Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-15858

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 9 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, recorded crimes and offences reported to procurators fiscal resulted in "no proceedings" in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-10095 on 17 September 2004 which presented this information by procurator fiscal office.

The same information is shown below for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) Areas which correspond to each police force area in each of the complete financial years since 1999. The 11 COPFS Areas were introduced in 2002-03 and replaced six regions which did not correspond to police force areas. For ease of reference, the figures are presented before 2002-03 according to the corresponding new COPFS Area.

The information is not available to present in this format prior to 1999.

The information for 2004-05 will be available by the end of July 2005 and I will write again at that time with the additional information.

The figures given under “Total Reports Received” relate to all reports received by procurators fiscal and include criminal reports, complaints against the police and reports of sudden deaths.

Cases can be marked “no proceedings” by procurators fiscal for a number of reasons including a lack of sufficient admissible evidence, mitigating circumstances, lack of jurisdiction over the offence, the fact that the suspected offence is not a crime or that a civil remedy is more appropriate than criminal proceedings.

COPFS Area FY 1999-2000	Total Reports Received	Total – No Proceedings	No Pro as % of Total
Central	14,168	1,886	13%
Dumfries and Galloway	10,486	1,423	14%
Fife	13,998	2,849	20%
Grampian	22,666	3,462	15%
Highland and Islands¹	13,697	1,513	11%
Lothian and Borders	37,776	5,159	14%
Strathclyde²	151,213	24,857	16%
Tayside	21,714	2,809	13%
COPFS Total	285,718	43,958	15%

COPFS Area FY 2000-01	Total Reports Received	Total – No Proceedings	No Pro as % of Total
Central	15,376	2,439	16%
Dumfries and Galloway	9,456	1,277	14%
Fife	14,921	2,984	20%
Grampian	20,488	1,870	9%
Highland and Islands1	12,943	1,705	13%
Lothian and Borders	39,852	4,545	11%
Strathclyde2	150,834	26,767	18%
Tayside	20,763	2,393	12%
COPFS Total	284,633	43,980	15%

COPFS Area FY 2001-02	Total Reports Received	Total – No Proceedings	No Pro as % of Total
Central	16,817	2,724	16%
Dumfries and Galloway	8,325	1,257	15%
Fife	14,346	2,783	19%
Grampian	20,214	1,998	10%
Highland and Islands1	14,325	1,604	11%
Lothian and Borders	39,640	5,630	14%
Strathclyde2	140,438	24,435	17%
Tayside	21,698	2,085	10%
COPFS Total	275,803	42,516	15%

COPFS Area FY 2002-03	Total Reports Received	Total – No Proceedings	No Pro as % of Total
Central	17,574	2,880	16%
Dumfries and Galloway	8,474	840	10%
Fife	17,500	3,277	19%
Grampian	20,858	2,209	11%
Highland and Islands1	14,578	1,759	12%
Lothian and Borders	40,901	7,383	18%
Strathclyde2	163,175	30,520	19%
Tayside	25,195	2,265	9%
COPFS Total	308,255	51,133	17%

COPFS Area FY 2003-04	Total Reports Received	Total – No Proceedings	No Pro as % of Total
Central	18,746	3,246	17%
Dumfries and Galloway	9,901	1,027	10%
Fife	18,523	2,801	15%
Grampian	20,425	1,628	8%
Highland and Islands1	15,567	1,915	12%
Lothian and Borders	40,655	7,292	18%
Strathclyde2	172,001	21,789	13%
Tayside	29,643	4,004	14%
COPFS Total	325,461	43,702	13%

Notes:

1. Corresponds to Northern Constabulary.

2. Corresponds to Strathclyde Police area and made up of COPFS Areas as follows: Argyll and Clyde, Ayrshire, Glasgow and Lanarkshire

Question reference: S2W-15813

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14046 by Hugh Henry on 25 February 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

Question reference: S2W-15814

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14048 by Hugh Henry on 25 February 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

Question reference: S2W-15839

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15621 by Sarah Boyack on 17 May 2001, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the total with the data in the table.

Question reference: S2W-15841

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9694 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 20 September 2000, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The number of secure units which are or have been operational in Scotland since 1996 are noted below:

Local Authority Area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Angus Council*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
City of Edinburgh	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
East Dunbartonshire**	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North Ayrshire***	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dumfries & Galloway****	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife****	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
City of Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Total	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

* Rossie School, near Montrose is operated by an independent organisation

** St Mary’s Kenmure, Bishopbriggs, is operated by an independent organisation

*** Kerelaw School, Stevenston, is operated by Glasgow City Council

**** Secure Accommodation facilities in Fife & Dumfries & Galloway are no longer operational

Question reference: S2W-15834

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3285 by Tavish Scott on 9 December 2003, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The following table gives, for each council tax band, the estimated percentage of households in each household income band. For example, an estimated 25% of households occupying a Band A dwelling have a gross household income of £150 or less per week, excluding any Council Tax Benefit income. These figures are based upon survey data from 2002-03 and 2003-04.

The Council Tax Band occupied by a household, however, does not equate directly to the Council Tax bill. Many households with low incomes will qualify for Council Tax Benefit, and will therefore pay little or no council tax from their gross income.

	Gross household income excluding Council Tax Benefit (£ per week)
Council Tax Band	Up to 150	150 to 300	300 to 450	450 to 600	600 to 750	Over 750	TOTAL
Band A	25	40	16	9	5	5	100
Band B	15	34	19	14	10	9	100
Band C	10	26	20	18	11	15	100
Band D	7	20	17	17	14	24	100
Band E	5	13	15	15	14	38	100
Band F	15		12	11	11	51	100
Band G & H	11		14		9	66	100

Note: The percentage of households in each cell has been estimated using data from the Family Resources Survey aggregated over two years. Where the sample size is insufficient to allow confident estimation, cells have been merged. The incomefigures reported are gross household income from all sources less any income received as Council Tax Benefit. Percentages are reported to the nearest whole number and may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Question reference: S2W-15819

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8667 by Mr Jack McConnell on 28 July 2000, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the tables.

Updated information on non-domestic rate income collected by local authorities for years 1996-97 to 2003-04 is shown in both cash and real terms in the following tables.

Cash Terms 1996-2000

	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Aberdeen City	86,909,230	92,077,265	101,318,328	107,932,600
Aberdeenshire	44,835,817	45,794,645	49,466,288	48,487,191
Angus	17,881,385	17,667,960	19,568,920	21,069,069
Argyll and Bute	24,905,858	23,925,238	28,299,338	23,747,965
Clackmannanshire	10,409,625	10,604,813	10,495,047	11,539,780
Dumfries and Galloway	27,831,687	31,037,389	31,789,211	33,402,835
Dundee City	39,584,602	39,377,604	42,071,071	43,670,230
East Ayrshire	16,508,548	20,644,896	21,876,160	23,412,662
East Dunbartonshire	14,695,819	14,936,428	14,797,539	16,036,135
East Lothian	24,079,491	24,224,075	24,911,565	26,772,712
East Renfrewshire	9,699,357	8,102,884	10,126,348	11,158,841
Edinburgh, City of	169,526,631	179,348,233	186,151,389	208,251,305
Eilean Siar	4,482,845	4,636,830	4,632,944	4,817,703
Falkirk	45,196,145	41,533,242	44,466,106	46,440,358
Fife	99,952,162	93,983,725	101,297,014	91,226,077
Glasgow City	219,409,650	203,939,379	231,326,059	239,192,865
Highland	51,131,606	50,237,633	53,075,991	56,675,597
Inverclyde	14,111,817	15,684,943	14,744,755	18,236,927
Midlothian	11,729,201	11,998,115	12,994,938	14,551,079
Moray	18,100,377	19,300,029	19,672,200	20,021,799
North Ayrshire	34,462,286	35,580,437	37,390,012	39,012,317
North Lanarkshire	63,138,676	56,933,088	68,164,545	68,604,237
Orkney	5,962,906	5,639,008	6,209,691	6,391,268
Perth and Kinross	31,684,643	32,776,628	32,924,975	36,622,733
Renfrewshire	43,513,331	44,499,634	46,023,557	49,085,909
Scottish Borders	16,299,596	17,340,330	18,548,281	18,811,036
Shetland	15,915,411	14,235,802	12,351,868	12,967,924
South Ayrshire	25,664,737	26,253,041	28,296,107	29,390,735
South Lanarkshire	63,847,135	57,732,714	69,496,242	74,688,174
Stirling	23,350,956	23,435,752	26,955,963	26,968,347
West Dunbartonshire	20,572,119	22,853,790	22,396,215	23,199,411
West Lothian	36,658,220	40,843,193	44,096,478	44,261,659
Scotland	1,332,051,869	1,327,178,743	1,435,935,145	1,496,647,480

Cash Terms 2000-2004

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Aberdeen City	111,491,161	117,067,241	117,114,986	122,789,920
Aberdeenshire	51,199,776	51,690,434	56,499,041	54,532,121
Angus	22,545,790	22,849,877	24,478,242	22,391,126
Argyll and Bute	27,184,694	29,103,434	29,973,422	24,952,301
Clackmannanshire	8,611,689	11,881,183	11,810,328	10,673,429
Dumfries and Galloway	33,945,343	33,789,648	36,084,883	36,618,520
Dundee City	51,268,247	52,414,400	54,543,728	54,614,290
East Ayrshire	23,345,485	24,718,569	25,641,337	24,631,545
East Dunbartonshire	16,697,906	18,366,835	18,295,130	18,072,326
East Lothian	25,946,276	26,471,778	23,787,546	24,692,589
East Renfrewshire	10,292,517	10,699,953	11,774,519	11,917,428
Edinburgh, City of	218,291,223	232,671,396	242,128,765	244,507,737
Eilean Siar	4,974,325	5,310,706	5,364,601	5,246,558
Falkirk	48,664,356	53,436,121	53,676,187	53,544,037
Fife	103,713,870	109,935,963	111,886,828	101,289,553
Glasgow City	260,622,077	266,242,079	256,909,020	267,408,975
Highland	57,402,778	64,403,214	64,608,175	65,896,872
Inverclyde	17,961,336	20,277,936	20,483,599	19,042,981
Midlothian	15,210,458	16,418,145	17,485,692	17,242,801
Moray	21,906,519	23,230,172	23,809,487	23,777,800
North Ayrshire	39,974,166	38,961,538	37,984,651	37,462,204
North Lanarkshire	74,494,428	80,037,271	82,958,017	84,162,877
Orkney	6,346,315	6,788,122	6,744,776	6,409,323
Perth and Kinross	38,841,063	41,466,994	43,666,559	44,265,539
Renfrewshire	55,350,661	55,548,833	64,417,067	65,970,412
Scottish Borders	20,535,615	20,646,870	22,450,246	22,047,607
Shetland	12,533,732	13,119,678	12,999,494	12,463,536
South Ayrshire	28,155,259	30,838,489	31,837,637	31,760,645
South Lanarkshire	76,175,412	80,651,562	84,024,794	86,546,343
Stirling	30,651,048	31,850,892	33,677,181	33,717,033
West Dunbartonshire	19,018,967	25,164,072	25,732,364	25,306,193
West Lothian	44,259,817	54,755,781	52,242,124	52,080,260
Scotland	1,577,612,309	1,670,809,187	1,705,090,426	1,706,034,881

Source: Returns submitted by Local Authorities to the Scottish Executive.

Real Terms at 2003-04 Prices

	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Aberdeen City	103,459,674	106,869,004	114,300,589	119,163,787
Aberdeenshire	53,374,066	53,151,319	55,804,571	53,532,643
Angus	21,286,603	20,506,227	22,076,352	23,261,462
Argyll and Bute	29,648,772	27,768,704	31,925,428	26,219,117
Clackmannanshire	12,391,968	12,308,422	11,839,813	12,740,580
Dumfries and Galloway	33,131,777	36,023,386	35,862,470	36,878,648
Dundee City	47,122,843	45,703,413	47,461,780	48,214,441
East Ayrshire	19,652,331	23,961,392	24,679,227	25,848,923
East Dunbartonshire	17,494,398	17,335,888	16,693,598	17,704,814
East Lothian	28,665,037	28,115,548	28,103,568	29,558,611
East Renfrewshire	11,546,441	9,404,571	11,423,871	12,320,001
Edinburgh, City of	201,810,210	208,159,604	210,003,598	229,921,397
Eilean Siar	5,336,530	5,381,713	5,226,579	5,319,021
Falkirk	53,803,013	48,205,344	50,163,699	51,272,821
Fife	118,986,420	109,081,727	114,276,544	100,718,826
Glasgow City	261,192,636	236,701,191	260,966,651	264,082,655
Highland	60,868,786	58,308,050	59,876,798	62,573,113
Inverclyde	16,799,182	18,204,648	16,634,050	20,134,614
Midlothian	13,962,836	13,925,550	14,660,023	16,065,227
Moray	21,547,298	22,400,479	22,192,866	22,105,216
North Ayrshire	41,025,066	41,296,251	42,180,921	43,071,838
North Lanarkshire	75,162,406	66,079,096	76,898,699	75,743,016
Orkney	7,098,444	6,544,886	7,005,360	7,056,327
Perth and Kinross	37,718,466	38,042,025	37,143,764	40,433,600
Renfrewshire	51,799,735	51,648,271	51,920,711	54,193,662
Scottish Borders	19,403,588	20,125,965	20,924,935	20,768,464
Shetland	18,946,241	16,522,710	13,934,555	14,317,333
South Ayrshire	30,552,167	30,470,457	31,921,783	32,449,059
South Lanarkshire	76,005,780	67,007,177	78,401,031	82,460,032
Stirling	27,797,764	27,200,585	30,409,922	29,774,603
West Dunbartonshire	24,489,743	26,525,134	25,265,918	25,613,482
West Lothian	43,639,180	47,404,442	49,746,709	48,867,413
Scotland	1,585,719,402	1,540,383,179	1,619,926,383	1,652,384,742

Real Terms at 2003-04 Prices

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Aberdeen City	121,680,703	124,593,962	120,508,506	122,789,920
Aberdeenshire	55,879,091	55,013,819	58,136,155	54,532,121
Angus	24,606,324	24,318,987	25,187,523	22,391,126
Argyll and Bute	29,669,192	30,974,610	30,841,931	24,952,301
Clackmannanshire	9,398,739	12,645,072	12,152,544	10,673,429
Dumfries and Galloway	37,047,719	35,962,120	37,130,477	36,618,520
Dundee City	55,953,820	55,784,331	56,124,185	54,614,290
East Ayrshire	25,479,105	26,307,825	26,384,319	24,631,545
East Dunbartonshire	18,223,982	19,547,712	18,825,249	18,072,326
East Lothian	28,317,591	28,173,755	24,476,813	24,692,589
East Renfrewshire	11,233,184	11,387,896	12,115,697	11,917,428
Edinburgh, City of	238,241,572	247,630,771	249,144,679	244,507,737
Eilean Siar	5,428,945	5,652,153	5,520,045	5,246,558
Falkirk	53,111,951	56,871,743	55,231,506	53,544,037
Fife	113,192,620	117,004,186	115,128,857	101,289,553
Glasgow City	284,441,182	283,359,847	264,353,206	267,408,975
Highland	62,649,006	68,543,954	66,480,259	65,896,872
Inverclyde	19,602,881	21,581,686	21,077,131	19,042,981
Midlothian	16,600,592	17,473,733	17,992,357	17,242,801
Moray	23,908,627	24,723,733	24,499,390	23,777,800
North Ayrshire	43,627,536	41,466,531	39,085,293	37,462,204
North Lanarkshire	81,302,717	85,183,187	85,361,805	84,162,877
Orkney	6,926,325	7,224,558	6,940,212	6,409,323
Perth and Kinross	42,390,875	44,133,073	44,931,840	44,265,539
Renfrewshire	60,409,339	59,120,290	66,283,614	65,970,412
Scottish Borders	22,412,432	21,974,340	23,100,764	22,047,607
Shetland	13,679,231	13,963,195	13,376,167	12,463,536
South Ayrshire	30,728,460	32,821,219	32,760,163	31,760,645
South Lanarkshire	83,137,332	85,836,974	86,459,493	86,546,343
Stirling	33,452,348	33,898,713	34,653,010	33,717,033
West Dunbartonshire	20,757,173	26,781,971	26,477,984	25,306,193
West Lothian	48,304,867	58,276,249	53,755,890	52,080,260
Scotland	1,721,795,461	1,778,232,193	1,754,497,063	1,706,034,881

Final figures are not yet available for 2004-05 and 2005-06 collections, but the Scottish Executive estimates total income of around £1,802.9 million and £1,850 million respectively, for these years.

Question reference: S2W-15837

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13481 by Allan Wilson on 26 January 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the tables.

Question reference: S2W-15827

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19628 by Angus MacKay on 15 November 2001, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer providing a total derived from the data in the table.

Identified allocations of funding to be made by the Scottish Executive to Argyll and Bute Council in financial year 2005-06 are shown in the table below. In addition, the Executive provides a range of other grants to local authorities, some of which are substantial, but for which information is either not held centrally on the breakdown by local authority area (for example grant made to the Strathclyde Joint Police Board) or where at this stage in the financial year the breakdown of funding by local authority area is not yet known (such as grants under the European Regional Development Fund).

Category	Amount allocated
Support for core services through Aggregate External Finance	£167,159,000
Supported new in-year capital borrowing	£11,137,000
School Travel Co-ordinators	£17,000
20mph Speedzones and homezones	£211,000
Cycling, walking and safer streets	£156,000
Rural Public Passenger Transport Grant	£489,000
Contaminated Land Grant	£72,000
Anti-social Behaviour	£204,700
Housing Support Grant	£135,000
Strategic Waste Fund	£1,851,000
Community Regeneration Fund	£986,000
Community Voices Programme	£60,000
Bus Route Development Grant	£328,000
Determined to Succeed	£200,590
Incentive Scheme	£6,000
Private Sector Housing Grant	£15,000
Homelessness Task Force	£376,700
Furniture Grant	£57,534
Implementation of Youth Justice Measures in ASB strategy	£161,000
Workforce Development Fund	£112,122
Children’s Hearings (legal representation)	£2,500
Support for Care Leavers	£58,270
Additional Funding for Foster Care	£43,700
Public Transport Fund	£1,595,000
Flood Prevention and Coast Protection	£123,000
Schools Fund	£1,943,000
Supporting People	£13,782,000
Child Protection	£20,000
Warm Deal	£16,000*
Educational Maintenance Allowance	£250,000*
Piers and Harbours	£3,724,000*
Total	£201,302,116

Note: Figures marked with an asterisk are estimates. Actual expenditure will depend on the uptake of grants during the year, some of which are demand-led.

Question reference: S2W-15828

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24402 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 April 2002, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The data in the table set out in the answer to S1W-24402 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 April 2002 were taken from the nine regional leaflets which were issued to accompany the publication of Scotland’s Transport: Delivering Improvements.

The City of Glasgow area appeared in both the West of Scotland 2 and Westof Scotland 3 leaflets, and therefore figured in two rows of the written answer’s table. Glasgow was, however, counted only once in the all-Scotland totals, making the sum of the individual columns greater than the Scotland totals.

I attach a revised table which makes this clearer.

Region	Population	Total Cost (£million)	Cost Per Capita (£)	Schemes
Highlands and Islands	325,890	71.029	217.95	193
North East Scotland	525,300	39.622	75.43	75
Northern Isles	42,340	16.741	395.39	69
South East Scotland 1	884,900	145.238	164.13	66
South East Scotland 2	277,600	39.541	142.44	31
Tay	737,500	71.303	96.68	105
West of Scotland 1	521,400	73.358	140.69	99
West of Scotland 2 (excluding Glasgow)	533,610	49.752	93.20	14
West of Scotland 3 (excluding Glasgow)	659,220	46.352	70.30	37
Glasgow	611,440	112.279	183.60	20
Scotland	5,119,200	665.215	129.95	709

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