- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Davidson on 4 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 and how many of the fiscal fines issued by each office were fully paid in each of these years.
Answer
The total number of conditional offers of fixed penalty ("fiscal fines") issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office during the years to which the question refers was as follows:
| | Apr 97-Mar 98 | Apr 98-Mar 99 | Apr 99-Mar 2000 |
| Aberdeen | 1,136 | 1,527 | 1,470 |
| Airdrie | 1,781 | 1,858 | 1,464 |
| Alloa | 458 | 425 | 255 |
| Arbroath | 266 | 383 | 202 |
| Ayr | 934 | 1,247 | 1,058 |
| Banff | 127 | 315 | 250 |
| Campbeltown | 102 | 142 | 136 |
| Capar | 180 | 213 | 166 |
| Dingwall | 207 | 276 | 212 |
| Dornoch | 26 | 47 | 37 |
| Dumbarton | 804 | 809 | 832 |
| Dumfries | 566 | 1,034 | 689 |
| Dundee | 1,389 | 1,036 | 1,523 |
| Dunfermline | 623 | 555 | 557 |
| Dunoon | 154 | 209 | 196 |
| Duns | 22 | 6 | 10 |
| Edinburgh | 1,562 | 1,397 | 1,310 |
| Elgin | 455 | 553 | 468 |
| Falkirk | 867 | 965 | 699 |
| Forfar | 338 | 195 | 221 |
| Fort William | 118 | 150 | 215 |
| Glasgow | 12,802 | 13,640 | 11,244 |
| Greenock | 1,126 | 1,019 | 823 |
| Haddington | 77 | 119 | 89 |
| Hamilton | 2,491 | 2,848 | 3,070 |
| Inverness | 837 | 883 | 819 |
| Jedburgh | 168 | 293 | 204 |
| Kilmarnock | 1,116 | 1,861 | 1,973 |
| Kirkcaldy | 336 | 538 | 399 |
| Kirkcudbright | 153 | 79 | 73 |
| Kirkwall | 88 | 68 | 71 |
| Lanark | 580 | 526 | 358 |
| Lerwick | 59 | 90 | 131 |
| Linlithgow | 532 | 696 | 585 |
| Lochmaddy | 22 | 40 | 50 |
| Oban | 107 | 142 | 136 |
| Paisley | 1,395 | 1,349 | 1,120 |
| Peebles | 5 | 19 | 51 |
| Perth | 719 | 728 | 579 |
| Peterhead | 281 | 251 | 112 |
| Portree | 75 | 80 | 68 |
| Rothesay | 45 | 57 | 23 |
| Selkirk | 181 | 207 | 185 |
| Stirling | 452 | 410 | 413 |
| Stonehaven | 106 | 130 | 102 |
| Stornoway | 74 | 160 | 167 |
| Stranraer | 19 | 170 | 111 |
| Tain | 135 | 293 | 226 |
| Wick | 105 | 212 | 177 |
| TOTALS | 36,201 | 40,250 | 35,329 |
Information regarding the number of fiscal fines issued by each office which were fully paid in each of these years is not available.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to increase the number of fiscal fines which are fully paid.
Answer
District Courts are responsible for collecting and enforcing fixed penalties, including fiscal fines. To enforce these fines, the court may use all the methods of enforcement available for court imposed fines, except imprisonment. In practice, this means that the court can allow the defaulter to pay by instalments, deduct from income support, seek to recover the amount by civil diligence or remit the fine.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was raised from fiscal fines issued in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Data for 1999-2000 are not yet available.
Value of fiscal fines received by district courts in 1997-98 and 1998-991 £000
1997-982 | 1998-993 |
525.1 | 639.6 |
Notes:
1. Data are not available centrally on value of fines received by year of issue.
2. Data are not available for East Renfrewshire, Fife (part), Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire (part) and West Dunbartonshire.
3. Data are not available for Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Midlothian, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines issued in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, and (c) 1999-2000 were fully paid.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Data for 1999-2000 are not yet available.
Number of fiscal fines fully paid into the district court in 1997-98 and 1998-991
1997-982 | 1998-993 |
12,653 | 14,768 |
Notes:
1. Data are not available centrally on fines fully paid by year of issue.
2. Data are not available for East Renfrewshire, Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
3. Data are not available for Eilean Siar, Fife (part), Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have obtained anti-social behaviour orders over the last two years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. However, last year the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland was commissioned by the Scottish Executive to investigate the use which landlords were making of the provisions for evictions on the grounds of anti-social behaviour contained in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The Institute's research found that in the period 1 April 1999 to 1 December 1999, 15 anti-social behaviour orders had been applied for and nine granted as follows:
- City of Dundee (3);
- City of Edinburgh (3);
- Fife (1);
- Perth & Kinross (2).
I am arranging for a copy of the Institute's research report to be placed in the Parliament's Information Centre.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders were granted in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.
Answer
I refer Mr Matheson to the answer I gave to question S1W-8336.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications local authorities made for anti-social behaviour orders in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.
Answer
I refer Mr Matheson to the answer I gave to question S1W-8336.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 25 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000.
Answer
The total number of conditional offers of fixed penalty ("fiscal fines") issued by Procurators Fiscal in each of the years to which the question refers was as follows:
a) 1997-98 - 36,201;
b) 1998-99 - 40,250; and
c) 1999-2000 - 35,329
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding was provided for family mediation services in Scotland over the last five years.
Answer
Information on funding for family mediation services over the last five years is detailed in the following table, together with funding for this financial year:
| | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
Family Mediation Scotland | £61,000 plus £30,000 and £3,498 capital funding | £61,000 plus £30,000 | £61,000 plus £30,000 | £61,000 plus £25,000 | £62,830 plus £25,750 | £71,149 |
Family Mediation Borders | £8,932 | £10,200 | £11,707 | £11,707 | £12,058 | £31,000 |
Family Mediation Central | £61,093 plus £988 capital funding | £61,093 | £64,462 | £64,462 | £66,396 | £77,195 |
Family Mediation Dumfries & Galloway | £0 | £0 | £23,160 | £23,160 | £23,855 | £55,000 |
Family Mediation Grampian | £0 | £0 | £23,530 | £23,530 | £24,236 | £43,150 |
Family Mediation Highland | £24,427 plus £4,133 capital funding | £24,091 | £23,647 | £23,647 | £24,356 | £24,965 |
Family Mediation Lothian | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17,000 | £17,510 | £50,490 |
Family Mediation Tayside | £18,358 | £25,820 | £37,794 | £37,794 | £38,928 | £59,556 |
Family Mediation Western Isles | £26,918 | £26,918 | £26,320 | £26,320 | £27,110 | £26,250 |
Family Mediation West of Scotland | £0 | £0 | £22,000 | £22,000 | £22,660 | £38,601 |
Total | £239,347 | £239,122 | £323,620 | £335,620 | £345,689 | £477,356 |
The Scottish Executive places great importance on the work of organisations offering family mediation in Scotland. In addition to the Family Mediation Services listed the Scottish Executive also provides funding for a number of related organisations which provide support for families in need.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any genetically modified crops have been planted in the Forth Valley area and, if so, whether it will list all those farms involved.
Answer
No consents have been issued for the growing of genetically modified crops in the Forth Valley area.
In terms of the GM contaminated Advanta seeds sown in Scotland, our expert advisory committees have assured us that there are no public or environmental safety concerns involved. In view of this, I do not believe it to be in the public interest to publish information on the locations of the farms involved, for doing so could lead to unwarranted action against farmers who have acted in good faith in this matter.
