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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)
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Question reference: S2W-07756

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what performance-related revenue deductions have been incurred under the contract to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock by the prison's operator in each quarter since the start of the prison's operation.

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

Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
Year 1
£105,174.67	£176,249.00	£174,333.00	Nil
Year 2
Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Year 3
£55644.08	£30,973.00	£21,172.00	£124,529.00
Year 4
£160,692.71	£160,458.00	£158,702.00	£159,689.00
Year 5
£99,536.85	£141,357.00	£25,841.00

Question reference: S2W-07753

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each parliamentary constituency in the Central Scotland region have participated in modern apprenticeship schemes, broken down by (a) gender, (b) race and (c) disability, in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-07755

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what performance points were accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock, broken down for each heading and subsection in Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, for the quarters October to December 2003 and January to March 2004.

I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

	October – December 2003	January – March 2004
Failure to process Accurate Warrant Details	10	0
Discovery within Prison of Smuggled in items	125	150
Failure of Security Procedures	70	100
Staff Assault – Serious Injury	0	0
Minor Injury	0	0
No Injury	15	10
Prisoner Assault – Serious Injury	0	0
Minor Injury	0	40
No Injury	55	45
Incident of Concerted Indiscipline	20	40
Incident of Class A Drugs	350	280
Incident of Drugs other than Class A	95	45
Tool/Implement Loss (recovered)	2	0
Tool/Implement Loss (not recovered)	8	4
Failure to start Visits within 20 minutes	3	0

Question reference: S2W-07743

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by Law District General Hospital on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the new building began.

Question reference: S2W-07745

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by East Ayrshire Community Hospital on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the building began.

Question reference: S2W-07767

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5824 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 February 2004, what the data held on prison visitors is used for and to which organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service data held on prison visitors is sent.

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

Data held on prison visitorsis not sent to any organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service. Individualvisitor information may be used by the Scottish Prison Service to ensure the validityof claims for financial assistance towards the cost of travel in relation to prisonvisits. This is carried out in conjunction with the Assisted Prison Visits Unitand is intended to reduce the risk of fraudulent claims.

Question reference: S2W-07757

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1868 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 September 2003, whether the maximum limit of 5% of contract price for performance revenue deduction, as referred to in the second paragraph of Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a prison at Kilmarnock, has been applied for each other quarter of the operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S2W-07741

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the building at Little France began.

Question reference: S2W-07742

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by Hairmyres Hospital on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the new building began.

Question reference: S2W-07761

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-283 by Cathy Jamieson on 4 June 2003, what the reasons are for the position on this matter.