Questions · Christine Grahame

15 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidelines on the average caseload of community social workers.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive has issued no guidance on average caseloads for social workers working in the community. Employers take account of complexity, local circumstances such as geography and the experience of individual social workers in determining caseload…

15 Oct 2002 · Written Question

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: These figures are not held centrally.

11 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28350 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2002 and with regard to Annex B, paragraph 8 of its Social Work Services Group circular SWSG 9/98, what the normal upper age limit is for (a) new and (b) reappointed members of children's panels.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Panel members are normally recruited up to the age of 60 and will not usually be re-appointed beyond the 15 May following their 65 birthday. However, if recommended by a Children's Panel Advisory Committee (CPAC), appointments may be made up to the age of 62 …

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many vulnerable adults are currently awaiting referral to a social worker, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: The information requested is not held centrally.

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many guardianships have been (a) applied for and (b) awarded under the vulnerable adults procedures in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03 to date, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Information on the number of guardianships granted under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in the three years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02, and the number applied for and granted under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 from April 2002 to da…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held centrally.

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any written guidance for lifelong care staff on guardianship.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Scottish Executive has issued various codes of practice under section 13 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. There is one for local authorities exercising functions under the act and one for guardians and persons authorised under interventi…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to review the guidelines for the protection of vulnerable adults, as recommended by Scottish Borders Council in its Report on External Validation Report in the Case Review of Miss X.

Answer · Mary Mulligan: This recommendation is about action to be taken by the local agencies.

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken, and when, regarding financial support for the provision of secure care, as recommended in section 2.5 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the final report of the Secure Accommodation Advisory Group will be published.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30212 on 23 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken with regard to the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on issues relating to secure accommodation, as recommended in section 2.14 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements it has put in place for a review of arrangements for specialist programmes, as recommended in section 2.13 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has funded a feasibility study into providing a 24-hour online information service on placing for local authorities, as recommended in section 2.12 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have prepared a strategic plan for the integration of services provided to the most difficult young people, as recommended in section 2.11 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the national strategy for secure care will be published, as recommended in section 2.10 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) alternatives to secure care exist and (b) funding was allocated to these alternatives in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03 to date.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: There are a number of close support units in Scotland, offering alternatives to secure accommodation. Local authorities are also able to use youth crime monies to develop such services, £13.5 million has been allocated to local authorities between 1999-2000 t…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what statistical information is collected regarding young people held in penal institutions, as recommended in section 2.8 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>A wide range of information is collected each time a young person is held in a penal establishment. The information includes personal informati…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is not held centrally.

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what records are now kept by secure units in relation to young people retained in secure accommodation due to a lack of follow-up facilities, as recommended in section 2.7 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what data it has on retrospective studies of outcomes in terms of actual placements following secure care authorisations by children's hearings, as recommended in section 2.6 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30448 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Kerelaw School has been replaced, as recommended in section 2.4 of Secure Accommodation Advisory Group Interim Report May 2001.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Secure Accommodation Advisory Group's interim report has not yet been published and I am therefore not in a position at present to comment on its recommendations.

7 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any specific small institution funding could be made available to the Heriot-Watt University Scottish Borders campus in relation to its textile, clothing and fashion courses.

Answer · Iain Gray: The allocation of funds to individual higher education institutions is a matter for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC). Ministers are expressly prevented, in terms of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, from framing SHEFC …

3 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28903 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 September 2002, whether it has set a revised date for issuing the consultation paper, due to be issued by the end of September, on the delivery of court services in the Peebles area and, if so, what date it has set.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given in question S1W-30468 on 10 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk…

2 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26397 by Cathy Jamieson on 12 June 2002 that data regarding review hearings of a change from a recommendation from a children's panel that a child be sent to secure accommodation is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA), …

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The report draws from a variety of data sources including SCRA, prison records and a survey of young people in secure accommodation carried out in 1998.

2 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the report by the Secure Accommodation Advisory Group which has concluded that there is a lack of evidence to support an increase in secure accommodation places will be published.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: We will publish all relevant information when we announce our next steps shortly.

2 Oct 2002 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has regarding delay in the transfer of Scottish Borders Council housing stock.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The transfer of the Scottish Borders housing stock to Scottish Borders Housing Association is progressing. The independent valuation required to be updated to reflect the basis of the sale e.g. intervening right to buy sales, rent increases and capital invest…

30 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been taken from HM Prison Cornton Vale to hospital for reasons other than for routine treatment in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The readily available information is as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=170><TR><TD WIDTH="61%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Year</T…

30 Sep 2002 · Written Question

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=198><TR><TD WIDTH="62%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Year</TD><TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Number</TD></TR><…

30 Sep 2002 · Written Question

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The information requested is not available. The number of receptions of 14- to 16-year-olds to the SPS are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLS…

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why none of the performance measures shown in schedule F of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock relate directly to compliance with Standards of Health Care for Prisoners.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The contract for the building and operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock pre-dates the publication of <I>The Standards of Health Care for Prisoners<…