- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) ad hoc legal staff and (b) casual contract administrative staff, below senior civil service grade, were employed in the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service in (i) 2001 and (ii) the first four months of 2002 to cover (1) court work and precognition work and (2) administration and precognition work, broken down by procurator fiscal region.
Answer
The information requested is detailed as follows:Ad Hoc Legal Staff
| Region | No. Ad Hoc's Used^ | No. Days 2001 | No. Days Jan to April 2002 | No. Days Court Work | No. Days PO Work |
| Tayside | 28 | 344 | 140 | Court work only | |
| North Strathclyde | 8 | 330 | 90 | 2001- 312 2002 - 87 | 2001 - 18 2002 - 3 |
| South Strathclyde | 30 | 754 | 330 | Court work only | |
| Glasgow | 20 | 1,329.5 | 474 | Court work only | |
| Grampian | 2 | 161 | 31 | Court work only | |
| Lothian | 14 | 692 | 126 | Court work only | |
| Total | 102 | 3,610.5 | 1,191 | 3592.5 - 2001 1188 - 2002 | 18 - 2001 3 - 2002 |
Note:^ Covers the period 1.1.01 - 30.4.02.Casual Administrative Staff
| Precognition | Administrative |
| 2001 | Jan to April 2002 | 2001 | Jan to April 2002 |
| Crown Office | | | 8 | 4 (includes 1 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| Tayside | | | 26 | 11 (includes 9 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| North Strathclyde | | | 23 | 14 (includes 8 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| South Strathclyde | | | 18 | 11 (includes 9 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| Glasgow | 2 | 1* | 33 | 23 (includes 16 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| Grampian | 6 | 4 * | 24 | 17 (includes 12 continuing in employment from 2001) |
| Lothian | 1 | | 31 | 5 (all continuing in employment from 2001) |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 163 | 85 (includes 55 continuing in employment from 2002) |
Note:* These were continuing contracts from 2001For information as per table we have included staff on contracts of various lengths and terms (part-time/full-time). Some casual staff have subsequently become permanent members of staff.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25266 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 May 2002, whether the answer is compatible with the remarks made by the Deputy Minister for Justice in the debate on the prison estates review on 18 April 2002 (Official Report, col. 10963) giving information on the number of staff transfers from one Premier Prisons Services Ltd establishment to another.
Answer
Question S1W-25266 related to the number of staff transfers from HM Prison Kilmarnock and my remarks related to staff turnover. In that the latter included transfers, the two are compatible.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information or briefings Premier Prison Services Ltd or any of its subsidiary companies have voluntarily provided to it in each month in each of the past three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited has submitted an operational report to the Scottish Prison Service, via the SPS Controller on site, each month since the prison opened in March 1999.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on staff transfers from one establishment run by Premier Prison Services Ltd or any of its subsidiaries to another and what information it is (a) able and (b) willing to release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Premier Prison Services are not required to provide the information on staff transfers. This is an internal matter for the company.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24126 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 April 2002, what the reasons were in each case for suspending certificates to perform custodial duties in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: It would be inappropriate to provide this information which could be linked with the individuals concerned.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24127 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 April 2002, what the reasons were in each case for revoking certificates to perform custodial duties in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:It would be inappropriate to provide this information which could be linked with the individuals concerned.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions local authority social work departments have had to apply to Children's Panels for a change in a secure accommodation disposal due to a shortage of secure accommodation in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Although hearings make recommendations that a child goes to secure accommodation, the final decision on whether secure care is the best disposal for a child lies with the Director of Social Work and the head of the secure unit. Where the outcome is that a child is placed in a unit other than that specified, Social Work Departments ought to inform the Children's Reporter. The reporter has discretion either to convene another hearing to re-consider the earlier Supervision Requirement or to inform a review hearing about the change. Any action taken must be in the best interest of the child.
- 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 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital costs to the Scottish Prison Service have been of each prison industries project in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not available. The most recent major industries capital project was the building and equipping of the new timber workshop at Friarton (part of Perth Prison). The total capital cost was approximately £2 million.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, why the chart in paragraph 1.4, page 6, shows net present values averaged only over the 25 years of operation of the prison models and not over the 27 years of operation and construction, even though construction costs are included.
Answer
The chart does not show net present value averaged over 27 years because prisoner places are not available for use during the construction period.
- 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 16 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether it will provide a table equivalent to that in paragraph 3.5 of the report which includes the costs of HM Prison Altcourse and HM Prison Parc.
Answer
No. Inclusion of HM Prison Altcourse and HM Prison Parc in the table would not be appropriate, for the reasons given in paragraph 3.3 of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Review.
