Chamber and committees

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The cost of the controller's function at HM Prison Kilmarnock in 2001-02 was £142,000.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The Assisted Prison Visit Scheme cost is charged to SPS by the Home Office without identification of the costs for individual prisons. Transitional care charges are based on the region into which the prisoner is released rather than the prison from which the prisoner has been released. The cost of discharge grants was as follows:

1999-2000	£25,865
2000-01	£42,716
2001-02 (to date)	£38,710

Generally it is for local authorities to decide how best to deploy the resources available to them to meet housing need, including the provision of equipment and adaptations to promote independent living at home. However, in 2000-01, a one-off allocation of £5 million was made to local authorities. This was to assist in overcoming any delays in making alterations to the homes of people with disabilities who wished to continue living in their own homes as an alternative to institutional care. The answer given to question S1W-21422 on 18 January 2002, provided a breakdown of this figure by local authority.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

1999-2000	£455,757
2000-01	-
2001-02	£178,671

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

Contract Section	Reason for Omission
	Security	Commercial in Confidence	Lengthy and/or Unnecessary Material
Minute of Agreement		3
Schedule A			3
Schedule B			3
Schedule C
Schedule D	3	3
Schedule E		3
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule H		3
Schedule I
Schedule J		3
Schedule K			3
Schedule L
Schedule M			3
Schedule N		3
Schedule O
Schedule P		3
Schedule Q
Direct Agreement
Price Variation Guidelines		3

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The performance points accrued by the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock for years 1, 2 and 3 respectively were 3,843, 2,268 and 3,243. The reasons for these points being accrued are as detailed in the contract between Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited and the SPS, which is available on the SPS website.

The numbers of cases involving alleged contravention of environmental protection legislation referred to the Procurator Fiscal Service by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency are set out in the following table:

	2000-01	2001-02
Cases referred to Procurator Fiscal Service	60	72
Cases proceeded court	46	20
Still on-going	3	45
(i) Number led to convictions	37	20
(ii) Percentage led to convictions	62%	28%

In the 11 months to the end of February 2002, there were 1,867 cases.

The figures are shown in the following table. The figure for time barred cases in 2000-01 is slightly smaller than that given in answer to S1W-16140 on 15 June 2001 because that answer was given before the figures for that year had been finally reconciled.

No Proceedings	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02 (11 months)
Insufficient Admissible Evidence	12,305	12,786	12,257	9,932
Trivial	10,996	11,539	10,487	9,956
Civil Remedy More Appropriate	3,866	3,159	2,550	1,925
Mitigating Circumstances	3,119	2,383	2,266	1,765
Delay Police/ Reporting Agency	2,731	6,087	4,114	5,316
Delay by PF	205	92	368	451
Lack of Court Resources	3	3	3,770	7
PF Staff Shortage	99	3	1	3
Time-bar	1,278	1,533	1,976	1,867
Not a Crime	816	778	701	927
No Jurisdiction	106	103	151	100
Age of Offence	354	485	1,233	1,207
Other Specified Reason	4,714	5,007	4,106	5,888
Total No Proceedings	40,592	43,958	43,980	39,344

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The costs of reception are not separately identified.