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

The SPS do not collect this information. Non-standard license conditions are tailored to the risks and needs of individual prisoners.

This information is not held centrally.

However it can be estimated that at the end of the academic year 2006-07 there were 2,672 full time equivalent staff working in Glasgow colleges compared with 2,630 full time equivalent staff working in these colleges at the end of the academic year 2010-11.

Employment in Glasgow colleges in 2006-07 and 2010-11 can be broken down as follows:

Source: Scottish Funding Council Staffing Data.

Notes:

1. Status of staff is at end of academic year (31 July).

2. The Scottish Funding Council collects information annually on staffing in Colleges in Scotland. All members of staff who have been on the payroll at any point during the year are included in these figures.

3. These figures cover the following nine Glasgow colleges: Anniesland College, Cardonald College, Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, John Wheatley College, Langside College, North Glasgow College and Stow College.

4. All college payroll staff are included.

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

Guidance is available in Circular No JD 7/2008: Home Detention Curfew – Guidance for Agencies. A copy of this guidance has been provided to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05266 on 6 February 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05266 on 6 February 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

No.

The Scottish Government has a clear vision on its long-term approach to tackling poverty. This is set out in Achieving our Potential http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/20103815/0 and supplemented by

the Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/03/14094421/0. We will consider next steps following the publication of our first annual report on the Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland in March.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05266 on 6 February 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Last year a review took place to look back at the effectiveness of the Tackling Poverty Board (TPB) and what the requirements of an incoming government might be in relation to the Scottish Government's strategy. One of the main outcomes of the TPB's considerations was consensus that, despite the economic situation being different to that when Achieving Our Potential (AoP) was published, the principles and objectives set out in AoP and the other social policy frameworks were the right model for the long-term change that would ultimately succeed in tackling inequality in Scotland. This has since been further supported by the report of the Christie Commission. Furthermore, and in line with this, it was concluded that to effectively tackle the priority aspects of AoP, our action had to be embedded into the mainstream approach adopted by the Scottish Government, local authorities and our partners. This is now happening.

As part of its considerations the Tackling Poverty Board assessed progress against Achieving our Potential as well as the impact of its key areas of action. Papers can be found at –

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/tacklingpoverty/TacklingPovertyBoard.

Progress in tackling poverty at local level is set out in community planning partnership single outcome agreements.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4O-00644 on 2 February 2012. The answer to the oral parliamentary question is available on the Parliaments website, the official report can be viewed at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=6780&mode=html#iob_61539.