- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years under section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table. When interpreting individual figures at this level of detail it should be borne in mind that their accuracy is subject to the limitations inherent in any large scale statistical database. Information for 2001 is not expected to be available until around November 2002.Persons with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the main charge was under Section 50(A)
of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Act 1995
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| All Courts | - | - | 1 | 56 | 170 |
| Sheriff Courts: | | | | | |
| Aberdeen | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Airdrie | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Arbroath | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ayr | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Banff | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Dumfries | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dundee | - | - | - | 6 | 25 |
| Dunfermline | - | - | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Edinburgh | - | - | - | 9 | 21 |
| Falkirk | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Fort William | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Glasgow | - | - | - | 13 | 41 |
| Greenock | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Haddington | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hamilton | - | - | - | 7 | 16 |
| Jedburgh | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | - | - | - | 5 | 12 |
| Kirkcaldy | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Kirkcudbright | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Lanark | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Linlithgow | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Oban | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Paisley | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Perth | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Stirling | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Stranraer | - | - | - | - | 1 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years under section 9 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table. When interpreting individual figures at this level of detail it should be borne in mind that their accuracy is subject to the limitations inherent in any large scale statistical database. Information for 2001 is not expected to be available until around November 2002.Persons with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the main offence was under Section 9 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| All courts | - | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Dumbarton | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dunfermline | - | - | - | 3 |
| Edinburgh | - | - | - | 2 |
| Glasgow | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kirkcaldy | - | - | - | 1 |
| Linlithgow | - | - | - | 1 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) interdicts and (b) non-harassment orders have been granted in each of the last five years under section 8 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
Scotland totals for the number of applications lodged and granted under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 are given in table 3.12 of the annual publication Civil Judicial Statistics, copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 16249, 16386 and 19702). A breakdown of these figures by sheriff court district is not readily available.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on what occasions performance reviews were carried out for the HM Prison Kilmarnock contract and what the results were of any such reviews.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Performance measures are specified in the published contract between SPS and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited. Performance against these measures is recorded on a daily basis. The results were published in the answer given to question S1W-25569.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of the contract management section of the Finance and Business Services Directorate in the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last three financial years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The total cost of the section was not separately calculated but is estimated to have been less than £100,000 a year in the years in question.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Prison Service design standards for cellblocks were taken into account in costing the buildings for new private prisons in the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, detailing the reasons behind its position on the matter.
Answer
No. The Scottish Prison Service does not have such design standards nor would these be relevant to a private build private operate model.As stated in section 3.1 of the Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, the base case assumption for the Private Build Private Operate model was that the service specification for any new prisons would be based upon HMP Kilmarnock.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Netherlands government made any payment to it when the buildings comprising HM Prison Zeist were returned.
Answer
No. At the time of the return of Kamp Van Zeist to the Dutch Government in April this year, the Scottish Executive paid the Dutch Government £1 million dilapidation costs - this represents half of the total decommissioning costs, with the other 50% being met by the Dutch Government. It should be noted that the site was provided totally free of charge by the Dutch Government for the entire duration of the Scottish occupation of Kamp Van Zeist - no rent or rates were levied. We are very grateful to the Dutch Government for their co-operation and the help and assistance they provided during this time.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in regard to the new houseblock for HM Young Offenders Institute Polmont, (a) how many prisoner places it will have, (b) what additional facilities are to be included, (c) what the expected cost is, (d) what the expected completion date is and (e) whether any delay in completion is expected.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:(a) 215(b) Prisoner programme rooms, health care facilities, prison officer stations, showers, serveries, and laundry facilities.(c) £17 million.(d) Spring 2003.(e) No.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
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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.
Answer
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.
