- 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 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 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, 22 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to the public purse will be of completed or planned refurbishment and redecoration of buildings or sites associated with the forthcoming G8 summit, detailing work carried out or being planned and the buildings or sites involved.
Answer
Some limited refurbishmentand redecoration (amounting to less than £500) has taken place in a number ofpolice buildings as part of the planning being taken forward for the summit.Other property costs are being incurred or are planned in connection withsecurity but it is not our policy to comment on security aspects. I understandthat some additional work is being commissioned by the Foreign and CommonwealthOffice but any costs will be a matter for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of speeding and road traffic offences committed by drivers of foreign-registered vehicles; how many speeding offences were not proceeded with or prosecuted due to the vehicle being registered outwith the United Kingdom in each year since 1999, and what action it is taking as a result.
Answer
The information requested isnot separately identifiable in the available statistics.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults by inmates on other inmates occurred in each prison in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The available data, which isconsistent with the totals given in SPS annual reports, is in the followingTable.
| Establishment | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeen | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Barlinnie | 13 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 8 |
| Castle Huntly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornton Vale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dumfries | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Dungavel | 1 | | | | |
| Edinburgh | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 |
| Glenochil | 14 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
| Greenock | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Inverness | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kilmarnock | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 |
| Low Moss | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Noranside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
| Peterhead | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Polmont | 5 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 11 |
| Shotts | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Totals | 91 | 69 | 85 | 127 | 86 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated number of cases arising out of the judgement of Lord Bonomy in the Napier case concerning slopping out in prisons is and what the estimated costs are in respect of damages or payments to be made.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Napier v ScottishMinisters was not a test case. Lord Bonomy’s judgement related to theconditions in Barlinnie in 2003 and the effect that these had on Mr Napier’shealth. There are currently about 440 live slopping out related court actions.These actions relate to a range of different prisons and different periods. TheSPS have received a further 1,000 letters intimating similar claims. Thepossibility of such actions was recorded in the Scottish Prison Service’sAnnual Accounts for 2003-04. Included in our 2003-04 accounts was a provisionfor £26 million representing our estimate at that point, in the light of LordBonomy’s judgement, of SPS's possible liability arising since 1999 when theEuropean Convention on Human Rights came into force in Scotland.The accounts also included a contingent liability of £136 million in respect ofother cases that might arise in connection with the European Convention ofHuman Rights. In his report on the audit of the SPS for that year, the AuditorGeneral recorded that the auditor was satisfied that the basis on which the provisionand contingent liability were estimated was reasonable and took into accountlegal advice, and commented that only the courts can determine the SPS’sultimate liability.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is regarding any legislation or other action being taken by it, or in conjunction with a UK department, to prevent convicted criminals benefiting from their criminal acts.
Answer
The Proceeds of Crime Act2002 provides for the confiscation, civil recovery and taxation of theproceeds of unlawful conduct. Up to the end of December 2004, relevant assetsworth over £2 million had been confiscated or recovered in Scotland.
We are also considering withthe Home Office possible measures to prevent offenders profiting from writingabout their crimes.
- 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.
- 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 percentage of prisoner inductions is for prisoners serving (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:
Prisoner inductionarrangements are available for all prisoners following admission. Theinformation requested is not available.
