- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of requirements of licences granted under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 reported to procurators fiscal were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The information requested is not readily available in the format required and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The information systems operated by the department were designed for case tracking rather than for the production of statistical information. Systems currently in development will, in due course, facilitate the provision of data on a wider basis than is presently possible.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of health and safety regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The information requested is not readily available in the format required and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The information systems operated by the department were designed for case tracking rather than for the production of statistical information. Systems currently in development will, in due course, facilitate the provision of data on a wider basis than is presently possible.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the proposal for a Council of the European Union directive to establish minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers in EU member states.
Answer
Immigration and nationality issues, including standards for the reception of asylum seekers, are reserved to the UK Government.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many injuries occurred in each prison that were reportable to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The available information is as follows:HSE Reportable Accidents Reported to SPS Headquarters: 1 April 1998 to 30 September 2002
| Establishment | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Barlinnie | 7 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 17 |
| Castle Huntly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cornton Vale | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Dumfries | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Edinburgh | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18 |
| Glenochil | 28 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 19 |
| Greenock | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Inverness | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Low Moss | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| Noranside | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Perth | 13 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Peterhead | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Polmont | 7 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| Shotts | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 21 |
| Totals | 117 | 107 | 94 | 133 | 170 |
Information on Kilmarnock is held by Premier Prison Services which has contractual responsibility for this matter. The SPS does not monitor the number of reportable accidents notified by Premier Prison Services to HSE. The SPS Controller at HM Prison Kilmarnock does however have access to any relevant information should a prisoner be injured.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002, why the cost to it of non-domestic rates was not added to the cost per prisoner place of HM Prison Kilmarnock in the answer to question S1W-11438 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 January 2001.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The question asked for the cost to be based on the cost of the contract. Non-domestic rates are not a contractual cost but are a separate obligation on SPS and were therefore not included.If the cost of rates had been included, this would not have had a material impact on the annual average cost per prisoner place.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27013 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 July 2002, when the errors in the answer to question S1W-26060 in connection with performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock were corrected; in what document the errors were corrected, and who was informed of the correction.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The error was acknowledged and corrected in the answer given to question S1W-26494 on 20 June 2002, which is in the public domain. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners placed on remand before trial received a custodial sentence in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not available. Some prisoners are imprisoned frequently, for short periods and re-offend very shortly after release. It is therefore possible for a prisoner to be received into custody under sentence for offences committed before those for which they had last been remanded in custody. The available information therefore cannot identify how the offences for which a prisoner is serving a sentence relate to the charges for any previous period on remand.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the formula shown in paragraph 6 of Schedule E to the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, the value of the variable D is presently less than the sum of the variables Ga and Gb and what the ratio is of the variable D to the sum of the variables Ga and Gb.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This is commercially confidential information.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were transferred to HM Prison Kilmarnock from HM Prison (a) Barlinnie, (b) Greenock and (c) Edinburgh in each month from April to September 2002.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
| Month | Barlinnie | Greenock | Edinburgh |
| April | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| September | 14 | 0 | 0 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002 in relation to the three disciplinary charges of possession of an unauthorised item that were incorrectly recorded as the disciplinary charge of holding a person against his will, what the unauthorised item was in each case.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:In one case, the item was a small quantity of coffee sachets, in another it was a small piece of cannabis. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to identify the item involved in the third case as the relevant paper work could not be located.
