- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many first-time entrants there were to the youth justice system in the year ended (a) 31 March 2004, (b) 31 March 2005 and (c) 31 March 2006.
Answer
Information on the numbers ofchildren referred to the Children’s Reporter on offence grounds is available inthe
Scottish Youth Justice Performance Report 2003-04 to 2005-06 which waspublished in July 2006 a copy of which is available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 40065).
The Scottish Youth JusticePerformance Report 2003-04 to 2005-06 also contains information on childrenidentified as new and requalifying persistent young offenders between 2003-04 and2005-06. Information on children referred to the Children’s Reporter for the firsttime on offence grounds in the above periods is not collated centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether electronic data which it holds as a legal requirement, as a result of an administrative decision or for other reasons are held in hard copy format at a site secure from physical damage or destruction.
Answer
No. It is, of course, Executivepractice to store electronic backup offsite for the appropriate period.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the policies of the Scottish Office on the destruction of paperwork have been modified since the establishment of the Executive and, if so, when and why such changes were made and what the changes were.
Answer
The Executive has notmodified its policies on the retention and disposal of its paper records.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what legislation covers the retention, destruction or erasure of (a) electronic and (b) paper data which are received or created by it or its agencies.
Answer
The key requirement on the Executive and its agencies is public records legislation. Scottish ExecutiveAgencies are therefore expected to manage their records in accordance with thePublic Records Acts of 1958 and 1967. Although these acts have no legal forcein Scotland, they have been applied by the Executive and its Agencies inreviewing and disposing of records by agreement with the UK Cabinet Office, inthe absence of modern Scottish public records legislation.Guidance on recordsretention and disposal issued under the authority of this body of legislationtakes into account the requirements of the very large number of pieces oflegislation governing the retention and destruction of all kinds ofinformation.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on the destruction of paper records.
Answer
The Executive reviews anddisposes of its records in accordance with the Public Records Acts of 1958 and1967. Although these acts have no legal force in Scotland, they have beenapplied by the Executive in reviewing and disposing of its records by agreementwith the UK Cabinet Office, in the absence of modern Scottish public records legislation.Records are recommended for destruction in accordance with retention anddisposal schedules and only when reviewing staff are satisfied that theycontain no papers that are likely to be of continuing public interest. NoScottish Executive record is actually destroyed without the agreement of theNational Archives of Scotland, whose staff work alongside Executive reviewingstaff to ensure that proper procedures are followed.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what categories of its electronic records are retained for (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years, (e) five years, (f) 10 years, (g) 25 years, (h) more than 25 years.
Answer
Details of the Executive’sdestruction and retention policy regarding its paper records, includingcategories of records, are contained in its records management manual publishedon the Scottish Executive website, available through the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/08/15152416/24168.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which maternity units it has identified as being at risk of closure.
Answer
This is a matter forindividual NHS boards. Significant proposed service changes must be submittedfor approval by Scottish ministers.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many murders resulting from domestic violence there have been and how many people (a) were charged with, (b) pleaded guilty to charges of and (c) were convicted for domestic violence offences in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The available information onhomicides recorded by the police where the relationship between the victim and themain accused was partner or ex-partner is given in the following table.
Victims of Homicide1where the Relationship Between the Victim and Main Accused wasPartner/Ex-Partner, 1996-97 to 2005-06
| Year | Number |
| 1996-97 | 13 |
| 1997-98 | 12 |
| 1998-99 | 17 |
| 1999-00 | 17 |
| 2000-01 | 24 |
| 2001-02 | 12 |
| 2002-03 | 13 |
| 2003-04 | 5 |
| 2004-05 | 14 |
| 2005-06 | 16 |
Note: 1. Currently (as at 8 November)recorded as homicide.
The available information onthe number of perpetrators of crimes or offences of domestic abuse cleared up bythe police who were referred to the Procurator Fiscal is given in table 13a of thestatistical bulletin Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2005-06published by the Scottish Executive in September 2006, a copy of which is availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40556). Information inrelation to guilty pleas and convictions for offences arising from incidents ofdomestic abuse is not separately identifiable in the available statistics.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what ministerial visits have been arranged, or are being planned, to (a) Banff and Buchan and (b) north-east Scotland between now and 3 May 2007.
Answer
The information requested isnot held in this format. Ministerial diaries retain a record of engagements carriedout. We cannot provide an accurate picture of forthcoming events, as planned orscheduled ministerial visits are subject to constant change, often at short notice,because of changing parliamentary commitments.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists provided NHS services in each of the last 10 years, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the table Number of Dentists Providing NHS GDS by Parliamentary Constituencya copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib.number 41525).
