Chamber and committees

The funding given to GlasgowCity Council since 2004 to tackle antisocial behaviour, which is notring-fenced for specific projects, is as follows:

2004-05- £ 2,487,000

2005-06- £ 2,760,950

2006-07- £ 3,238,000

2007-08- £ 3,401,000

Total      –£11,869,950

In addition, separate moniesprovided to Glasgow City Council for community safety, youth justice, noisenuisance and violence reduction can all be used to tackle aspects of antisocialbehaviour.

The information requested isprovided in the following table.

Individual offences ofbreach of ASBOs with a charge proved in Scottish Courts, 1999-00 to 2005-06

Financial year	Proven breach charges
1999-2000	5
2000-01	24
2001-02	43
2002-03	51
2003-04	43
2004-05	158
2005-06	237

Source: Scottish Executive Court Proceedings Database

The data provided does notinclude cases in which the breach is treated as an aggravating factor in aconviction for another offence.

The most recent data held centrally indicates that nine 12 to 15-year-olds have been issued withAntisocial Behaviour Orders since October 2004 (up to end-March 2007).

We expect to publish thisreport in due course. Annual surveys of antisocial behaviour order usage, for2003-04, 2004-05, and 2005-06, which will contribute to the forthcoming report,are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib numbers 43140,43141 and 43142 respectively).

Reliable data for breach ofantisocial behaviour orders is only held centrally for 2004-05 and 2005-06. Thisreveals that 140 and 153 orders were breached in these years, respectively. Theindependent research which provides us with this data expresses the number oforders breached each year as a proportion of the number of orders in force atthe end of each year rather than the number issued each year. This is a moreaccurate reflection the true breach rate because a high proportion of ASBOs arein force for more than one year. On thisbasis, the research estimated the ASBO breach rate at 26% in 2004-05 and 31% in2005-06.

The information requested isnot yet held centrally. We expect the figures for 2006-07 to be available bythe end of this year.

The evaluation of the impactand implementation of community wardens was published on the Scottish Executivewebsite on 23 March 2007 and can be accessed at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/22104147/0.

The Scottish Executive doesnot monitor the success of each individual dispersal order; that is theresponsibility of the police force and partner agencies concerned. We are,however, conducting a study – as required under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland)Act 2004 – of the operational effectiveness and impact of dispersal powers, asevidenced by the first 14 dispersal orders to be enforced. This study will bepresented to Parliament by 29 October 2007.

The Executive doesnot collect systematic information on the incidence of shared campus arrangementsbetween denominational and non-denominational schools. However, we understand thatthe number of such campuses may be as set out in the following table, although thiscannot be taken as necessarily representing a complete list.

Known Number ofDenominational/Non-Denominational Shared Campuses

Local Authority
Edinburgh City	3
Fife	1
Glasgow	1
Midlothian	3
North Lanarkshire	8
Renfrewshire	1
South Ayrshire	1
West Lothian	2

 

The Executive doesnot collect systematic information on numbers of shared campuses which may be underlocal authority consideration.