- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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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.
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 given to question S2W-7557 answered on 20 May 2004. All answers to writtenparliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can 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: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider amending Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland to ensure that penalties for prisoner releases reflect the severity of the crime for which the prisoner was convicted.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS has no plans to revise the service credits set out in the contract.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS has no plans to publish these documents as they contain informationwhich is commercially sensitive.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it used for determining value for money when considering tenders for the contract to provide 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 given to question S2W-7557 answered on 20 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can 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: 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: 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: 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: Friday, 14 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average total fees charged by a registrar will be (a) for attending a place outside a registry office, including the costs of approving that place, to conduct a marriage ceremony and otherwise processing the marriage application and (b) for authorising a minister of religion to be an authorised celebrant of marriages in Scotland and processing an application for a couple to be married by that minister of religion.
Answer
The fees for the attendanceby a registrar at a place other than a registration office to conduct a civilmarriage, and for the approval of that place for civil marriages are notprescribed by the Registrar General for Scotland or the Scottish ministers. The fees are set by eachlocal authority on a cost recovery basis and vary between local authoritiesaccording to the circumstances of each local authority and the type of place.
The average fee for theattendance of a registrar at a place approved for civil marriages on Mondays toFridays is £154. Similarly, the average fee that would apply to attendance on Saturdays,Sundays and public holidays is £210.
The Marriage (Scotland)Act 2002 allows for either a periodic approval of a place (for up to three years)or a temporary approval for a single wedding. The average fee across 32 localauthorities is £348. The average fee for a temporary approval is £383.
There is no fee set instatute or regulations relating to the authorisation of a minister of religionas an approved celebrant. Nor is there a fee for the authorisation of aregistrar to conduct civil marriages. However, there are fees which applynationally that are prescribed by the Registrar General for Scotland with theapproval of the Scottish ministers relating to the legal formalities that mustbe completed for marriage in Scotland, whether a civil marriage or a religiousmarriage. There is a fee of £20 when each person submits notice of intention tomarry. Also, if the couple wish to have an extract from the marriage register(a marriage certificate), the charge is £8.50 per extract. If the couple wishto have a civil marriage, the prescribed fee for the solemnisation of a civilmarriage by a registrar is £45. A religious celebrant will often charge a feeto cover his expenses for conducting a religious marriage.
