Question reference: S6W-03795
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 28 October 2021
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 11 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) trained and (b) employed to provide Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Services in each of the last five years, and whether these services have resumed.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
The Throughcare Support Service was introduced in 2015 and until its suspension on 13 September 2019, comprised of 3 Regional Managers and 42.1 (FTE) TSS Officers.
Between 2015-2019 a small number of staff rotated in and out of these roles and undertook training as part of the recruitment process. However, no new staff have been trained or employed to provide SPS Throughcare Support Services since the suspension of these services in 2019.