§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many arson attacks there were on Scottish schools in 1990; how many prosecutions resulted from such attacks; and what was the total cost to each Scottish education authority from arson.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythIn 1989, the latest year for which figures are available, fire brigades attended 322 fires in educational establishments in Scotland, of which 176 were recorded as deliberate or possibly deliberate. Separate figures are not available for the numbers of such fires in schools. Information on prosecutions resulting from wilful fire-raising does not identify the type of property involved. Information on the cost to education authorities from such attacks is not collected centrally.
Scottish Council on Alcohol Albyn House Aberdeen Sunnybrae Christian Centre Glasgow Council on Alcohol Drinkwise Orkney Inverness, Designated Place Renfrew Council on Alcohol £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 50,000 — — — — — — 1980–81 50,000 — — — — — — 1981–82 57,000 — — — — — — 1982–83 64,000 150,000 — — — — — 1983–84 68,325 119,000 5,000 — — — — 1984–85 70,100 109,000 — — — — — 1985–86 94,658 109,500 — — — — — 1986–87 117,045 70,000 2,155 — — — — 1987–88 124,500 — — — — — — 1988–89 143,000 — — — — — — 1989–90 142,190 — — 39,646 13,363 6,750 — 1990–91 128,875 — — — 3,350 153,350 25,000
§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children have been reported to children's panels for alcohol-related offences each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation on referrals to reporters to children's panels for alcohol-related offences is available for only three regions and for the years 1987, 1988 and 1989. The figures are as follows:
1987 1988 1989 Central 9 17 16 Grampian 6 9 7 Strathclyde 134 139 91
Non-court proceedings Reports received No proceedings No further proceedings1 Warning letters Conditional offers Fiscal fines Diversions Balance resulting in court proceedings Court proceedings as percentage of total 1980 301,030 36,324 n/a2 2,526 n/a3 n/a4 n/a5 262,180 87.09 1985 339,317 65,580 n/a2 20,123 42,269 n/a4 n/a5 211,345 62.29 1990 366,472 40,813 12,303 13,645 99,791 16,985 1,403 181,532 49.54 1 Proceedings discontinued. 2 Not separately recorded. 3 Conditional offers were introduced in 1984. 4 Fiscal fines were introduced in 1988. 5 No figures are available for the numbers of diversions in 1980 and 1985. Such disposals would have been recorded as "no proceedings".