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Question reference: S1W-19648

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychologists are employed or contracted to the Scottish Prison Service for the treatment of sex offenders and in which prisons they are based.

Question reference: S1W-19662

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether sex offender programmes are operated at HM Prison Saughton; if so, whether it will detail the programmes which are operated and how many prisoners undertook them in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) so far in 2001 and, if no programmes are operated, why this was and what plans it has to start such programmes.

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

No CORE STOP 2000 sex offender programmes are being operated as a suitable prisoner group has not yet been identified, but Edinburgh prison is able to deliver such programmes when such a group is identified.

Prior to the CORE STOP programme being introduced there were a number of interventions at Edinburgh and a number of other establishments, aimed at sex offenders, but the numbers undertaking them were not collected centrally.

Question reference: S1W-19661

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many sex offenders undertook the Stop programme at (a) HM Prison Barlinnie and (b) HM Prison Polmont in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) so far in 2001.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The CORE STOP 2000 programme was not available until the year 2000. Numbers undertaking this programme are:

HMP Barlinnie	2000	9 prisoners completed
HMP Barlinnie	2001	Course not completed as yet
HMP & YOI Polmont	2001	New course not completed as yet

Prior to the CORE STOP 2000 programme being introduced there were a number of interventions aimed at sex offenders being delivered but the numbers undertaking them were not collected centrally.

Question reference: S1W-19658

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any performance or achievement related awards that have been made to prisons since 1997.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table.

ESTABLISHMENT	AWARD	DATE
Aberdeen	Investors in People (IIP)	December 1998
Barlinnie	IIP Bronze SHAW Award	August 2000
Castle Huntly	IIP	December 1998
Cornton Vale	IIP Charter Mark	December 1999 August 2001
Dumfries	IIP Bronze SHAW Award Silver SHAW Award Gold SHAW Award	March 1999 September 1998 October 1999 November 2000
Edinburgh	IIP	October 1999
Glenochil	IIP	January 2000
Greenock	IIP Bronze SHAW Award	January 1999 July 2001
Inverness	IIP Charter Mark	November 2000
Low Moss	IIP SHAW Bronze Award Scottish Healthy Choices Award (commended)	May 1999 January 1999 September 2001
Noranside	IIP	January 1999
Perth	IIP	July 2000

ESTABLISHMENT	AWARD	DATE
Peterhead	Beacon Site Finalists TNT 'Improving Government Partnership Award' Finalist Quality Scotland - Business Excellence Model Bronze SHAW Award Silver SHAW Award Gold SHAW Award	October 2001 April 2001 November 2001 February 1999 December 1999 April 2001
Polmont	IIP Charter Mark	June 1999 July 2001
Headquarters	IIP	April 2000
Shotts	IIP	July 1999

Question reference: S1W-19663

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison visiting committees have made representations to it or the Scottish Prison Service on the treatment of sex offenders in prisons since 1997; whether it will detail any such representations, and what the outcomes were of any such representations.

Question reference: S1W-19664

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current status is of the Investors in People (IiP) programme in each prison and when IiP status was awarded to each prison.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table.

Establishment	Recognition Date
HMP Aberdeen	15 December 1998¹
HMP Castle Huntly	15 December 1998
HMP Noranside	12 January 1999
HMP Greenock	12 January 1999
HM YOI Dumfries	9 March 1999
HMP Low Moss	12 May 1999
HM YOI Polmont	1 June 1999
HMP Peterhead	7 June 1999
HMP Shotts	21 July 1999

Note:1. HMP Aberdeen was re-assessed in July 2001 and is on a "Retention of Recognition" programme

Establishment	Recognition Date
HMP Edinburgh	27 October 1999
HMP Cornton Vale	15 December 1999
HMP Glenochil	11 January 2000
HMP Perth	10 July 2000
HMP Barlinnie	23 August 2000
HMP Inverness	21 November 2000

Question reference: S1W-19649

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how long the governor of each prison establishment had been in his or her present position as at 31 October 2001.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table.

Establishment	Date of Appointment
Aberdeen	01.10.01¹
Barlinnie	01.10.01
Castle Huntly	14.02.00
Cornton Vale	30.07.01
Dumfries	03.07.99
Edinburgh	13.03.00
Glenochil	18.06.01
Greenock	23.07.01
Inverness	24.01.00
Low Moss	22.10.01
Noranside	24.09.01¹
Perth	26.04.99
Peterhead	01.10.01
Polmont	01.06.96
Shotts	01.10.01

Note:1. Acting Governor.

Question reference: S1W-19631

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make funding available to Grampian Health Board to enable it to make available the anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha drugs Enbrel (Etanercept) and Remicade (Infliximab) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

The Executive is providing substantial resources to Grampian as part of the record investment we are making in NHSScotland. Grampian NHS Board's general funding allocation for 2001-02 is over £446 million - an increase of £21.3 million (5.5%) compared with last year. In each of the next two years it will receive further increases of at least 6.5% and 7.4%.It is for NHS Grampian to decide how to deploy these funds on the basis of its assessment of local need and priorities for investment. In determining expenditure on the prescription of drugs, the NHS Board will of course also take account of national guidance and professional clinical advice.

Question reference: S1W-19647

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what programmes exist for serious sex offenders serving sentences of more than four years and in which prisons these programmes are delivered.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:CORE STOP 2000 is the predominant Sex Offender programme used in Scotland for prisoners serving more than four years. Also available are the Cognitive Skills and Anger Management programmes along with a number of locally developed initiatives. The CORE STOP 2000 is being delivered at HM Prison Barlinnie and HMP Peterhead, with an adapted version being delivered at HM Prison & Young Offenders Institute Polmont.

Question reference: S1W-19633

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17239 by Ross Finnie on 21 August 2001, whether all local authorities have completed rebilling those on low incomes under the Water and Sewerage Charges Reduction Scheme.