- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under paragraph 16, section 4.3, Annex A of the Civil Service Management Code have been referred for approval to the Prime Minister in each of the last five years, broken down by department or agency.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29475 on 1 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides the facility for prison staff and drugs service providers to attend training courses together.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Scottish Prison Service and drug service provider staff are encouraged to attend joint training where appropriate. An agreement is currently being drawn up between SPS and Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol (STRADA) to develop this further.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) prevalence and (b) incidence of new cases of serious mental illness was in each prison in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-8781 and S1W-9352 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 August and 12 September 2000 respectively, how many people had a charge proved relating to (a) house-breaking, (b) assault and robbery and (c) drug-related offences in Scotland in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002 to date and how many of these were charged where the main offence involved was aggravated by having been committed while the offender was on bail.
Answer
Information on persons with a charge proved in 1999 and 2000 where a bail aggravation was recorded in the sentence is included in Table 14 of the annual statistical bulletins Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts published for those years (Bib. numbers 11289 and 17818 respectively). Data for the year 2001 are expected to be available in November 2002. Assault and robbery falls within the Scottish Executive Justice Department's crime category of robbery.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what standard procedures the Scottish Prison Service has for sharing information between drugs service providers and prison staff.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Scottish Prison Service (SPS) procedures for information sharing in the drugs field are outlined in the SPS Drug Strategy Partnership and Co-ordination (SPS, 2000), copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. Joint protocols have been developed for information sharing between SPS and Drugs Action Teams (DATs). All client information is subject to the Data Protection Act.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) prevalence and (b) incidence of new cases of the dual diagnosis of serious mental illness and drug addiction was in each prison in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the mortality and morbidity rates of prisoners within one month following their release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Scottish Prison Service is working closely with Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency and Glasgow University to establish monitoring systems for post release drug-related deaths. The outcomes of this work will directly influence policy, and will be published in due course.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Scottish Prison Service has taken to improve the recruitment and retention of nurses in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:In addition to a recent pay award for nursing staff, the Scottish Prison Service has recently begun a comprehensive nursing services review which, among other things, will look at nurse recruitment and retention issues.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are currently being treated with (a) methadone and (b) naltrexone.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Scottish Prison Service has taken to test prisoner confidence in the medical service provided.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS asks prisoners about health care services through the annual prison survey.
