- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any input into the G8's Secure and Facilitated International Travel Initiative (SAFTI).
Answer
The Scottish Executive has playeda full part in helping to formulate commitments the UK Government has made on counter-terrorismin the forum of the G8 in the past, including the Secure and FacilitatedInternational Travel Initiative. Work is on-going – in co-operation with the UKGovernment and our partners around the world – to fulfil these commitments.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what influence or direct input it will have on the UK Government's contribution to the G8 summit's discussions on the G8's core principles on counter-terrorism.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14805, answered on 9 March 2005.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament'swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to apply the G8's recommendations on counter-terrorism, broken down by section.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14803 on
9 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what input it will have to the G8 summit's discussions on its recommendations on counter-terrorism.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-14805 on 9 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what influence or direct input it will have on the European Council's contribution to the G8 summit discussions on counter-terrorism in respect of the G8's recommendations on counter-terrorism.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14808 on 9 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received a custodial sentence for (a) drunkenness and (b) drink driving in each year since 1997 and what the average length of sentence served has been.
Answer
The available information is given in the table.
Custodial Sentences Imposed in Scottish Courts for Drunkenness or Drink Driving1, 1997-2002
| | Number of Custodial Sentences | Average Sentence Imposed (Days) |
| Drunkenness |
| 1997 | 21 | 10 |
| 1998 | 18 | 13 |
| 1999 | 12 | 27 |
| 2000 | 4 | 19 |
| 2001 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 4 | 41 |
| Drink driving |
| 1997 | 192 | 116 |
| 1998 | 153 | 121 |
| 1999 | 137 | 134 |
| 2000 | 152 | 132 |
| 2001 | 169 | 116 |
| 2002 | 236 | 114 |
Note: 1. Where main offence involved.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what influence or direct input it will have on the UK Government's contribution to the G8 summit's discussions on the G8's Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-14805, answered on 9 March 2005.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what influence or direct input it will have on the European Council's contribution to the G8 summit's discussions on the G8's Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG).
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14808 on
9 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12927 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 December 2004, what the average length of time spent in prison is, including any time spent on remand, for prisoners sentenced to (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months and (c) six months to one year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
The estimated availableinformation is for 2003 and was (a) 23; (b) 56 and (c) 113 days.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial cost was and (b) estimated annual cost is of the national prison induction programme referred to in the Scottish Prison Service's oral evidence to the Justice 1 Committee's inquiry into the effectiveness of rehabilitation in prisons (Official Report, c. 1076).
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The information as requestedis not available. Prison induction is an integral part of SPS operationalactivities and is not costed separately from other aspects of the management ofprisoners.
