- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-21183 and S1W-24978 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 February 2002 and 24 July 2002, how it concluded that the difference between tendering costs for a privately-financed project and design costs for a publicly-financed project is not significant in a project of this scale, given that the Scottish Prison Service did not collect tender cost data in respect of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review calculated the total cost of a new 700-place private build private operate prison as being around £206.2 million in net present value terms (around £453.2 million in cash value real terms), compared to £453.4 million in NPV terms (£855.4 million in CVR terms) for the public sector comparator. The tendering and design costs will not be significantly different due to the costings for the design and service specification for any new prison in the Estates Review, for both the Private Build Private Operate option and the Public Sector Comparator, being based upon those for HM Prison Kilmarnock.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26497 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, whether the cost of non-domestic rates was included in the private sector model and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
No. The private sector model was based on the contract cost of privately-managed prisons and non-domestic rates are not a contractual cost. The net present value of non-domestic rates is estimated to be approximately £3 million over 25 years. The public sector comparator included non-domestic rates to facilitate comparison with the new houseblock options. The total contractual cost plus non-domestic rates for the private sector model is £209 million compared with the public sector comparator of £429 million on the same basis.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26497 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, why the cost of non-domestic rates was included in the costing of the public sector comparator.
Answer
To facilitate comparison of the new prison and houseblock options in the Scottish Prison Service Estate Review.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25707 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002, why the offer received after 3 May 2000 for the buildings of the former HM Prison Penninghame was considered acceptable.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Having established the actual market price and based on the advice of professional advisers, that this was the best deal that could reasonably be expected.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25568 and S1W-27720 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May and 14 August 2002 respectively, in regard to HM Prison Kilmarnock, why no performance points were incurred in year 1 of the operation of the prison for incidents of hostage taking, given that there were three disciplinary offences of detention of a person against his will recorded in that year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There were no incidents of hostage taking in year one at HM Prison Kilmarnock. Three charges against prisoners of having been in possession of unauthorised articles were incorrectly recorded, after the events, as having been for detaining a person against his will.
- 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 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27863 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 August 2002, whether the records kept by the Scottish Prison Service Incident Reporting Procedures for HM Prison Kilmarnock show the numbers of (a) serious, (b) minor and (c) no injury assaults separately from each other.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No.
- 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 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what it intends to do to aid people burdened with multiple debt in each year to 2005-06, as referred to in target 11 in the justice section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys.
Answer
The Debt Arrangement and Advice (Scotland) Bill, currently at Stage 2, provides the framework for a national statutory debt arrangement scheme for those with multiple debt. The consultation document Enforcement of Civil Obligations in Scotland sought consultees' views on the detail of the scheme. The responses to this consultation are currently being analysed by independent consultants. The debt arrangement scheme will be implemented by way of regulations, as soon as possible, taking account of respondents' views. To ensure that those in multiple debt have ready access to the necessary money advice to negotiate debt payment programmes, the Executive is already making available, through local authorities, an additional £3 million a year for the provision of local money advice services across Scotland. Plans from local authorities indicate that this will result in no less than an additional 100 full-time equivalent money advisers.
- 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 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its spending proposals for 2003-06 are for external affairs.
Answer
Decisions on future spending details for external affairs have still to be finalised.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any member of staff of the Scottish Prison Service has been offered and/or has received in the last three years any enhancement of salary for concluding or progressing the contracting-out of the medical service in prisons and, if so, whether it will provide details.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:No. The SPS in line with Government pay policy operates a system of performance related pay. Separate schemes apply to staff within the main staff group, nursing staff and those within the Senior Civil Service.Personal performance targets are agreed between an individual and their line manager. These targets are related to the role the individual performs and linked to the organisation's aims and objectives. In respect of any contracting out process this would only be one of a number of elements of the overall performance assessment for an appraisal period.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28728 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2002, why the answer did not give full details of each notice received.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison ervice to respond. His response is as follows: Because there was only one such notice and that was superseded by Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited obtaining the insurance required.
