- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers and how many officials attended the European Union working party on substantive criminal law in Brussels on 29 and 30 July 2002, and what grade and from which departments these officials were.
Answer
Negotiations within the European Union on issues of substantive criminal law 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 substantive criminal law, and is represented as necessary at meetings in Brussels, whether at working groups of officials or at Councils at ministerial level.
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28707 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 October 2002, what the percentage of positive in-prison mandatory drugs tests was for each prison in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02, broken down by the drug types detailed in that answer.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:1999-2000
| | Amphetamines | Benzodiazepines | Cannabis | Cocaine | Methadone | Opiates | Temgesic |
| Aberdeen | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Barlinnie | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Castle Huntly | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Cornton Vale | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dumfries | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Dungavel | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Edinburgh | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Friarton | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Glenochil Prison | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Glenochil YOI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greenock | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Longriggend | 1 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Low Moss | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| NIC | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Noranside | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Penninghame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Perth | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peterhead Unit | 0 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Polmont | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Shotts | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| Shotts unit | 0 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2000-01
| | Amphetamines | Barbiturates | Benzodiazepines | Cannabis | Cocaine | Methadone | Opiates | Temgesic |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Barlinnie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Castle Huntly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Cornton Vale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Glenochil Prison | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Glenochil YOI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Inverness | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Low Moss | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| NIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Noranside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shotts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| Shotts unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001-02
| | Amphetamines | Barbiturates | Benzodiazepines | Cann-abis | Cocaine | Methadone | Opiates | Temgesic |
| Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Barlinnie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Castle Huntly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Cornton Vale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Glenochil Prison | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Glenochil YOI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Greenock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| Low Moss | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Noranside | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Polmont | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shotts | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6" |
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid for prisoner places that were not filled at HM Prison Kilmarnock 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:
| £000 |
| 1999-2000 | 78 |
| 2000-01 | 27 |
| 2001-02 | Nil |
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of any extra costs per prisoner place when prisoners are doubled-up in cells at HM Prison (a) Barlinnie, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Greenock and (d) Kilmarnock.
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 question S1W-30370 on 28 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: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, for persons under 16 accused of an offence where, if that offence is proved, that person has committed 10 or more offences, what the average time was in days from (a) the incident to receipt of the case by the children's reporter, (b) receipt of the case by the children's reporter to a decision being taken to refer the case to a children's hearing, (c) that decision to the children's hearing and (d) the children's hearing to disposal in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer
The collation of statistical information on the children's hearings system is the operational responsibility of the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA). The information requested is not held centrally. To date, Time Intervals data has been published only in broad offence/non-offence categories. The data relating to the years in question is available in SCRA's Annual Reports in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 6161, 18780 and 20128).
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the ministerial statement on the prison estates review by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice on 5 September 2002, what specific steps he is taking to improve the management of the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
My statement to Parliament on 5 September (Official Report cols. 13371 to 13375) referred to a number of developments intended to improve performance management, effectiveness and best value in the prison service. These include the Partnership Agreement reached between the SPS and its trades unions, record investment in the public sector estate and work to introduce published performance agreements for publicly run prisons.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines, accepted as an alternative to prosecution under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, were outstanding on 31 March (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000, (d) 2001 and (e) 2002, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many district court fines were outstanding on 31 March (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000, (d) 2001 and (e) 2002, broken down by district court.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the strategic development plan and any revisions thereof it has received, as referred to in paragraph 31.1 of 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS has had discussions with Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited who have agreed to publish a synopsis of the strategic development plan covering the main aims and objectives. This will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- 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 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoner places there will be in each prison in each of the next 10 years.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service Estates Review analysed the future supply of prisoner places and set out options for meeting the projected shortfall of supply against demand. My statement on 5 September set out the Executive's decisions in relation to new prisons and investment in existing prisons. The Scottish Prison Service is currently modelling the detailed effect of these decisions on the supply of prisoner places. It is not possible, however, to say how many places there will be in each prison in each of the next 10 years since this depends on future operational decisions and factors such as the time taken to obtain planning permission, the need for and availability of suitable alternative accommodation during refurbishment and changes in the total and composition of the prisoner population.
