Roseanna Cunningham

15 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30376 by Mr Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002, whether the figures given in the answer include charges incurred as variables Ga and Gb, defined in paragraph 6 of schedule E to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilma…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>No. Variables Ga and Gb relate solely to additional prisoner places and SPS pays only for such places that are occupied.

15 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30375 by Mr Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002, when it expects the modelling of the detailed effect on the supply of prisoner places of its decisions in relation to new prisons and investment in existing prisons to be complete and whether it will publis…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Capacity modelling is continually updated to support operational decisions and advice to ministers. Scenarios and projections based on su…

14 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to encourage courts to use the power granted to them under section 96 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Answer · Richard Simpson: Section 96 of the Crime and Disorder Act provides that, where it is proved that any offence was racially aggravated, that aggravation should be taken into account in sentencing. A guide to those provisions was issued by the then Scottish Office Home Departmen…

14 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports to procurators fiscal, (b) proceedings taken by procurators fiscal and (c) convictions in respect of offences that were racially aggravated, as defined in section 96 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, there have been in each year since the Act came into force.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: In the last year (April 2001 to March 2002) prosecutors received 1,315 cases from the police which either included charges of racially aggravated harassment behaviour or separate statutory racial aggravations. Proceedings which included either a statutory cha…

14 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many re-referrals to children's hearings there have been in each of the last three years.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration is currently collating this information for publication in its Statistical Bulletin in 2003.

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31088 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 November 2002, whether it will show the performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock, broken down for each section in Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The information requested is given in the document (Bib. number 25002) a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what type of appeals the independent tribunal service will hear, as referred to in Improving our Schools - Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward? and whether parents and/or young people will be afforded legal aid in order to be represented at such tribunals.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <P><A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliame…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will define "unreasonable" in relation to a local authority refusing to carry out a formal assessment of a child's needs, as referred to in Improving our Schools - Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward?.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for children to be entitled to future needs assessment and post-school planning, as referred to in Improving our Schools - Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward?.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will produce timescales for completing staged assessments and planning processes and distribute them for consultation to parents, young people and professionals, seeking views on whether the timescales should be laid down in law or guidance, as referred to in Improving our Scho…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will produce a proposed staged intervention process and distribute it for consultation to parents, young people and professionals, as referred to in Improving our Schools - Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward?.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the assessment process, sources of advice to be sought and contents and involvement of parents and/or young people will be under the co-ordinated support plans, as referred to in Improving our Schools - Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward?.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 on 19 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28916 by Ross Finnie on 25 September 2002, how the position set out in the answer is compatible with the proposed crofting community right to buy in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30748 on 12 November 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.…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the progress of the operation of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock in comparison with the financial projection contained in schedule P of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the …

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>No such assessment has been made but the contract costs are in line with those envisaged at the time of contract signature.

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any subsequent financing agreement, as defined in section 1.1.105 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, has been entered into …

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 SPS has no record of any such agreements.

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all subsequent financing agreements, as defined in section 1.1.105 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>New financing agreements:<DIR><DIR><P>Change of Shareholders in Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited between SPS, Kilmarnock Prison Services Limi…

12 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any information about any refinancing of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock by Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited and, if so, whether it will give details of such refinancing.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited advised the SPS in November 1999 that the possibility of financial restructuring/refinancing was being…

7 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual costs of the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board have been in each of the last three years and what the total cost of the board has been to date.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Scottish Executive has made the following payments of grant in aid to the board:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=235><TR><TD WIDTH="73%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=16><P>Year ending 31 March 1997</TD><TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=16><P>£88,6…

6 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any minister has had sight as at 6 November 2002 of a draft of HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary's report on police visibility.

Answer · Jim Wallace: A draft copy of this report was passed to me by e-mail at the end of October.

5 Nov 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost to it has been of Scott Davidson's case against it in respect of alleged infringement of his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), including its own legal costs and legal aid and court costs.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Mr Davidson lodged a petition in October 2001 for judicial review of an alleged decision of the Scottish ministers to detain him in &quot;slopping out&quot; conditions, in breach of Article 3 of the ECHR. So far, there has been one hearing in the Outer House …

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the formula shown in paragraph 6 of Schedule E to the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, the value of the variable D is presently l…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>This is commercially confidential information.

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were transferred from (a) HM Prison Kilmarnock to other local prisons in Scotland and (b) other local prisons in Scotland to HM Prison Kilmarnock in the year to the end of September 2002.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>(a) 155. (b) 114.

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were transferred to HM Prison Kilmarnock from HM Prison (a) Barlinnie, (b) Greenock and (c) Edinburgh in each month from April to September 2002.

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=311><TR><TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Month</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Barlinnie</TD><T…

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it sent any representative to the meeting of representatives of European crime prevention institutions in Aalborg on 7 to 8 October 2002 and, if so, whether it will report on the results of the meeting.

Answer · Richard Simpson: The Executive was represented at the European Crime Prevention Network Conference held under the Danish Presidency in Aalborg on 7 to 8 October 2002, as part of the Home Office contingent. A report on the conference and its outcomes is being prepared by the D…

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29718 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, when decisions on future spending on external affairs will be finalised and how it will inform the Parliament of any such decisions.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Details of the Scottish Executive's spending plans for 2003-06 were set out in the draft Budget 2003-04 document published on 31 October. <P>The budget for External Relations initiatives in 2002-03 was increased from £100,000 to £300,000. The annual budget fo…

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, whether any other instances of incorrect recording of disciplinary offences have been found in the records placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and, if so, what any such instances are.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Apart from these instances, the SPS is unaware of any further incorrect recording of disciplinary offences in the records placed in the P…

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, what steps have been taken to date to rectify the disciplinary records of prisons placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) and whether any further steps will be taken to correct the reco…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>A revised table has now been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25063).

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, why the incorrect recording of the three disciplinary charges of possession of an unauthorised item as the disciplinary charge of holding a person against his will was not rectified before disciplinary reco…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Because the error was identified after the relevant documents were placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, when the incorrect recording of the three disciplinary charges of possession of an unauthorised item as the disciplinary charge of holding a person against his will was made, by whom it was made and when it…

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 error in recording the charges, in the early months of the new prison, was made by then inexperienced Kilmarnock Prison staff. The in…

30 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002 in relation to the three disciplinary charges of possession of an unauthorised item that were incorrectly recorded as the disciplinary charge of holding a person against his will, what the unauthorised item …

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>In one case, the item was a small quantity of coffee sachets, in another it was a small piece of cannabis. Unfortunately, it has not been possi…