- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners represents those assessed as having a substance misuse problem at point of admission in 2007-08, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Prisoners are not assessed at the point of admission.
Following admission into custody, an Integrated Case Management (ICM) process is initiated within the first 72 hours of custody. Each prisoner in custody for more than seven days undertakes a core screening which determines the need for referral to specialist services, including substance misuse services (available to prisoners in custody for 31 days or more). The following table provides information relating to admission to local prisons and assessments undertaken.
| Local Prison Establishment | Admissions 2007-08 | No of ICM Substance Misuse Assessments COMPLETED 01-04-07 to 31-03-08 | % of Admissions completed ICM Substance Misuse Assessment |
| Aberdeen | 1,413 | 219 | 15 |
| Barlinnie | 7,434 | 887 | 12 |
| Cornton Vale | 2,097 | 485 | 23 |
| Dumfries | 649 | 187 | 29 |
| Edinburgh | 3,161 | 411 | 13 |
| Greenock | 1,858 | 365 | 20 |
| Inverness | 1,307 | 157 | 12 |
| Perth | 3,140 | 390 | 12 |
| Polmont | 1,865 | 659 | 35 |
| Total | 22,924 | 3,760 | 16 |
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of prisoners represents those assessed as having an alcohol problem at point of admission in 2007-08, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Prisoners are not assessed at the point of admission.
Following admission into custody, an Integrated Case Management (ICM) process is initiated within the first 72 hours of custody. Each prisoner in custody for more than seven days undertakes a core screening which determines the need for referral to specialist services, including substance misuse services (available to prisoners in custody for 31 days or more). The following table provides information relating to admission to local prisons and assessments undertaken.
| Local Prison Establishment | Admissions 2007-08 | No of Alcohol ICM Assessments Completed 01-04-07 to 31-03-08 | % of Admissions completed ICM Substance Misuse Assessment for Alcohol |
| Aberdeen | 1,413 | 39 | 3 |
| Barlinnie | 7,434 | 241 | 3 |
| Cornton Vale | 2,097 | 60 | 3 |
| Dumfries | 649 | 69 | 11 |
| Edinburgh | 3,161 | 82 | 3 |
| Greenock | 1,858 | 110 | 6 |
| Inverness | 1,307 | 81 | 6 |
| Perth | 3,140 | 61 | 2 |
| Polmont | 1,865 | 332 | 18 |
| Total | 22,924 | 1,075 | 5 |
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many exclusions there were from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Aberdeen, (ii) Aberdeenshire and (iii) Angus during 2007-08, broken down by reason for exclusion.
Answer
The requested information on Exclusions in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus in 2007-08 by reason for exclusion has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. reference number 47479).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to educate (a) primary school pupils, (b) secondary school pupils and (c) young adults about the dangers of carrying knives and issues surrounding knife crime.
Answer
This issue is recognised in the Curriculum for Excellence (which covers all stages of primary and secondary education) experiences and outcomes which include pupils learning to assess and manage risk, protect themselves and others, and to reduce the potential for harm when possible.
The national Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) - funded by the Scottish Government - promotes programmes and materials on the dangers of knife carrying to schools and young people as part of their anti-violence campaign. The VRU has received further funding to develop a new initiative working in partnership with senior medics from Glasgow - Medics Against Violence. This includes medical practitioners visiting secondary schools and talking with S2 pupils.
It is up to individual schools, youth organisations and local authorities to decide on which resources to use from the wide range of materials and educational programmes available on the dangers of illegal knife carrying, as they are best placed to judge the needs of the children and young people in their communities.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were suspended or expelled for threatening physical violence using a weapon or improvised weapon in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The requested information on the number of exclusions of primary and secondary school pupils for threatening physical violence using a weapon or improvised weapon in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47414).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many exclusions there were from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Aberdeen, (ii) Aberdeenshire and (iii) Angus during 2006-07, broken down by reason for exclusion.
Answer
The requested information on Exclusions in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus in 2006-07 by reason for exclusion has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47412).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were caught carrying a knife at school in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested on the number of school pupils who were caught carrying a knife, or any other specific weapon, is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were suspended or expelled from school for physical assault with a weapon in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The requested information on the number of exclusions of primary and secondary school pupils for physical assault with a weapon in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47413)
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were suspended or expelled for carrying a knife at school in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Information on the number of pupils temporarily excluded or removed from the register for carrying a knife, or any other specific weapon, at school is not collected. If there were any exclusions for carrying a knife at school, they would be recorded in the Other reason category.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which police forces have piloted the use of head or body-mounted cameras.
Answer
Strathclyde, Tayside, Grampian and the British Transport Police have piloted the use of head or body-mounted cameras. Central Scotland police is also actively progressing a pilot scheme.
