- 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 Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what work has been carried out by its officials on the clauses applying to Scotland in the draft Extradition Bill relating to the European arrest warrant.
Answer
My officials have been preparing appropriate amendments to the bill as a whole to ensure that the new legislative framework for extradition as proposed in the bill will operate satisfactorily in Scotland. This work covers those clauses which implement the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant.
- 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 Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28031 by Mr Jim Wallace on 27 August 2002, whether it has yet reached any conclusion on any implications for Scots law of the EU draft framework decision on combating corruption in the private sector.
Answer
The EU draft framework decision on combating corruption in the private sector is still under discussion by member states. Should any implications for Scots law emerge, these will be highlighted in the usual way through the UK Government.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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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.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30375 on 31 October 2002. 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: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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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.
Answer
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.
- 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, 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Because the error was identified after the relevant documents were placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- 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 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:(a) 155. (b) 114.
- 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.
- 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.
