Parliamentary questions

Christine Grahame

3,532 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what screening for communicable diseases, including hepatitis B and C and HIV, is provided in prisons.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Screening for communicable diseases is provided at the request of prisoners. All prisoners are offered immunisation against hepatitis B on admi…

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, whether any assessment has been made of targets 1.1.5, 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 2.2.2, 2.4.1, 3.4.1, 4.0.2, 5.1.2, 5.1.8, 5.2.7, 5.2.10, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.7, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.4.1, 7.5.3…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No service-wide assessment has been undertaken.

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, when work on revision of the Scottish Prison Service's Standards of Health Care for Prisoners will be completed and whether the revised version of the standards will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Informa…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS has recently been in contact with the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland to identify how our standards could be improved. We a…

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, who the external adviser is engaged by the Scottish Prison Service to consider how development of Standards of Health Care for Prisoners may be taken forward.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The external adviser engaged was the Nursing Adviser to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, whether it will provide a table for HM Prison Kilmarnock equivalent to the table given for prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28769 on 2 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on…

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, when it plans to make a further assessment of compliance with Standards of Health Care of Prisoners in prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:A further assessment will be undertaken 12 months after the revised standards are introduced.

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28700 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, what evidence it receives of compliance with Standards of Health Care of Prisoners by the private contractors for medical services in prisons.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer to question S1W-30021 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's …

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, why there has been no assessment of compliance with Standards of Health Care of Prisoners of medical services in prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service since 1999.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:It was recognised that the Health Care Standards required revision to improve auditibility.The SPS has recently been in contact with t…

26 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28699 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, what information is provided to the Scottish Prison Service by Medacs at (a) individual health centre level and (b) the regular meetings of the national Medical Services Contract Monitoring Group.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Information and evidence provided relates to the agreed key performance indicators contained in the contract between SPS and Medacs Foren…

23 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29085 by Mr Jim Wallace on 20 September 2002, what the timescale was from the decision to build another prison to the awarding of the contract to Premier Prison Services Ltd for HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:From the announcement at the Scottish Grand Committee in June 1996 until the contract was awarded in November 1997.

19 Sep 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of health care records of prisoners held in prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service contain errors.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Such information is not available.