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To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-15588 and S2W-17698 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April and 24 August 2005, how it reconciles the statement that there have been no breaches of the contract with Premier Prison Services Ltd to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock with the fact that Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd reported to the Scottish Prison Service a contractual failure to open the prison on the agreed date...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 November 2005
The literature review has been completed and consideration is now being given to the form the consultation should take. We are now working to a launch date in early 2006. As previously stated, the process will be fully inclusive and allow all interested parties to make their views known.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children and young people with a record of needs, their appeals having been dealt with by local education authority appeals committees, have had a summary application lodged with a sheriff court and are awaiting a court hearing date. The information requested is not provided to the Scottish Executive as part of the ap...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many external consultants it has used to validate data and statistics produced by non-departmental public bodies (NDPB) in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004 to date, broken down by NDPB, and what the cost was to (i) it and (ii) each NDPB in terms of fees paid in each period.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 August 2005
(a) It is not currently possible to determine the average temperature for the whole building based on the information logged to date for individual areas.(b) The average temperature recorded in a representative number of MSP rooms over the last year is 22.3 degrees Celsius.