- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the turnover of general practitioners who provided a prison medical service was in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated monthly cost is of maintaining the estate of the former HM Prison Longriggend.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:About £5,000.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken regarding any possible sale of the former HM Prison Longriggend.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:SPS has conducted a sales campaign following which we hope to sell the property as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of prison inmates received alcohol counselling and rehabilitation in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) to date this year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:This information requested is not available. The Scottish Prison Service Addictions Process provides a single gateway for all substance misuse presentations, including alcohol. The aim is that all who present will be offered an assessment, resulting in an individualised care plan. This will address the range of needs identified, including those that are alcohol related.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected cost of social work services to the Scottish Prison Service is for the current financial year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The estimated cost is between £2 and £2.5 million.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11578 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 December 2000, whether data is now collected on the prevalence of speech and language difficulties among the prison population and, if so, what data has been collected.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:Yes, data relating to needs assessment is currently being collected via referrals to speech therapy at Polmont Young Offenders Institute.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general practitioners Medacs provides to prisons, how these general practitioners are distributed between prisons, and what the ratio of these general practitioners is to prisoners, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not collected by SPS. It is for the contractor to arrange to provide the outputs specified in the contract.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for an appointment with an audiologist has been in (a) 1999-2000 (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date, broken down by health board.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when an announcement will be made with regard to a replacement block at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, as identified in the Visiting Committee of Polmont Young Offenders Institution Annual Report 1 April 2000-31 March 2001.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:On 15 October 2001 the Scottish Prison Service announced that a contract to build a new houseblock at HM Young Offenders Institution, Polmont, at a cost of around £17 million had been awarded to Skanska Construction UK Ltd.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 4 December 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer what steps will be taken to ensure a reliable and enhanced service for remote access users of the Parliament's IT network.
Answer
Currently there are some 400 users enabled to connect to the Parliament's network remotely. A number of constituency and local offices successfully use this service regularly. As part of on-going service enhancement, an end to end review of the remote access service has been initiated. Phase 1, aimed at identifying improvements that can be made from the Parliament site is complete and the recommendations are currently being implemented. Phase 2 concerns the suitability of external telecomm equipment and services currently used to access the Parliament's network remotely, this study is in progress following on-site inspection of some constituency offices and recommendations are in preparation. Phase 3 will concern the provision of user guidance and training to assist remote users in utilising the service to best advantage.
