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However, we have done a great deal about family contact. Visits are not what they used to be. Much more accent is now put on encouraging families to visit prisoners and on making visits easier and more useful.The link centres that we are establishing are initiatives that will ...
Authorities such as City of Edinburgh Council have been using the affordable housing contributions for some time. When I visited Inverness last week, councillors there were praising PAN 74 for offering them many new opportunities to develop affordable housing.
(S1O-4160) At the end of last year the Scottish Prison Service launched a new, five-year vision committing itself to the pursuit of correctional excellence, thereby contributing to the Executive's commitment to a safer Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what interim arrangements it has put in place to protect and promote the rights of prisoners aged under 21, following the expiry of the remit of prison visiting committees for young offenders’ institutions.
Sportscotland is chopping support to blokes who only get it to the tune of £2,000 or £3,000, while its latest statement is that it is keeping money for a rainy day—as far as minority sports are concerned, there is a deluge.
I agree that there should be guidance on this matter. The bullet points in paragraph 26 seem eminently sensible. So members are happy with paragraphs 25 to 28.Members indicated agreement.