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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-24843

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Family Contact Development Officers there are within the Scottish Prison Service.

Question reference: S1W-24842

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the minutes of the quarterly meetings of Family Contact Development Officers in the Scottish Prison Service record any note of difficulties encountered by visitors to sex offenders in non-specific sex offender jails.

Question reference: S1W-24613

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19287 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 November 2001, what the expected tax gross-up associated with the contract is expected to be, at current tax rates, if notice of termination under section 40 and schedule H of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock were given by the Scottish Ministers four years and six months after the contractual opening date.

Question reference: S1W-24556

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoner custody officers have authority for the purpose of performing custodial duties in accordance with section 114 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which has not been cancelled, withdrawn or lapsed.

Question reference: S1W-25045

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 10 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Finance and Public Services will reply to my letter of 4 March 2002 regarding my constituent Ms M Macleod of Peterhead.

Question reference: S1W-25044

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning intends to reply to my letter of 8 February 2002 to BEAR Scotland Ltd concerning A90 roadworks which has been passed from BEAR to the Executive and within what timescale MSPs should expect to receive responses to such letters.

Question reference: S1W-25327

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24664 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 April 2002, what systems and processes are operated by the Scottish Prison Service to ensure that all enforceable conditions of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock are actually met and when the last review was undertaken to ensure that Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited (KPSL) and all servants, agents and sub-contractors of KPSL (a) do not unlawfully discriminate within Scotland, (b) apply similar standards of operation elsewhere and (c) have codes of practice relating to the prevention of discrimination in line with section 56 of the agreement.

Question reference: S1W-23469

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of long term prisoners held at (a) HM Prison Shotts and (b) HM Prison Glenochil are from outwith central Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-25241

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the publication by Her Majesty's Government of the report Review of PFI and Market Testing in the Prison Service in regard to prisons in England and Wales, what its policy is in regard to the publication of staff numbers in any private prison in Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-24827

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rateable value is for calculating business rates for the prison and site under section 9.5 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd.