- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that all parliamentary questions on the Scottish prison Services Estates Review presently outstanding are answered before the end of the consultation period.
Answer
Over 230 parliamentary questions about the Prison Estates Review were received in the period from 21 March 2002 to 24 May 2002. Every effort has been made to answer all these before the end of the consultation period but given the large number this could not be guaranteed. The normal protocols about answering parliamentary questions will apply.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will state, for each new-build houseblock development by the Scottish Prison Service in the last twenty years, the number of prisoner places, the other facilities included, the length of time taken to complete the block, any delays in completion and the reason for them, and the cost at March 2001 prices.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The new-build houseblock accommodation constructed in existing prisons in the last 20 years has been at HM Prison Greenock and HM Prison Edinburgh, which were completed in 1995 and 1998 respectively.
| | HMP Greenock | HMP Edinburgh |
| No of prisoner places | 60 | 125 |
| Other facilities included | None | Fitness RoomsMedical Consulting Rm., Kitchen/Serveries |
| Time taken to complete | 12 months | 12 months |
| Delays in completion | None | 6 weeks |
| Reason for delays | None | Sub-contractor |
| Construction Cost at March 2001 prices | £3.2 million | £7.7 million |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24974 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, how much the operational costs are of the shared cost of Scottish Prison Service Headquarters and the Scottish Prison Service College, showing (a) the total in real cash terms and (b) cashflow over the period of the public sector comparator.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:(a)
(b)
| Year | PSC |
| Comparison(£000) |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 1,835 |
| 4 | 1,844 |
| 5 | 1,853 |
| 6 | 1,863 |
| 7 | 1,873 |
| 8 | 1,882 |
| 9 | 1,892 |
| 10 | 1,902 |
| 11 | 1,912 |
| 12 | 1,922 |
| 13 | 1,933 |
| 14 | 1,943 |
| 15 | 1,953 |
| 16 | 1,964 |
| 17 | 1,975 |
| 18 | 1,985 |
| 19 | 1,996 |
| 20 | 2,007 |
| 21 | 2,018 |
| 22 | 2,029 |
| 23 | 2,041 |
| 24 | 2,052 |
| 25 | 2,064 |
| 26 | 2,075 |
| 27 | 2,087 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is appropriate for prisoners to be able to see from a prison wing what is happening in one or more other wings.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This is a feature in many prisons, is not considered to be a problematic issue and can be beneficial.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has been informed by a social work department that a child had been placed in a unit other than a secure unit, where placement in the secure unit was recommended by a children's hearing.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has been informed by a social work department that a child has been placed in a unit other than that specified by a children's hearing.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, how many recommendations children's hearings have made for the child who is the subject of the hearing to be sent to secure accommodation in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of secure accommodation orders made by Children's Hearings over the last five years are as follows:
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| Boys | 70 | 125 | 132 | 91 | 146 |
| Girls | 40 | 52 | 57 | 46 | 48 |
| Total | 110 | 177 | 189 | 137 | 194 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the past five years the Children's Reporter has convened a children's hearing to re-consider an earlier supervision requirement.
Answer
Review of Supervision Requirements is an integral part of the Children's Hearing System. Every Review Hearing will consider whether the existing supervision requirement should be continued, varied or terminated, according to the needs of the child. The number of Review Hearings called specifically to "re-consider" an earlier supervision requirement is not separated from the overall figures.The following table provides the number of Review Hearings over the past five years:
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| Annual Review | 6,903 | 7,117 | 5,835 | 4,432 | 5,999 |
| Requested by LA | 5,720 | 5,144 | 4,608 | 3,300 | 3,895 |
| Request by Child/Relevant Person | 379 | 542 | 563 | 437 | 561 |
| Directed by Hearing | n/k | 1565 | 3,021 | 2,342 | 3,336 |
| Transferred Case | 419 | 8 | 18 | 212 | 209 |
| New Grounds | n/k | 545 | 462 | 359 | 397 |
| Emergency Transfer | n/k | 351 | 345 | 285 | 304 |
| Three-month Secure Accommodation | n/k | 166 | 194 | 138 | 223 |
| Adoption | n/k | 53 | 49 | 64 | 52 |
| Other | 92 | 275 | 344 | 60 | 40 |
| Total | 13,513 | 15,766 | 15,439 | 11,629 | 15,016 |
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has informed a review hearing of a change in a recommendation of a previous children's hearing that a child be sent to secure accommodation.
Answer
The information requested is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25026 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, what the necessary procedure would be in order to make the calculation requested.
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-26076 on 10 June 2002.
