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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-30709

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to (a) the Council of the European Union, (b) any member or body of (i) the European Parliament and (ii) the Committee of the Regions and (c) the European Commission about the draft Council of the European Union decision on establishing a mechanism for evaluating the legal systems and their implementation at a national level in the fight against terrorism.

Negotiations within the European Union on such issues are conducted by the UK Government, taking due account of the views of the devolved administrations.The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of EU-related issues, including discussions on justice and home affairs matters, and is represented as necessary at meetings in Brussels, whether at working groups of officials or at Councils at ministerial level.

Question reference: S1W-29286

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
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.

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.

Question reference: S1W-29764

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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.

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.

Question reference: S1W-31100

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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.

Question reference: S1W-31098

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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.

Question reference: S1W-31091

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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.

Question reference: S1W-31093

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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, why the incorrect recording of the three disciplinary charges of possession of an unauthorised item as the disciplinary charge of holding a person against his will was not rectified before disciplinary records of prisons were placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Question reference: S1W-30641

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what developments of prison accommodation are currently planned for the next 10 years and what the planned design capacity is for each such development, giving an approximation where no exact figure is available.

Question reference: S1W-31097

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it sent any representative to the meeting of representatives of European crime prevention institutions in Aalborg on 7 to 8 October 2002 and, if so, whether it will report on the results of the meeting.

The Executive was represented at the European Crime Prevention Network Conference held under the Danish Presidency in Aalborg on 7 to 8 October 2002, as part of the Home Office contingent. A report on the conference and its outcomes is being prepared by the Danish Crime Prevention Council. Volume One - Presentations and Conclusions has been published and features on their website at www.crimprev.dk/eucpn. Volume Two - Best Practice Projects will be published soon on the same website.

Question reference: S1W-31099

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were transferred from (a) HM Prison Kilmarnock to other local prisons in Scotland and (b) other local prisons in Scotland to HM Prison Kilmarnock in the year to the end of September 2002.

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