- 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 amount should be made payable for each prisoner unlawfully at large since the service commencement date, under Performance Measure 3a of clause 5.4.4 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.
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 S2W-8434 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can 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 produce a summary 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 published the contract. The SPS has no plans to prepare or publisha summary.
- 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 how much Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd will be liable to pay in implementation charges if it does not start any phase of the implementation programme on the due dates as detailed in Schedule 4, clause 2.2.2. of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, broken down by phase.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS and Reliance are currently discussing arrangements for a revised implementationprogramme.
I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-8437 answered on 8 June 2004. All answers to writtenparliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be foundat 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 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, whether it expects phases 2, 3 and 4 of the implementation programme to be rolled out across Scotland within the months specified within the contract and, if it does not so expect, whether Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd will be held fully responsible.
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 the SPS believes Reliance 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 familiar with the task, that a communication plan has been implemented, that adequate contingency plans 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: Monday, 24 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 3, section 11 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, what action the authority will take if the service provider is found to store faulty equipment in its premises.
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 S2W-8431 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can 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: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that commercial confidentiality is a sufficient explanation for withholding information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
Under section 33 of the Freedomof Information (Scotland) Act 2002 information is exempt from disclosure if itsdisclosure would be likely to prejudice substantially the commercial interest ofany person. Before applying such an exemption however a public authority would haveto consider whether the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by the needto maintain exemption.
