- 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-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, 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: 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-8623 by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004, whether it will publish the results of the investigations carried out in connection with each release in error.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No. This information is operationally sensitive and is exempt from publication under Section 4(b) of the Scottish Executive Code of Practice on Access to Information.
- 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 what statutory authority Reliance employees have within the bounds of properties of the Scottish Court Service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executiveof the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Prisoner Custody Officers employed by Reliance Custodial Services have statutory powers and duties as laid down in Section 104 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
- 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 what authority Reliance employees have to take into custody a prisoner who is unlawfully at large.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
None: This remains a matter for the police.
- 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 what the cost to the public purse was in each of the last five years of the duties that will be taken over by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd under 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:
“I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11075 answered 19 October 2004. 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: 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: Monday, 27 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 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 appendix A of schedule 2 to 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:
The information was withheld under exemptions 7(a) and 13.
