, (c) Edinburgh Sheriff Summary Court and (d) Glasgow Stipendiary Magistrates Court were sent to prison as a result of that default in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005.

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

The available information for 2004 is given in the following table:

	2004
All Sheriff courts (Summary and Solemn)	290
Edinburgh Sheriff Court (Summary and Solemn)	35
Glasgow Sheriff Court (Summary and Solemn)	20
Glasgow Stipendiary Magistrates Court	0

Note: 2005 information is not yet available.

Question reference: S2W-19616

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people in each (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Dundee and (d) Aberdeen parliamentary constituency area died from cancer compared with the national average in each of the last five years.

The information requested is given in the following table.

Deaths from Cancer¹ as a Percentage of the Population² Scotland and Selected Parliamentary Constituencies

Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Area	Percentages
Scotland	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Glasgow Anniesland	0.40	0.41	0.39	0.35	0.39
Glasgow Baillieston	0.32	0.37	0.35	0.35	0.36
Glasgow Cathcart	0.29	0.29	0.32	0.31	0.29
Glasgow Govan	0.30	0.35	0.30	0.29	0.25
Glasgow Kelvin	0.25	0.23	0.27	0.25	0.25
Glasgow Maryhill	0.33	0.36	0.38	0.34	0.34
Glasgow Pollock	0.38	0.37	0.41	0.41	0.40
Glasgow Rutherglen	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.30	0.33
Glasgow Shettleston	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.41	0.35
Glasgow Springburn	0.35	0.38	0.33	0.42	0.42
Edinburgh Central	0.29	0.28	0.22	0.25	0.22
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	0.38	0.36	0.32	0.28	0.36
Edinburgh North and Leith	0.25	0.30	0.25	0.28	0.25
Edinburgh Pentlands	0.22	0.24	0.21	0.27	0.24
Edinburgh South	0.24	0.28	0.25	0.25	0.27
Edinburgh West	0.29	0.29	0.31	0.31	0.28
Dundee East	0.34	0.36	0.31	0.35	0.33
Dundee West	0.32	0.31	0.34	0.32	0.33
Aberdeen Central	0.33	0.33	0.29	0.27	0.26
Aberdeen North	0.25	0.27	0.24	0.25	0.30
Aberdeen South	0.30	0.30	0.25	0.28	0.29

Notes:

1. International classification of diseases, tenth revision (ICD10), codes C00-C97 - malignant neoplasms.

2. Percentages based on 2001 Census populations.

Question reference: S2W-19623

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was due in outstanding fines in each sheriff court in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The information requested is shown in the following tables. The values include confiscation orders, compensation orders, fines transferred from England and Wales as well as fines imposed by the High Court which are recoverable by the Sheriff Clerk. Not all of the outstanding balance will be due to fines in default as a large proportion will be within their valid payment period.

Outstanding Balance/Financial Penalties Imposed

	O/S Bal	Imposed	O/S Bal	Imposed	O/S Bal	Imposed
	31-3-01	2000-01	31-3-02	2001-02	31-3-03	2002-03
Aberdeen	431,656	716,978	524,565	1,076,343	521,299	1,096,583
Airdrie	340,399	384,138	384,256	407,503	340,921	454,624
Alloa	87,803	119,609	97,113	194,874	189,083	202,240
Arbroath	115,798	167,390	112,063	182,196	101,204	189,278
Ayr	254,193	445,292	269,330	397,301	256,498	433,002
Banff	77,973	216,623	64,709	143,721	50,776	173,845
Campbeltown	48,201	41,136	30,907	43,461	30,606	62,675
Cupar	45,203	86,927	42,832	107,044	46,796	109,162
Dingwall	55,253	93,420	52,019	106,769	61,165	109,567
Dornoch	27,508	47,453	31,985	60,766	31,497	43,214
Dumbarton	201,231	256,051	212,324	245,927	222,811	284,139
Dumfries	227,680	395,292	200,722	358,564	235,568	448,011
Dundee	372,722	421,263	374,870	428,544	428,355	488,344
Dunfermline	258,921	333,624	252,694	321,870	300,120	389,372
Dunoon	39,889	44,937	41,602	57,933	49,592	68,152
Duns	N/A	2,985	59,887	33,553	58,636	65,753
Edinburgh	1,544,831	2,099,740	1,556,178	1,831,238	2,615,488	2,801,732
Elgin	188,274	286,736	221,538	322,124	243,445	362,520
Falkirk	402,623	410,404	407,634	1,403,917	523,931	600,570
Forfar	57,802	122,576	186,752	255,291	74,163	150,451
Fort William	35,961	66,435	42,003	128,421	51,570	105,028
Glasgow	1,926,508	1,172,942	2,053,024	1,363,549	1,682,540	1,353,975
Greenock	182,060	178,653	199,091	186,578	240,662	231,454
Haddington	77,317	164,543	91,308	156,744	115,537	226,299
Hamilton	641,287	684,758	667,649	903,355	704,370	981,125
Inverness	171,331	262,028	199,851	421,798	205,158	378,514
Jedburgh	70,461	114,718	81,984	108,687	97,723	111,629
Kilmarnock	463,117	815,744	509,697	823,220	510,198	700,967
Kirkcaldy	274,792	332,234	297,005	326,270	338,723	440,537
Kirkcudbright	55,315	80,349	53,293	72,377	83,353	107,974
Kirkwall	38,666	50,787	31,349	40,105	36,834	110,775
Lanark	101,119	216,143	86,180	224,604	90,418	196,892
Lerwick	30,374	77,991	28,062	88,600	35,426	88,037
Linlithgow	350,285	415,550	310,300	413,601	384,131	560,935
Lochmaddy	5,572	19,974	5,210	16,740	7,215	12,656
Oban	42,568	99,943	42,019	105,982	43,851	96,452
Paisley	579,736	492,549	577,097	575,434	628,463	569,116
Peebles	15,378	45,303	16,907	55,945	29,736	47,487
Perth	229,480	331,117	269,293	439,545	319,689	526,406
Peterhead	98,281	134,284	109,984	166,627	124,981	253,785
Portree	10,466	13,950	5,282	18,394	10,274	22,137
Rothesay	13,919	17,286	11,058	18,501	11,574	16,686
Selkirk	35,193	69,436	63,733	104,042	112,506	121,251
Stirling	135,943	254,291	134,431	256,692	187,519	385,849
Stonehaven	31,380	85,275	31,832	124,639	38,127	95,204
Stornoway	43,317	60,071	38,204	86,162	43,425	99,293
Stranraer	259,490	278,139	246,695	232,504	230,103	220,382
Tain	82,014	97,381	90,179	129,999	80,793	118,767
Wick	46,786	105,004	117,223	131,266	77,517	164,887
Overall Total	10.8m	13.4m	11.5m	15.7m	12.9m	16.9m

Note: *Figures For Jedburgh and Duns Amalgamated For 00/01.

Outstanding Balance/Financial Penalties Imposed

	O/S Bal	Imposed	O/S Bal	Imposed
	31-3-04	2003-04	31-3-05	2004-05
Aberdeen	640,533	1,260,128	621,611	1,291,718
Airdrie	319,253	465,538	451,721	633,854
Alloa	222,764	388,609	362,072	301,997
Arbroath	140,521	258,795	115,305	192,703
Ayr	299,287	545,228	298,479	423,021
Banff	56,370	142,191	91,515	250,830
Campbeltown	34,681	53,180	32,954	66,304
Cupar	54,503	124,827	45,326	99,807
Dingwall	72,942	159,972	81,610	202,392
Dornoch	37,896	64,753	31,642	70,337
Dumbarton	247,815	303,726	273,659	343,992
Dumfries	238,104	426,512	241,970	557,541
Dundee	487,528	661,929	406,280	602,120
Dunfermline	336,086	405,480	300,543	307,891
Dunoon	44,034	67,459	41,829	58,477
Duns	69,710	74,157	69,020	69,247
Edinburgh	2,556,130	2,108,646	2,780,098	1,788,215
Elgin	338,194	469,638	359,133	566,442
Falkirk	537,528	512,564	488,935	505,165
Forfar	80,950	226,551	80,089	230,360
Fort William	65,432	128,843	61,120	179,289
Glasgow	1,639,305	1,489,374	1,779,867	1,695,185
Greenock	228,833	215,892	156,601	261,336
Haddington	123,945	204,645	105,682	156,453
Hamilton	733,288	856,159	875,305	912,104
Inverness	317,621	576,177	325,180	527,185
Jedburgh	101,478	120,578	110,571	120,633
Kilmarnock	554,213	758,741	711,147	819,737
Kirkcaldy	461,033	536,371	452,647	470,268
Kirkcudbright	83,893	110,362	87,863	122,316
Kirkwall	37,882	73,431	36,668	76,769
Lanark	90,454	186,302	91,524	175,451
Lerwick	54,330	118,870	45,427	147,517
Linlithgow	353,763	695,755	441,650	415,474
Lochmaddy	7,252	19,793	9,251	25,244
Oban	68,861	133,267	53,053	110,945
Paisley	569,965	662,492	522,622	640,018
Peebles	33,561	61,324	26,213	46,855
Perth	345,541	641,028	323,367	567,122
Peterhead	118,817	513,306	139,672	220,841
Portree	11,279	22,723	12,222	51,070
Rothesay	11,007	16,874	15,374	19,234
Selkirk	106,765	115,953	117,286	143,492
Stirling	205,350	358,654	201,842	387,117
Stonehaven	39,162	155,646	51,021	123,337
Stornoway	62,498	119,070	77,917	99,069
Stranraer	161,556	237,310	156,591	262,852
Tain	103,894	129,656	141,120	133,388
Wick	88,645	189,854	70,284	132,821
Overall Total	13.6m	18.2m	14.4m	17.6m

Note: *Figures For Jedburgh & Duns Amalgamated For 00/01.

Question reference: S2W-19661

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 26 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many youth clubs there were in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S2W-19768

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many therapeutic communities there are.

Question reference: S2W-19769

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are classified as drug addicts.

Question reference: S2W-19759

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio is of people wishing to enter a methadone maintenance treatment programme to places available.

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