- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many notices of intended prosecution were served to drivers of foreign-registered vehicles in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many resulted in (a) a fine being paid by the owner or driver and (b) no fine being paid.
Answer
It is not possibleto identify prosecutions of drivers of foreign-registered vehicles from other driversfrom the data held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases involving fraudulent motoring documents being issued by garage owners have been notified to the authorities in each year since 1999, broken down by category of document.
Answer
The availableinformation is given in the following table. The Road Traffic Act 1988 Section173 deals with the forgery of documents such as licences, test certificates,and plating certificates. It is not possible to identify garage owners orcategories of documents from the data held centrally.
Persons ProceededAgainst1 in Scottish Courts for Offences Under the Road Traffic Act1988 Section 1732, 1999-2000 - 2005-06
| Financial Year | Number |
| 1999-2000 | 41 |
| 2000-01 | 25 |
| 2001-02 | 26 |
| 2002-03 | 22 |
| 2003-04 | 37 |
| 2004-05 | 32 |
| 2005-06 | 23 |
Notes:
1.Figures may be slight underestimates due to some under-representation ofacquittals data from SCRO.
2.Where main offence.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been set aside by Transport Scotland to fund local voluntary purchase schemes.
Answer
Costs relating toland purchase whether by voluntary, advanced or compulsory purchase schemesemployed by project promoters are included in the estimates of land costssubmitted as part of the capital cost of the project, and it is this total costthat Transport Scotland agrees to fund. There is not a separately identifiedfund for local voluntary purchase schemes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foreign-registered vehicles have been involved in road traffic accidents in each year since 1999.
Answer
Data about injuryroad accidents are collected by the Police and reported to the ScottishExecutive using the Stats 19 statistical report form. These returns cover onlyroad accidents in which one or more people were injured and which become knownto the police. The returns do not cover damage only accidents or accidents ofwhich the police are unaware because they were not reported by the public.
The method ofidentifying foreign vehicles in the Stats 19 returns changed at the start of2005. Up until the end of 2004, Police Forces were asked to identify foreignvehicles by means of special code in the "Vehicle Registration Mark"field. The following table shows the numbers identified using this old method.
| Year | Foreign Vehicles identified in Stats 19 returns as being involved in injury accidents |
| 1999 | 41 |
| 2000 | 33 |
| 2001 | 29 |
| 2002 | 30 |
| 2003 | 41 |
| 2004 | 37 |
Following areview of the Stats 19 specification, with effect from January 2005, police forceshave been asked to identify foreign vehicles by means of a new "ForeignRegistered Vehicle" field. The following table shows the numbersidentified using this new method.
| Year | Foreign Vehicles identified in Stats 19 returns as being involved in injury accidents |
| 2005 | 157 |
| 2006 | 138 |
It is clear thatthe new method has resulted in the identification of more foreign vehicles inthe Stats 19 returns.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foreign-registered vehicles it estimates used roads in Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
The informationrequested is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which bodies have submitted proposals to Transport Scotland for voluntary purchase schemes and what stage each such proposal has reached.
Answer
Transport Scotland are in receipt of one application for funding of a voluntarypurchase scheme, submitted by the Waverley Railway Partnership. Transport Scotlandhas analysed the WRP鈥檚 proposal and provided appropriate feedback. Dialogue betweenTransport Scotland and the WRP is on-going to ensure a suitable conclusion to thismatter.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many headstones have been lowered or taken down by local authorities for health and safety reasons in cemeteries operated by local authorities in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many statutory notices have been issued to food premises by environmental health officers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The following is atable of enforcement notices served under food safety legislation between 2001 and2005-06, broken down by local authority. The reporting periods changed in 2004 froma calendar year to a financial year basis. During 2004, the figure reported alsochanged, from the number of establishments which had received notices to the actualnumber of notices served.
This information has been gathered from the statutoryreturn that local authorities are required to provide to the Food Standards Agency(FSA) annually.
The information is not held by the FSA prior to 2001-02.The data for 2005-06 is currently being collated and is unavailable at present.
Numbers of enforcement notices served, should not be usedas any kind of indicator of performance. Enforcement notices are only one tool ofmany available to Environmental Health Departments and the use of them varies betweenauthorities for a number of reasons including the culture of the authority and theirenforcement policy.
Improvement Notices, require defects or deficiencies tobe rectified by a set date.
Emergency Prohibition Notices, require an activity, useof equipment, establishment or part there of to cease immediately. An EmergencyProhibition Notice has to be confirmed by a sheriff, who will issue a ProhibitionOrder.
| Local Authority | OCD Number | Improvement Notice 2001 | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2001 | Improvement Notice 2002 | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2002 | Improvement Notice 2003 |
| Aberdeen City Council | 760 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 761 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Angus Council | 762 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 763 | 82 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 34 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 764 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 765 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 766 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 767 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 768 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 769 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 770 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 771 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Dundee City Council | 772 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Edinburgh City Council | 773 | 26 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 36 |
| Falkirk Council | 774 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Fife Council | 775 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Glasgow City | 776 | 1,494 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 92 |
| Highland Council | 777 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverclyde Council | 778 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 779 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 780 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| East Lothian Council | 781 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| West Lothian Council | 782 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Midlothian Council | 783 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| The Moray Council | 784 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 785 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 786 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 787 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 788 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 789 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Stirling Council | 790 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Local Authority | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2003 | Improvement Notice 2004 | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2004 | Improvement Notice 2004-05 | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2004-05 | Improvement Notice 2005-06 | Emergency Prohibition Notice 2005-06 |
| Aberdeen City Council | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Angus Council | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dundee City Council | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Edinburgh City Council | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Falkirk Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fife Council | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 0 | 34 | 0 | 196 | 0 | 122 | 1 |
| Highland Council | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Inverclyde Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| East Lothian Council | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| West Lothian Council | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Midlothian Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| The Moray Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 0 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stirling Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fire officers have been injured at work (a) accidentally or (b) as a result of assault in each year since 1999, broken down by brigade.
Answer
The information requestedon accidental injuries is available for Scotland as a whole only, and is given inHer Majesty鈥檚 Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland annual reports publishedby the Scottish Executive in January 2003, January 2004; December 2004; October2005 and December 2006, copies of which are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. numbers 25890; 30472; 34686; 38132, and 41202). The inspectorateonly began compiling figures for attacks on personnel in 2002-03 and this informationis also available in the annual reports.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any information that it holds on the number of court cases involving internet fraud or corruption in each year since 1999.
Answer
The available informationis given in the following table. The charges relate to fraud or attempted fraudby electronic means (that is obtaining or attempting to obtain goods or servicesby computer, electronic or telephone means) and is not limited to transactions overthe internet.
Persons ProceededAgainst for Electronic Fraud Offences1,2,3, 1999-2000 to 2005-06
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Scotland | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Note:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes AttemptedFraud (Electronic Means) and Fraud (Electronic Means) under common law.
3. Excludes any chargesrecorded under the offences of general fraud or credit and debit card fraud.
