- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been found guilty of an offence under Section 3 of the Control of Dogs Order 1992 in each year since it came into force.
Answer
The latest available information in our Criminal Proceedings database shows there have been no convictions under section 3 of the Control of Dogs Order 1992¹ since it was introduced.
¹ - where main crime.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been disqualified from owning or keeping a dog under section (a) 5 and (b) 9 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in each year.
Answer
The available information on the number of people disqualified from owning or keeping dogs under the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act s5(1) and s9 is provided in the following table.
Number of people disqualified from owning or keeping a dog under Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 s5/s9¹, 2010-11 to 2016-17.
| | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Offences involving dangerous dogs | Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 Section 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 Section 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1 - where main crime
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings Database.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many dog control notices have been served in each year since the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 came into force.
Answer
The information is provided in the following table.
Dog control notices issued under the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 |
Year | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Scotland | 92 | 147 | 244 | 277 | 290 |
Data for 2016-17 and 2017-18 is currently being collected from local authorities and should be available by August 2018.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many dogs have been ordered to be destroyed under section (a) 5 and (b) 9 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in each year.
Answer
The latest available information in our Criminal Proceedings database is to 2016-17 and shows there have been no dog disposals with the order 'dog to be destroyed' recorded for offences under sections 5 or 9 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 since it was introduced.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been found guilty of offences under the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in each year where no injury to a person has taken place.
Answer
Information on the number of people found guilty of offences under the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010, where no injury to a person has taken place is not held centrally.
Criminal Proceedings database does not hold information on injuries.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in delivering the expansion of early learning and childcare.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2018
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the third supplementary to question S5O-02087 by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2018 (Official Report, c. 1), when it asked the experience panels to consider (a) merging all forms of adult disability benefits into a disability assistance allowance and (b) offering a choice of a mobility component within attendance allowance, and what progress is being made with this.
Answer
Work with Experience Panel members with lived experience of disability benefits began in June 2017 with an Experience-Panel wide research programme. Following this a disability benefit specific session started in November 2017 and is ongoing. This involves a combination of surveys, individual meetings and group sessions on a wide range of issues affecting disability benefits.
Over the next six months, we will be asking Experience Panel members more explicitly for their views on Attendance Allowance and on a mobility component for disability benefits, to inform our approach in Scotland in the future.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) frontline and (b) non-frontline police officers there have been in each quarter since January 2007.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
Police Scotland publish sub-national police officer numbers on a quarterly basis in parallel with the Scottish Government’s Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics. A link to Police Scotland’s latest sub-national officer numbers publication, for the fourth quarter of 2017-18, is as follows alongside a link to the latest Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics:
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it defines "frontline police officer", and what changes there have been to this definition since January 2007.
Answer
Categorisation and deployment of police officers is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland.
Police Scotland has been working closely with HMICS to ensure a robust approach to the categorisation of officers, which is based on Home office guidance.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the total number of police officers is falling, whether it is taking action to ensure that the number of frontline officers is protected.
Answer
Deployment of police officers is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland.
Policing 2026, published in June 2017, set out Police Scotland’s aim to create the right workforce mix to tackle new and emerging criminal threats. This included a commitment to move more officers onto the frontline and HMICS have confirmed that progress is being made.