- 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: 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, further to the answer to question S2W-8514 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, when it will begin publishing the monthly performance summary of the operation of Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd in escorting prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information was placed on the SPS website on 13 September 2004 and was the subject of a Press Release issued by SPS on the same date.
- 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.
- 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-8450 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, what incidents involving (a) staff misbehaviour and (b) prisoner indiscipline it considers to be significant in respect of the Escort Monitor’s report on the Reliance contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
None since the contract commenced.
- 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: 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-7562 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004, what criteria it will use to determine whether there has been a fundamental breach of the contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
SPS interprets the contract in the light of legal advice and the relevant circumstances.
- 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 13 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive under what exemption to the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information it decided to withhold information contained in Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Information was withheld under exemptions 4(b), 4 (e), 7(a) and 13.
- 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 13 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the public interest in the release of commercially confidential information in Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services in Scotland is outweighed by any harm likely to arise from such a release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes. The exemptions under which the SPS withheld information from the published version of the contract are subject to a public interest test. The SPS concluded that the harm likely to arise from the publication of the withheld information outweighed the public interest in releasing the information.
- 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 Tom McCabe on 12 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it played in the appointment of the directors of Partnerships UK.
Answer
The Executive is a minority shareholder and the role it plays over the appointment of directors of Partnerships UK is appropriate to the level of shareholding it holds. The board of PUK is made up of members from the private sector and two non-Executive Directors appointed by HM Treasury. There is an Advisory Council which oversees the work of PUK and is made up exclusively of members from the public sector. Scottish ministers are represented on the council.
