Roseanna Cunningham

9 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what value of compensation orders under section 249 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act were outstanding on 31 March (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000, (d) 2001 and (e) 2002, broken down by sheriff court.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Fines and, where they have been imposed, compensation orders are amalgamated in sheriff court fine accounts. The number and value of outstanding compensation orders included in these accounts cannot be separately identified in the available data. The total nu…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28707 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 October 2002, what the percentage of positive in-prison mandatory drugs tests was for each prison in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02, broken down by the drug types detailed in that answer.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>1999-2000<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=609><TR><TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD><TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Amphet…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid for prisoner places that were not filled at HM Prison Kilmarnock in each of the last three years.

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=2 WIDTH=115><TR><TD WIDTH="67%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=16><P></TD><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=16><P>£…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoner places there will be in each prison in each of the next 10 years.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The <I>Scottish Prison Service Estates Review</I> analysed the future supply of prisoner places and set out options for meeting the projected shortfall of supply against demand. My statement on 5 September set out the Executive's decisions in relation to new …

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the variable R is presently lower than the sum of the variables F, I1 and I2, as referred to in paragraph 7 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 Financin…

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

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were transferred from HM Prison Kilmarnock to HM Prison (a) Barlinnie, (b) Greenock and (c) Edinburgh in each of the last six months.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The numbers of prisoners transferred from HM Prison Kilmarnock were:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=311><TR><TD WIDTH="27%" VAL…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many injuries occurred in each prison that were reportable to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years.

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 available information is as follows:<P>HSE Reportable Accidents Reported to SPS Headquarters: 1 April 1998 to 30 September 2002<TABLE…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of any extra costs per prisoner place when prisoners are doubled-up in cells at HM Prison (a) Barlinnie, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Greenock and (d) Kilmarnock.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30370 on 28 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available o…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in which of HM Prison (a) Barlinnie and (b) Kilmarnock the cost of doubling-up prisoners in cells for (i) two days or less and (ii) more than two days is lower.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Robust information is not available which would enable a valid comparison to be made between these two existing prisons. I refer the member to …

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all occasions the contract mechanism for dispute resolution has been applied, as referred to in paragraph 63 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financin…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>There have been no such occasions.

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each occasion the contract mechanism for variation of price has been applied, as referred to in paragraph 33 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financin…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>There have been no such occasions.

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28728 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2002, whether it will give any details it has concerning the nature and content of each notice regarding insurance under paragraph 6.8 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and …

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>As required by the contract, Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited (KPSL) gave SPS advance notification of possibly being unable to meet the…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the strategic development plan and any revisions thereof it has received, as referred to in paragraph 31.1 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the …

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 had discussions with Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited who have agreed to publish a synopsis of the strategic development pl…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what persons provide a prisoner escort service to and from HM Prison Kilmarnock other than employees of the prison operating company.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The Scottish Prison Service and the police, as operational considerations dictate.

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual fee is paid by it for the prisoner escort service contract under paragraph 30.1 of 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.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>This information is at Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd's<I> </I>request treated as commercially confidential and as the prisoner escorting and c…

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12540 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001, whether the cost of prisoner escorts is included in the figure for the total annual cost per prisoner place at 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:<P>Yes, the average Net Present Value per prisoner place of around £11,000 pa includes the cost of prisoner escorts.

8 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each default notice received under paragraph 46 of 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, showing the date on which each n…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>There have been no such notices.

4 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports to procurators fiscal were marked no proceedings for reasons of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by the police/reporting agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortage and (e) delay by the procurator fiscal in each of the last five years, broken down by …

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The figures requested are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 WIDTH=604><TR><TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=28><P>1997-98</TD><TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=28><P>Delay Police/RA</TD><TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=28><P>Delay PF</TD>…

4 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under sections (a) 3(1), (b) 4(1) and (c) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service computer in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff…

Answer · Colin Boyd: The information requested is not readily available in the format requested and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The information systems operated by the department were designed for case tracking rather than for the production of statistical info…

4 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences under sections (a) 3(1), (b) 4(1) and (c) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 the police have recorded in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The recorded crime statistics collected centrally can not identify individual sections of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The most detailed crime categories available are shown in the table. These contain crimes recorded under various statutes and several diffe…

4 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports were made to procurators fiscal, (b) proceedings were taken by procurators fiscal and (c) convictions were made under sections (i) 3(1), (ii) 4(1) and (iii) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: Information is available from the Crown Office system about the number of cases received by procurators fiscal during the last three financial years that included charges under the section mentioned. Information is not available from that system in relation t…

4 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why no performance measure in schedule F of 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 relates to the number of fires in the prison.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>It was not considered necessary or appropriate to have such a performance measure.

2 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made in the Perth and Kinross Council area to date under its central heating installation programme; how many of these applications have been approved, and how many have now been carried out.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Perth and Kinross Council tell us they have no stock which lacks central heating. All housing association stock in the area has central heating. Eaga manage the central heating programme for owner-occupiers and private renters. They do not collect information…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the cost of civil court business, including judicial costs, was recovered by the Scottish Court Service through fees in each financial year since 1998-99.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested is contained in the following table. The cost estimates for 2000-01 were affected by changes in the capital charges applying to the Scottish Court Service. The allocation of these charges was the subject of review and adjustments mad…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26764 by Cathy Jamieson on 27 June 2002, what the (a) average number of children held in and (b) total number of children sent to secure accommodation was in 2000-01, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) probable period of detention and (iii) reason for d…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28844 on 13 September 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webap…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what pilot projects have been funded wholly or partly by its Justice Department in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The following table gives details of the range of pilot projects on different aspects of the justice system in each local authority area. In many cases pilot funding has ceased when the service has gone on to be part of mainstream service provision.<TABLE BOR…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22602 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 February 2002, how many High Court cases in (a) Scotland and (b) each court have been postponed on the day of commencement due to technicalities or other reasons and what the estimated cost was resulting from such postpo…

Answer · Jim Wallace: As I explained in the answer given to question S1W-22602 on 14 February 2002, the information is not available in the form requested. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can b…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership is of the multi-agency group to be set up as part of the Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002 to report on preventative approaches, develop standards and objectives for youth justice practitioners, examine accreditation arrangements for such standards…

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Membership of the group is shown in the following table. The group was set up in January 2002 and will shortly consider recommendations made by the sub groups on (a) victims and (b) improving effectiveness. Ministers will receive a report at the end of this y…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why the interim progress report on youth justice teams mentioned in Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002 was not published until 19 September 2002 given that the mapping exercise to inform the report was due to have been completed by March 2002.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: We began to gather information from local authorities for the mapping exercise in December 2001. After consideration, we agreed that an extension of the timescale available to local authorities would enhance the quality of the information that could be report…

1 Oct 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on implementing Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30102 today. 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.parliament.uk/webapp/se…