Written Question · S3W-04545 · Session 3
What additional resources have been allocated to police forces to tackle internet fraud in each year since 1999, broken down by force, and …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources have been allocated to police forces to tackle internet fraud in each year since 1999, broken down by force, and what information it has on the additional resources similarly allocated to trading standards offices, broken down by local authority.
The answer
It is for chief constablesto decide how to allocate resources to meet policing priorities in their forceareas, including tackling internet fraud. Police forces are funded by acombination of police grant from the Scottish Government and from localauthorities. As a result it is not possible to identify the overall police resourcesallocated to tackling internet fraud.
However, the Scottish Crimeand Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) has an E-crime unit, which providesspecialist support to the Scottish police service for those areas of seriousorganised criminality involving or facilitated by computer or informationtechnology. The costs of this are included within the budget of the SCDEA,although the costs of tackling internet fraud are not separately identifiablein the agency’s budget.
the Scottish Government provides general financial support for Scotland’slocal authorities’ net revenue expenditure on core services, including tradingstandards. This funding is, in the main, provided by means of a block grant andit is not possible to identify the level of funding for individual services. Itis the responsibility of each individual local authority to allocate its totalresources, including the locally collected council tax, on the basis of localneeds and priorities.
In 2007-08 the core localgovernment funding provided by the Scottish Government will amount to over £8.7billion.
However, the Scottish Crimeand Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) has an E-crime unit, which providesspecialist support to the Scottish police service for those areas of seriousorganised criminality involving or facilitated by computer or informationtechnology. The costs of this are included within the budget of the SCDEA,although the costs of tackling internet fraud are not separately identifiablein the agency’s budget.
the Scottish Government provides general financial support for Scotland’slocal authorities’ net revenue expenditure on core services, including tradingstandards. This funding is, in the main, provided by means of a block grant andit is not possible to identify the level of funding for individual services. Itis the responsibility of each individual local authority to allocate its totalresources, including the locally collected council tax, on the basis of localneeds and priorities.
In 2007-08 the core localgovernment funding provided by the Scottish Government will amount to over £8.7billion.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-04545 by reference.