- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under 16 have been held in prison establishments and young offenders institutions under section 51(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Information on the number of children under 16 held in a Scottish prison or young offenders institution under section 51(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is shown in the following table.
Number of Children Under 16 Held in Scottish Prisons or Young Offender Institutions Under Section 51(1)(b): 1999 to 2008
| 1999 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 19 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 26 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 13 |
Note: Data for 2008 are provisional.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for how long images captured by public space CCTV are stored.
Answer
It is for the operators and owners of CCTV systems to determine how long images captured on their CCTV systems are stored for, having regard to all relevant legal and other requirements.
Guidance on this, and other CCTV issues, can be found on the website of the Information Commissioner''s Office at www.ico.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it regards the resolution of the Parliament on motion S3M-4065 on Thursday 7 May 2009 as being binding on it.
Answer
The Scottish Government has noted the views expressed by the Parliament in its resolution on motion S3M-4065 and continues to discuss with Glasgow City Council how best to deliver benefits envisaged for the Glasgow Community Justice Centre through mainstream services. It is not, however, formally bound by the resolution.
As part of the normal constitutional arrangements, the Scottish Government is not necessarily bound by resolutions or motions passed by the Scottish Parliament. Duties or functions are imposed by the Scottish Parliament on the Scottish Government by way of enacting legislation to that effect.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the public domain the feasibility study and other relevant documents relating to its consideration of the Glasgow community court project.
Answer
The feasibility study “ the programme initiation document (Bib. number 48175) “ and copies of the letters from the Chair of the Community Justice Centre Project Board to the Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council (Bib. number 48173) and his response (Bib. number 48174) have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Community Justice Project Board to implement the Parliament’s will to progress plans for a community court in Glasgow since the vote on motion S3M-4065 on Thursday 7 May 2009.
Answer
There have been no discussions with the Community Justice Centre Project Board since the vote on motion S3M-4065. Officials are meeting with representatives from Glasgow City Council to discuss the extent to which the potential benefits from the community justice centre may be realised without the requirement for an additional building. This approach was discussed and endorsed by the project board at its final meeting.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reverse the decision not to proceed with the Glasgow community court project in light of the resolution of the Parliament on motion S3M-4065 on Thursday 7 May 2009.
Answer
There are no current plans to reverse the decision not to proceed with the Glasgow Community Justice Centre project. While the Scottish Government accepts that the model has strengths, the high revenue costs of creating and staffing a new court facility did not offer best value for money in the context of the current financial constraints.
We will work with Glasgow City Council to seek to deliver the aims of the Glasgow Community Justice Centre through mainstream services.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding allocation for the establishment of a community court in Glasgow is made in the 2009-10 budget and what the estimated costs, both capital and revenue, are to progress the current plans with the Community Justice Project Board.
Answer
As recorded in the Programme Initiation Document, capital funding of £1 million was set aside for the establishment of the Glasgow Community Justice Centre, subject to a robust and deliverable business case for the project being agreed by all the stakeholders. No specific allocation was set aside for revenue costs.
Initial discussions with Glasgow City Council on how best to take forward key service delivery benefits envisaged in the Community Justice Centre proposal was held on 19 May 2009. No estimate has yet been made of the costs of taking forward this further work.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are receiving medication or other treatment for mental health problems, broken down by type of treatment.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23660 on 15 May 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been diagnosed as having severe and enduring mental health problems in each of the last five years, broken down by institution.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond.
His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23660 on 15 May 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been diagnosed with any form of mental health problem in each of the last five years, broken down by institution.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not available. However, the 2008 SPS Prisoner Survey reports that one in five prisoners have accessed their current establishment''s mental health services, and that around a third of prisoners do not feel optimistic about their future, good about themselves or cheerful.
