- 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, further to the answer to question S1W-21189 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002, what the cost of social work services has been in (a) HM Prison Edinburgh, (b) HM Young Offenders Institution Glenochil, (c) HM Young Offenders Institution Dumfries and (d) HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont in 2001-02 and 2002-03 to the present date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: £000(a) 2001-02 268(b) 2001-02 247(c) 2001-02 30(d) 2001-02 180Note: Accurate figures for the current year are not yet 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 what objectives and risks were identified and what control strategy was determined for each significant risk at the risk management workshop mentioned at (iv) on page 47 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The Risk Management Workshop referred to in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts (2001-02) is part of our on-going work to improve governance, risk management and internal controls within the SPS.The workshop paved the way for the development of a confidential Risk Register and response plan to help the SPS as a law enforcement agency to better identify key security, operational, corporate and business continuity risks in order to manage them more effectively.
- 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 random mandatory drug testing results were for prisons broken down by (a) type of drug including cannabis, ben'odia'epines, opiates, methadone, LSD, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine and temgesic, (b) headline and underlying figures, (c) month and (d) prison for 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:Readily available information on MDT test results are published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. The figures for 2000-01 are at table 110 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: 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, 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 how many complaints by prisoners there were in 2001-02, broken down by reason for the complaint and prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This information is not available in the form requested. The current arrangements for collecting data on prisoners' complaints is outlined at page 21 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts for 2001-02, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 22587).
- 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.
