How it defines serious violent crime, as referred to in target 1 in the justice section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals …

Answered Asked by Roseanna Cunningham SNP Lodged 23 Sep 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it defines serious violent crime, as referred to in target 1 in the justice section of Building a Better Scotland
- Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys, and what measures it will use to reduce serious violent crime.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 Oct 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

For the purposes of the target, serious violent crime is currently defined as serious assault (including murder and culpable homicide), robbery, all other non-sexual crimes of violence (except possession of an offensive weapon), rape and attempted rape. The measures to be used to reduce such crime are an operational matter for chief constables.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-29734 by reference.