- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether, in agreeing the operation specification for a private prison, it would specify a minimum acceptable staffing level.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service see no need to do so but they would consider such matters during the procurement process.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why no evaluation was made in the Scottish Prison Service estates review of market-testing of the management of prisons.
Answer
Such an evaluation is irrelevant to the proposals. The Scottish Prison Service has at present no plans to market test the management of prisons.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether prison officers transferred from the prisons to be closed under the estates review to new private prisons will retain their present status, salary and pension rights.
Answer
No such transfers are proposed.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether it will guarantee that a proportion of prison officers will be transferred from the prisons to be closed under the estates review to the new private prisons and, if so, what proportion will be transferred, and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
No such transfers are proposed.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs of the Scottish Prison Service college have been in each of the last five financial years and the present year to date, detailing each head of costs.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The readily available information on costs covering Training and Development, Management and Organisational Development and Customer Services is as follows:
| £ million |
| 1997-98 | 3.0 |
| 1998-99 | 3.3 |
| 1999-2000 | 3.3 |
| 2000-01 | 3.5 |
| 2001-02 | 3.5 |
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23458 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 April 2002, on what dates offers were received for the buildings of HM Prison Penninghame and how many offers were received on each date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Two offers were received for the buildings at HM Prison, Penninghame on 3 May 2000. One further offer was received on 11 August 2000.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24283 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 April 2002, whether it or the Scottish Prison Service (a) has approached or (b) will approach the persons who made the offers for the buildings of former HM Prison Penninghame to request the waiver of commercial confidentiality so that the information in the offers can be made available to the Parliament, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:(a) No.(b) We do not propose to do so. My answer to question S1W-24283 on 4 April 2002 reflects the current position.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether it envisages in its contracts for private prisons or otherwise setting basic standards for training of staff in private prisons, for qualification of staff trainers and for verification of such standards and whether there will be any related key performance indicators, giving the reasons for its position on this matter.
Answer
Suitable contractual arrangements already exist for HM Prison Kilmarnock in relation to these, and the Scottish Prison Service would expect to aim to put a similar arrangement in place in any future contracts.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether it envisages setting in its contracts for private prisons basic standards for drug detoxification facilities and whether this will be a key performance indicator, giving the reasons for its position on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service's Vision is to improve its correctional services, of which drug regimes are a part, in all present and future prisons; and is, and will be, able to establish suitable contractual arrangements to achieve this.
- 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 9 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, what basic standards it envisages for medical services at private prisons, giving the reasons for its position on this matter
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:Health care services within prisons are provided in accordance with the Prison Rules and SPS' Health Care Standards. We have recently affirmed our commitment to continued improvement in the delivery of quality health care services through the publication of our Framework for Clinical Governance, which will apply in all our prisons.
