Current status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisation carries out the monitoring and scrutiny of conditions when individuals are being transported to and from court by Reliance, in the same way that prison visiting committees carry out this function for transportation to and from prisons.
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service.