- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why figures for HM Prison Kilmarnock are not included in table 110 of Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2001 published by the Information and Statistics Division.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The required information was not available in a format compatible with other prisons at the time that the data was submitted to the Information and Statistics Division. This data will be available in future editions of the report.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9900 by Mr Jim Wallace on 29 September 2000, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of prison inmates (i) received drug counselling and rehabilitation in 2000-01 and 2001-02 and (ii) are currently receiving such counselling and rehabilitation.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Readily available information on drug treatment performance is published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. These figures for 2000-01 are at table 111 in the 2001 report (Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2001, Information and Statistics Division, 2002).The figures for 2001-02 will be published in the next annual bulletin.
- 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 11 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, how it will ensure recruitment standards in privately-operated prisons are as high as in publicly-operated prisons.
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-29278. 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 11 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, whether it will give any commitment to ensuring that pensions for staff in privately-operated prisons are on the same or similar terms to those for staff in publicly-operated prisons.
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-29278. 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 11 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, how it will ensure that the workforce in privately-operated prisons are no less well paid than in publicly-operated prisons.
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-29278. 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 11 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, how it will ensure that staff turnover in privately-operated prisons is no higher than in publicly-operated prisons.
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-29278. 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 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25268 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, what risk is attached to a fixed-price prison construction contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:It is not the only way or necessarily the best way of delivering best value for money. A fixed-price may, for example, be considerably higher than a non fixed-price contract. It is a question which can only sensibly assessed by an experienced procurement team which has access to expert advice on the market circumstances and the evaluation of risk.
- 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 11 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, how it will ensure that the workforce in privately-operated prisons are no less well trained than in publicly-operated prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This will, like all other inputs, be a matter for the successful tenderers as they will be taking the risks of not delivering the outputs demanded in the contracts. We will look for evidence of good employment practices when considering tenders for the new private prison, and key elements of successful bids will be built into the resulting contracts.
- 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 11 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, whether a public sector comparator will be calculated as part of the business case for the new private-build, private-operate prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:A detailed case for procuring a new private-build private-operate prison was set out in the Estates Review consultation paper and supporting documentation, as published on 21 March 2002. As the decision to procure such a prison has now been taken there is no need to prepare a further business case.
- 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 11 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, whether it envisages providing land free of charge or for a peppercorn rent to the new private-build, private-operate prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The approach to be taken will be determined as part of work on the detail of the procurement strategy and will be designed to secure value for money for the taxpayer.
