To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19934 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2005 and in light of Rule 86(2) a and b of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994 which states that “an officer may, where he suspects that the visitor may have concealed anything which may be prejudicial to security, good order or safety, ask the visitor to consent to a search”, why the contract with Premier Prison Services Limited in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock requires a random rub-down search of one-in-three visitors as a minimum and whether this random search is carried out at any other prison in Scotland.