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The management must be present in order to provide the facts that cannot be gleaned in an unannounced visit. At the moment, a joint care home is subject to four visits a year and there is merit in that approach.
There are different categories of risk, so we visit the high-risk premises every year and the medium-risk premises every two years, but we would visit a corner shop only once every five years.
According to the clerk's note on the petition, the Executive has said that visits from journalists to prisoners to talk about their crimes are not permitted, but the letter to the convener demonstrates that such a visit happened and that a distressing article was produced thereafter.
Some of the questions that they ask are much more difficult to answer than some that are asked by adults. We have some wonderful visits from groups every day. Okay. Do members agree to the proposed course of action?
Last year, 58,500 visitors took advantage of the Free Weekend to visit the 74 paying sites throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Stirling and Urquhart Castles.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2002
The upper limits have generally been increased to 20 sets for first visits and 60 for subsequent visits, subject to the return of used equipment, at follow-up visits, for safe disposal by exchange staff.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2001
Section 19(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (as amended) provides that the members of visiting committees for young offenders institutions shall be appointed by the Scottish ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 October 1999
This may include relevant literature being sent to the farmer free of charge or a recommendation to have an individual on-farm visit, although farmers are expected to pay for the visits.