- 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 of the United States General Accounting Office of August 1996, Public and Private Prisons - Studies Comparing Operational Costs and/or Quality of Service.
Answer
None.
- 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 what steps it took to ascertain the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers before awarding it the contract to carry out the financial review of the Scottish Prison Service estates review and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are a large independent company of accountants with a world-wide reputation. PwC were asked to conduct this review because of their acknowledged expertise in the field of Public/Private Partnerships. The Executive is satisfied that they have conducted a thorough and impartial review into the costs and underlying assumptions of the estates review.
- 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, further to the answer to question S1W-24349 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 April 2002, how it judges best value in prison operation, given that it does not include the costs of the prison controller and his staff when stating the cost of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The costs of the prison controller and staff are minimal in relation to the total costs and as such were considered by PricewaterhouseCoopers not to impact on the best value calculation. The PricewaterhouseCooper report, page 27, footnote 2, refers.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24285 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 April 2002, on what date the sale of the buildings of former HM Prison Penninghame was advertised in the Estates Ga'ette and for what reason.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:10 June 2000. The Estates Gazette was deemed to have the required breadth of circulation.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24286 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 April 2002, whether any closing date for offers was intimated to persons expressing interest following the advertising for sale of the buildings of HM Prison Penninghame on 24 February 2000 and, if so, what that date was.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes. A closing date of 3 May 2000 was set.
- 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 8 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23460 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, what closing date for offers in respect of the sale of buildings at former HM Prison Penninghame was 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:No closing date was advertised at the time of the buildings at former HM Prison Penninghame being placed on the open market.
- 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 8 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23460 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, whether the sale of buildings at former HM Prison Penninghame was re-advertised after the buildings were first placed on the market and, if so, where it was re-advertised.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes. It was re-advertised in the Estates Gazette.
- 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 8 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23460 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, when the buildings at former HM Prison Penninghame were first placed on the open market and where the sale was advertised.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The buildings at the former HM Prison Penninghame were placed for sale on the open market on 24 February 2000. The sale was advertised in The Herald and The Scotsman.
- 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 4 April 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 ever withdrawn from the market and, if so, how many times and what the reasons were in each case.
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: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23458 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002, when the offers it received for the buildings of former HM Prison Penninghame will no longer be subject to the "commercial in confidence" requirement.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Offers received for the former HM Prison Penninghame are subject to the commercial in confidence requirement indefinitely.
