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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-25726

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, whether the internal Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submissions which were subsequently taken into account in the SPS Estates Review will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, detailing the reasons behind its response.

Question reference: S1W-25724

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, how many feasibility studies such as Constructing the Future were subsequently taken into account in the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-25721

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, which internal Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submissions were subsequently taken into account in the SPS Estates Review, detailing the reasons behind its response.

The Executive is committed to open government. Under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information, the assumption is that information will be released except where disclosure would not be in the public interest as specified in Part II of the code. In the case of the Prison Estates Review, all the relevant material from internal Scottish Prison Service submissions was included in the three volumes of material published as part of consultation on the Review. Material not included was either irrelevant or is covered by Exception 2 to the code, which covers internal discussion and advice. The purpose of this exception is to maintain the frankness and candour of internal discussion including internal opinion, advice, recommendation, consultation and deliberation.

Question reference: S1W-25723

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, how many internal Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submissions were subsequently taken into account in the SPS Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-25727

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, whether the feasibility studies such as Constructing the Future which were subsequently taken into account in the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review will be made publicly available, detailing the reasons behind its response.

Question reference: S1W-25725

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25236, S1W-25237 and S1W-25238 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, whether the internal Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submissions which were subsequently taken into account in the SPS Estates Review will be made publicly available, detailing the reasons behind its response.

Question reference: S1W-27653

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, whether it will give a breakdown of each prison's performance in relation to each of the targets referred to.

Question reference: S1W-27656

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which targets in the report Standards of Health Care of Prisoners were not met by health care providers in each of the last three years, broken down by provider and prison, where such data is available.

Question reference: S1W-27734

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any fixtures, fittings and equipment were removed from the buildings comprising HM Prison Zeist for reuse by the Scottish Prison Service prior to their return to the Netherlands government.

Question reference: S1W-27742

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total staff complement, (b) current number of staff in post, and (c) average number of staff required for prisoner escorts has been for each prison for each of the last three years.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The readily available information is as follows:

SPS Establishment	1 April1999-2000			1 April2000-01			1 April2001-02
	(a)	(b)	(a)		(b)	(a)		(b)
Aberdeen	163	165	164		159	164		162
Barlinnie	604	582	606		584	589		603
Castle Huntly	73	83	72		70	69		70
Cornton Vale	247	246	247		239	256		278
Dumfries	160	164	160		158	154		155
Edinburgh	478	462	478		450	468		473
Glenochil	474	466	474		470	474		467
Greenock	184	183	186		186	189		198
Inverness	109	110	110		107	112		113
Low Moss	165	156	168		172	173		183
Noranside	70	69	72		70	64		63
Perth	452	427	452		434	431		432
Peterhead	252	252	250		228	241		213
Polmont	350	353	351		347	345		354
Shotts	460	436	449		442	436		427
Total	4,241	4,154	4,239		4,116	4,165		4,191

Accurate figures for (C) are not available.