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However, prisons are not informed in advance of the date or time of rota visits, only which IPM(s) will attend during any given week so the significant majority of monitoring visits conducted are unannounced.
Those feel like the most immediate and critical issues in the emergency that is in front of us. When we went to visit Argyll and Bute Council and had discussions with it, we heard about the wider issues beyond building supply.
Would your committee consider not just taking round-table evidence, as we do, but going out to visit the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner to look at the work that is being done on the ground, for example?
The provision is about giving a 14-day window for that arrangement, as it might not be possible to make the visit on a given day, because of weather or for some other reason.
For example, it was not until someone received a letter with a court summons or got a visit from a sheriff officer that they would think, “Okay, I need to seek money advice.”
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2021
In keeping with the latest route map advice and in line with the Universal Health Visiting Pathway, where a home visit is not suitable, contacts over the phone or using video through services like Near Me or Attend Anywhere might be offered.