- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Around 200 officers will be availableonce the contract is fully in operation.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional police 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract with Reliance freesup Prison and Police Officers who would otherwise have been deployed to escortduties.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers it estimates will be released for frontline duties as a result of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services once the contract has been fully implemented.
Answer
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. 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.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional members of staff have been provided by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd to handle the expected workload at Glasgow courts following the agreement to do so at the meeting between the company and the Scottish Prison Service on 12 April 2004.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
While staffing numbers are amatter for Reliance, the company has said that the majority of staff originallyrecruited for Phase II have been assigned to Phase I to improve performance in PhaseI.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7829 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 May 2004, whether there has been an increase in real terms in public funding for the NHS between 1999 and 2004 and, if so, what the increase has been.
Answer
The real terms increase in publicfunding for NHSScotland between 1999-2000 and 2004-05 is just under 37%.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7832 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 May 2004, which individuals, agencies and organisations are asked to respond to parliamentary questions on behalf of ministers.
Answer
Only ministers can respond to parliamentary questions. However, under the terms of the Executive’s Guidance on Parliamentary Questions, where a question relates to operational matters, Chief Executives of Executive Agencies can be invited to provide information to form the substance of the answer.
The Executive Agencies are as follows:
Accountant in Bankruptcy
Communities Scotland
Fisheries Research Service
Historic Scotland
HM Inspectorate of Education
National Archives of Scotland
Registers of Scotland
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
Scottish Court Services
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Scottish Prison Service
Scottish Public Pensions Agency
Student Awards Agency for Scotland
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4525 by Cathy Jamieson on 16 December 2003, what equivalent training there is for staff at HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
SPS holds no information onthese matters which are the responsibility of Premier Prison Services Ltd.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-33537 and S1W-34414 by Mr Jim Wallace on 27 February and 31 March 2003 respectively, what information it has regarding the number of reports to the Procurator Fiscal in respect of offences of violence or other similar categories of offences arising from incidents at HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
None.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34415 by Mr Jim Wallace on 31 March 2003, what system exists to ensure that the Scottish Prison Service is made aware of convictions in court that might incur performance points.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
None.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 2 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding, and other support, it has provided to the Scottish Civic Forum in each year of its operation and what funding, and other support, it will provide to the forum in 2004-05.
Answer
The Executive has provided core funding to the Scottish Civic Forum as follows:
| Year | Amount (£000) |
| 1999-2000 | 40 |
| 2000-01 | 130 |
| 2001-02 | 130 |
| 2002-03 | 180 |
| 2003-04 | 200 |
| 2004-05 | 200 |
We also support the Scottish Civic Forum (SCF) through two full-time secondments and awarding contracts for specific pieces of work outside the scope of its core funding agreement. For example, in 2003-04, contracts were awarded worth £12,600 for events to support the Executive’s consultation on Sexual Health Strategy, £3,500 to support a consultation on planning and £8,200 to support the consultation on anti-social behaviour. A contract for £15,000 has been awarded for work in 2004-5 for the consultation on smoking. The SCF’s accounts for 2002-03 included “other SE grants” totalling £5,860.
