- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to select candidates for (a) an initial shortlist and (b) a final shortlist for the post of chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18191.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were received for the recent vacancy of chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland.
Answer
13 applications were received.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current design capacity is of each Scottish prison and what the average daily prisoner population was in each prison in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The information for 2000-01 is given in the table:
Establishment | Available Capacity | Annual Average Capacity |
Aberdeen | 155 | 173 |
Barlinnie | 836 | 969 |
Castle Huntly | 151 | 135 |
Cornton Vale | 203 | 190 |
Dumfries | 110 | 148 |
Edinburgh | 579 | 681 |
Glenochil | 489 | 480 |
Glenochil YOI | 131 | 129 |
Greenock | 248 | 269 |
Inverness | 108 | 126 |
Kilmarnock | 548 | 521 |
Low Moss | 337 | 308 |
Noranside | 117 | 116 |
Perth | 543 | 420 |
Peterhead | 296 | 291 |
Polmont | 422 | 392 |
Shotts | 516 | 518 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the period of appointment is of the chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland.
Answer
The period of appointment is from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2005.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what special expertise, knowledge and experience in relation to health education the chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland is required to have.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18191.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times disciplinary action has been taken against prisoners in (a) HM Prison Kilmarnock, (b) HM Prison Perth, (c) HM Prison Peterhead and (d) HM Prison Barlinnie in the last year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
This information can be found in the SPS Annual Report.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the social work cost per prisoner was in each Scottish prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock, in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
The social work cost per prisoner is not a figure that is kept by SPS because the needs of individual prisoners and therefore costs are extremely variable, dependent, for example, on whether they are subject to post-release supervision and their level of vulnerability.
The cost of social work to all SPS establishments from 31 March 2000 to 1 April 2001 (the first year these figures were sought) amounted to over £2 million. The average prison population during this period within SPS establishments was approximately 5,600.
The cost for social work at HM Prison, Kilmarnock is not included in this figure as it is not an SPS managed establishment.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent nursing posts there currently are in each Scottish prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
| Establishment | WTE |
| Aberdeen | 6 |
| Barlinnie | 35 |
| Cornton Vale | 15 |
| Dumfries | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 20 |
| Glenochil | 15 |
| Greenock | 7 |
| Inverness | 3 |
| Low Moss | 5 |
| Perth (inclusive of Castle Huntly and Noranside) | 24 |
| Peterhead | 6 |
| Polmont | 16 |
| Shotts | 14 |
| Total | 171 |
Staffing levels at HMP Kilmarnock is a matter for the operators Premier Prison Services Ltd.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland.
Answer
As set out in the information provided to all applicants, the chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland has the following personal responsibilities:
- providing leadership to the board
- working with other board members to ensure that the board accepts collective responsibility for discharging its functions which will comprise:
- setting the direction of the organisation within the overall policies and priorities of the Scottish Executive and NHSScotland, defining its annual longer-term objectives and agreeing plans to achieve them
- setting financial targets for the board, monitoring the board's financial performance and deciding on action to meet financial targets
- the appointment, appraisal and remuneration of senior staff
- fully representing the board's activities, in an open and positive way, to:
the public
local authorities
professional and advisory bodies
the media
all other interested parties
- working with other health organisations and the Scottish Executive Health Department to make sure that there is a united approach to putting government health policy into practice
- ensuring that there is an effective dialogue between the board and its key partners on its plans and performance, and that these are responsive to the needs of the public
- developing an effective working relationship with the Chief Executive, other board members and staff of the organisation to fulfil the decisions of the board
- encouraging all board members to work as a team to contribute to the organisation's work
- making sure that all board members are effectively trained and developed and that their performance is formally reviewed on a regular basis
- making sure that all board members follow the Standards of Conduct, Accountability and Openness of NHSScotland
- making sure organisational values and aims are clearly explained, understood and applied throughout the whole organisation
- making sure that the board sets up required committees such as audit and remuneration
- chairing board meetings and meetings of committees of the board, making sure that they discuss the main current issues and policies with the available information to hand, and that they make decisions in an open and responsible way
accountability to Scottish ministers through the Minister for Health and Community Care for the organisation's performance.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when and where the vacancy for a chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland was advertised.
Answer
The vacancy was advertised from 20 April 2001 in The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, the Aberdeen Press and Journal, The Herald and the Dundee Courier and Advertiser.
