- 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 19 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28180 by Mr Jim Wallace on 30 August 2002, how the cost of answering question S1W-25568 was calculated and whether it will give a precise definition of the meaning given in this calculation to the terms "direct cost" and "opportunity cost".
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The cost was not calculated as this would itself have incurred considerable expenditure. The cost was guesstimated and the answer therefore said that the cost "could", not would, be around £1,000.The direct costs are those which would have been involved in undertaking the work. The opportunity cost is the value of the output which would have been foregone because of the diversion of resources in order to undertake the work.
- 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 19 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27913 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 August 2002, why the grade of staff is not a relevant consideration for the cost of staff.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Because the model in question is a cost model and therefore used the cost of staff rather than grades of staff.
- 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 19 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24348 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 August 2002, whether it receives information from the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock on staffing.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There is a requirement for Prisoner Custody Officers employed within HM Prison Kilmarnock to be licensed before taking up duty. We receive staffing information from the contractor to enable us to carry out this function. We also approve the director.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19366 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 November 2001, whether it will give a breakdown of the table in Appendix 7 to the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2000-01 and the table in Appendix 6 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2001-02 on "breaches of discipline committed and punishments awarded in establishments " to show how many times disciplinary action was taken against prisoners in each prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock, in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested can be found in the Parliament's Reference Centre, Bib. numbers 23025 and 23026.
- 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 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the draft European Union framework decision on combating corruption in the private sector.
Answer
The provisions of the draft framework decision on combating corruption in the private sector, if adopted, will be implemented as required throughout the UK as part of the UK's international obligations. However, in Scotland, the implementation would take account of the distinctive Scottish legal system.
- 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 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what performance indicators the pay of the members of the Scottish Prison Service Board is related to.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS Board, as members of the Senior Civil Service, are set appropriate performance targets following discussion between the individual and their line manager, related to the role the individual performs and are linked to the agency's business aims and objectives including the SPS key performance indicators set out in the SPS Annual Report.
- 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 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has held, or now holds, on past political activity of members of its staff and staff of the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Information on political activities would rarely be held, except in the case where a civil servant had applied for permission to undertake such activities in line with the terms and restrictions in the Civil Service Management Code which applies to SPS staff.
- 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 Cathy Jamieson on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26764 by Cathy Jamieson on 27 June 2002, whether the information requested in respect of 2000-01 is now available.
Answer
Information on children residential care for 2000-01 was published on 2 September, and is available via the Scottish Executive website using the link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00191-00.asp. This includes information on children in secure accommodation, namely (a) admissions during 2000-01 by gender, (b) length of stay of residents on 31 March 2001 and (c) length of stay of children discharged from secure accommodation during 2000-01. On 31 March 2001, there were 63 boys and 23 girls in secure accommodation for children. The other information requested is given in the following table.Children Admitted to Secure Units: by Reason for Placement
| Reason for Placement (see Codelist Below) | Children Admitted During 2000-01 | Children Resident on 31 March 2001 |
| Code 91 | 0 | 0 |
| Code 92 | 1 | 2 |
| Code 93 | 7 | 5 |
| Code 94 | 69 | 24 |
| Code 95 | 72 | 22 |
| Code 96 | 25 | 16 |
| Code 97 | 31 | 11 |
| Code 99 | 13 | 6 |
| Not known | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 218 | 86 |
Codelist for placement reasons91. Order made under section 44(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.92. Order made under section 205 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.93. Order made under section 208 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.94. Order made under section 70(9) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, to which is attached a condition authorising use of Secure Accommodation.95. A Place of Safety Order or Warrant made under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, authorising the use of Secure Accommodation.96. Where committal to a Place of Safety or other temporary detention is made under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.97. The authority of the Director of Social Work and the person in charge of the establishment, pending the convening of a Children's Hearing to consider the case.99. Other.
- 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 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27874 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 August 2002, why incidents incurring penalty points under paragraph 2.2(g) of schedule F of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock occurring together with incidents incurring penalty points under paragraph 2.2(h) are treated as a single incident when there is no indication in the contract that this will be the case.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:When a prisoner tests positive for more than one substance, the application of multiple disciplinary offences is not in the SPS's view helpful in encouraging individuals to give up drugs. Treating a positive test for more than one substance as a single event for the purposes of applying performance points is consistent with this approach.
- 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 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27920 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 August 2002, how incidents in HM Prison Kilmarnock incurring performance points are recorded when there is no Scottish Prison Service controller present in the prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Serious incidents and significant events are notified immediately to the Duty Controller by telephone if he is not present.
