- 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 ensuring by contract or otherwise that it has the power to veto the takeover of the operator of one of the private prisons envisaged in the review and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
Such matters would fall to be considered by the Scottish Prison Service in the procurement process.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23460 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, how many offers for buildings at HM Prison Penninghame were received by the closing date originally advertised at the time of the buildings first being placed on the open market.
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-24286 on 8 April 2002.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23460 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, whether the buildings at former HM Prison Penninghame were placed again on the open market following any withdrawal from sale; if so, how many times and, in each case, whether a new closing date for offers in respect of the sale was set and how many offers were received by each such closing date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been transferred from HM Prison Kilmarnock to other establishments operated by Premier Prison Services Ltd in (a) 1998-1999, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 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:This is a matter for Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to paragraph 75 of its Scottish Prison Service Estate: Consultation Paper, whether it will give (a) a breakdown of each main element of the running costs and (b), in respect of each such cost, projected cash-flow charts for the 25 years of operation.
Answer
The cash value real, broken down by each main element of running cost, for each of the construction and operating years is provided in the following table:
| | Recruitment and Start-Up Process | Staff Pay/NI/ Pension etc | Facility Related | Support Services | Prisoner Related | Other |
| Construction Year 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Construction Year 2 | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Year 1 | 2.2 | 12.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 2 | 1.5 | 13.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 3 | 0.1 | 13.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 4 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 5 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 6 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 7 | 0.1 | 13.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 8 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 9 | 0.1 | 14.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 10 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 11 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 12 | 0.1 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 13 | 0.1 | 14.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 14 | 0.1 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 15 | 0.1 | 14.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 16 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 17 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 18 | 0.1 | 15.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 19 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 20 | 0.1 | 15.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 21 | 0.1 | 15.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 22 | 0.1 | 15.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 23 | 0.1 | 16.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Operating Year 24 | 0.1 | 16.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| Operating Year 25 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
Note:All figures cash value real in £ million.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Financial Review of the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review by PricewaterhouseCoopers, whether any sum has been calculated and added to the cost of private prisons to the Executive for any additional risk that private sector prisons will misreport or not report failures in the prison that would otherwise incur a penalty; if so, what method of calculation was used, and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
If based on the HM Prison Kilmarnock contract, such events would result in loss of revenue for the contractor rather than additional cost to Scottish Prison Service.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to paragraph 77 of its Scottish Prison Service Estate: Consultation Paper, what steps the Scottish Prison Service took in order to evaluate the robustness of the operator's staffing proposals at HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
All proposals received were fully evaluated by the operational team to ensure that the bids met the required specification. Thereafter, an evaluation panel consisting of senior Scottish Prison Service staff, including operational staff, and a representative from HM Prison Service interviewed representatives of the bidders to probe various aspects of their bid. The evaluation panel then recommended the most suitable overall bid.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, whether the private build and operate model assumes that there will be a requirement for additional staff to be employed in the first six months of operation; if so, what the details of such a requirement are and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
Yes, and details would be subject to negotiation. The requirement is to provide operational security during the high risk opening period.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive . with regard to the Scottish Prison Services estate review, whether the prisons under the private build and operate model will be hub prisons for medical services.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) would at present regard a 700 place as a hub prison for medical services. In relation to any new prisons, the SPS would decide whether the hub system remained the best system given a smaller number of larger sized prisons.
- 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 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, what lessons it drew from the report PFI and Market Testing in the Prison Service by Patrick Carter in January 2002.
Answer
The Carter report is useful in pointing out the advantages in continuing with private sector provision of services and the potential stimulus it provides for public sector prison reform and achieving of best value; and is consistent with the estates review.
