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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.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 11 October 2025
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Question reference: S2W-08547

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the response times for 2nd level in Table 5 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.

Question reference: S2W-08542

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, whether it will publish a report on the current condition of equipment and transport.

Question reference: S2W-08523

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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 training Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd has implemented to ensure compliance with section 2.5 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-08539

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish clause 5.1.2.1 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.

Question reference: S2W-08478

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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 will provide details of the circumstances leading up to each prisoner becoming unlawfully at large, including as a result of release in error, whilst being escorted by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff, since the commencement of the contract.

Question reference: S2W-08517

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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, with reference to Schedule 3, section 13 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, it will publish survey levels of prisoner satisfaction on a regular basis and, if so, in what format the survey results will be reported.

Question reference: S2W-08543

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive through which prison transfer arrangements are co-ordinated for (a) Scottish male prisoners, (b) Scottish female prisoners and (c) prisoners escorted into the HM Prison Service within England and Wales.

Question reference: S2W-08554

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what review and rationalisation of Prisoner Escort Forms has been undertaken as required under clause 1.7.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-08553

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish details of the Service Provider's Implementation Programme referred to in clause 1.4.4.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-08502

  • Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Schedule 3, clause 4.4 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, whether the service provider has the right of appeal in the event that the authority makes any variation to the charges.