- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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 the maximum amount is that it will receive as payment for each single incident involving multiple prisoners unlawfully at large and capped in aggregate within each 12-month period running from the service commencement date, as detailed in clause 5.4.4 of Schedule 2 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 to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-8434 on 8 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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, 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, how many prisoner movements there have been since the service commencement date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
There have been 9,440 prisoner movements up to and including 28 May 2004.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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 detail a revised implementation programme for 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 contract will be rolled out to other parts of Scotland when the SPS believesReliance are ready to extend the service set out in the contract. The SPS and Relianceare currently discussing a revised implementation programme.
Reliance will have to show that they are ready to provide a consistent satisfactoryservice. The SPS's assessment will depend on Reliance's proposed revised implementationprogramme.
The tests the SPS will apply will include checks that Reliance have adequatestaff and vehicles in place, that staff are fully trained and certificated and familiarwith the task, that a communication plan has been implemented, that adequate contingencyplans are in place and that necessary changes to the contract have been made.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, 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, with reference to Schedule 4 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, what the (a) monthly and (b) annual charge is expected to be for each prisoner movement.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Commercially and operationally sensitive information is exempt from disclosureunder Part II of the Code of Practice on Scottish Executive Information.These exemptions are subject to a public interest test, which the SPS has applied.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many stop-and-searches were carried out on members of minority ethnic groups in each of the last three years, broken down by ethnic minority group.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor chief constables. Scottish forces started recording the ethnicity of personssubject to stop and search or stop and interview on 1 April 2004.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what quality monitoring provisions exist in the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd; how performance is monitored, and what sanctions exist for breach of these provisions.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract provides for a systemof monitoring by the Scottish Prison Service and a performance payments system.The contract has been published by the Scottish Prison Service today in line withall the Freedom of Information principles including protecting public safety andthird party commercial confidentiality.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service hastoday published the prisoner escort and court custody contract in line with allthe Freedom of Information principles including those relating to matters of publicsafety and third party commercial confidentiality.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd is subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Certain information relatingto the services that Reliance is currently providing is available from the ScottishPrison Service under the provisions of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.The provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 do not come intooperation until next year.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive why the contract for escorting prisoners was awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd and on what grounds its bid was judged to be superior to other bids received.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of The Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract was awarded to Reliancefollowing a procurement exercise conducted under government guidelines. Reliancecomplied with the operational requirement and had a satisfactory track record fordelivering a similar service. The price represented value for money and was affordable.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what obligations Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd is required to undertake under the terms of the contract awarded to it for the escorting of prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Reliance is responsible for thesecure custody and well being of prisoners during the delivery of prisoner escortingand court custody services.
