- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8485 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, how many prison officer hours have been released from prisoner transport duties as a result of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services and why this information was not given in the answer.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The answer to S2W-8485, answered on 8 June 2004, gave the information then available. The position has not changed.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, what the (a) costs to the police of escorting prisoners to court from police custody, (b) cost of the risks associated with escort duties and (c) opportunity costs represented by assigning (i) prison officers and (ii) police officers to escort duties were.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11075, answered on 19 October 2004. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament’s website, thesearch facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, whether there were any other reasons for the delay in providing the information requested other than commercial confidentiality.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, why the costs given did not include the opportunity costs of assigning prison officers to escort duties.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Because such costs are not readily quantifiable.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, whether it includes in the cost of risks associated with escort duties the cost of recapturing an escaped prisoner.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The costs given in the answer to question S2W-09015, answered on 30 August 2004, do not include the cost of recapturing an escaped prisoner. All answers towritten PQs are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the public sector comparator used for the contract for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Public Sector Comparator PSC) used in the value for money evaluation for the Prisoner Escorts and Court Custody project is given in the following table. The value for money evaluation was conducted in line with Treasury guidance and was among the aspects of the procurement audited and recently reported on by the Auditor General.
| | | | £m |
| Direct costs | Staff | Police | 11.8 |
| | | SPS | 4.6 |
| | Transport | Police | 0.6 |
| | | SPS | 0.6 |
| Indirect costs | Overheads | Police | 1.4 |
| | | SPS | 1.6 |
| Risk adjustment | | | 2.5 |
| Total PSC (annual) | 23.0 |
| Net present value over seven years | 145.3 |
In this table, the direct SPS costs are those given separately in the answer toquestion S2W-9015; other direct costs are the equivalent figures for thepolice; overheads represent a proportion of the costs of training, headquartersfunctions and other central costs; and the risk adjustment results fromanalysis conducted in line with Treasury guidance and taking account of a rangeof quantifiable risks in the design, development, transition to and operationof the new service and the extent to which these are transferred by the contract. The annual total differs from the sum of the PSC components because ofrounding.
All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9476 by Hugh Henry on 28 July 2004, who met the costs of this staff commitment and what those costs were.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The costs of the escort service were part of the monthly payment paid to Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd (KPSL) by the SPS.
SPS do not have details of the staff costs. These are a matter for KPSL.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive why no performance summary for the Reliance contract has been published since June 2004.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Performance summaries are published after the relevant performance management processes have been concluded. The figures for July and August were published on 7 October.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to transfer the post or the powers of the controller of HM Prison Kilmarnock to the prison operator.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Reliance submitted the lowest bid in financial terms for the contract for the provision of prisoner escort services.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes.
