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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-08507

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many senior Scottish Prison Service staff have been detailed to monitor the effective delivery of services by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd to Glasgow courts.

Question reference: S2W-08506

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional input there has been from senior Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff to ensure a more efficient service following the meeting between the company and the Scottish Prison Service on the 12 April 2004.

Question reference: S2W-08508

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that there has been significant improvement in the performance of Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd following the meeting between the company and the Scottish Prison Service on 12 April 2004.

Question reference: S2W-08486

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police 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.

As indicated in the answer givento question S2W-3488 on 13 November 2003, the full contract would be expected to lead to the redeploymentof up to 300 police officers to other operational duties. Information on the numberof hours to be released is not held centrally but this will depend on a number offactors, including local circumstances and any overtime. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Question reference: S2W-08431

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Escort Monitor has reported to it under clause 1.4.2.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland and, if not, when it expects to receive such reports and whether it will publish them.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

The Escort Monitor reports regularly to, and is part of the SPS. The SPS and Reliance have agreed that a performance summary will be agreedfor each calendar month of the contract. The Performance Summary will be availablefor either party to publish as appropriate without further approval.

It will only be available for publication following agreementof all the elements included in the Performance Summary. Subject to that, it willnormally be agreed in the month following the performance period.

These will include the total number of prisoner movements inthe period, the percentage of deliveries to court achieved on time, the numbersof incidents of prisoners being unlawfully at large and the payment made to theservice provider for the period.

The SPS will publish this information on its web site alongsidethe contract.

Question reference: S2W-08448

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the total value of each bid for the contract to provide prisoner escort and court custody services.

Question reference: S2W-08442

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the tender documents which led to the signing of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-08426

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7810 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004, how many police officers (a) have been and (b) were expected to be redeployed at the completion of each phase of the contract.

The first phase of thecontract, when complete, is expected to lead to the planned redeployment of 105police officers. As indicated in the answer to S2W-3488 answered on 13 November 2003,the full contract would be expected to lead to the redeployment of up to 300police officers to other operational duties. As regards the numbers to beredeployed at other phases, these will be subject to decisions on a revisedimplementation programme which, as indicated in the answer to S2W-7659 answeredon 20 May 2004, the Scottish Prison Service is currently discussingwith the company.

All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:

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Question reference: S2W-08483

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional prison officers could have been employed using the resources that have been allocated to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd under Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-08445

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd submitted the lowest bid in cash terms for the contract to provide prisoner escort and court custody services.