Parliamentary questions
Roseanna Cunningham
965 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
1 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making on the implementation of the 10-point action plan set out in Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002, broken down by point.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: <I>Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002</I> was published on 28 January. The 10-point action plan to tackle youth crime and disorder was launched on 27 June. Progress has been made on implementing the action points and I wrote to a number of…
1 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the mapping exercise on the role and work of youth justice teams mentioned in Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002 will be published.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Local authority returns to the mapping exercise are now available on the internet at: <A HREF="http://www.childrens-hearings.co.uk/youthjustice.asp">http://www.childrens-hearings.co.uk/youthjustice.asp</A><P>The mapping exercise of local authority youth justi…
1 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what services are under consideration for out-sourcing in the review of all common police services.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Work on the review has been taken forward jointly by representatives from the Scottish Executive, the Police Associations, the Police Authority Conveners' Forum and Unison. Those involved have examined options for the delivery of a wide range of police suppor…
1 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific financial provision has been made for bail information and supervision schemes for 16- to 17-year-olds.
Answer · Richard Simpson: The guidance issued to local authorities by the Justice Department in March, for the operation of bail information and supervision schemes, identified 16- and 17-years-old as a priority group for such schemes. The funding made available to all local authoriti…
1 Oct 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28732 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2002, why it is commercially confidential to specify whether the premium paid to the authority in the event that a private prison cannot find insurance at a commercial price is greater than the premium previous…
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Because such disclosure might prejudice future negotiations with the providers of a new prison.
30 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28728 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2002, why the answer did not give full details of each notice received.
Answer · Jim Wallace: <STRONG>I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison ervice to respond. His response is as follows: </STRONG><P>Because there was only one such notice and that was superseded by Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited obtaining the insurance r…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the number of proceedings taken by procurators fiscal in cases of vandalism fell as a proportion of cases cleared up by the police between 1997 and 2000.
Answer · Colin Boyd: I am not aware that the number of proceedings fell as the member suggests. Vandalism in police and Scottish Executive recorded statistics is defined as including malicious mischief, vandalism and reckless conduct with firearms. Prosecution policy in such case…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs of education services have been in each Scottish Prison Service prison in each of the last five years.
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-29771 on 15 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available o…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28706 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, whether it has sought any external advice with regard to contracting out prisoner escorts.
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 part of the project to contract out prisoner escort services and following competitive tender exercises, the SPS has engaged the servi…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28706 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, when it will be able to give the cost to the Scottish Prison Service of providing prisoner escorts in each of the last three years and whether it will place the information in the Scottish Parliament Info…
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Relevant data is being collected and analysed for the 12 months from December 2001. This will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre in…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28706 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, what annual savings it estimates that it will make by contracting out prisoner escorts.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Accurate information is not currently available. Arrangements for the collection and analysis of relevant data are being made as part of the te…
27 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28706 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 September 2002, what assessment it has made of best value in respect of contracting out prisoner escorts.
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 referred to in the answer given to question S1W-28706 will be used to assess value during the evaluation of bids received in re…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions were obtained under each of sections 7(1), 8(2), 9(1), 10(1)(a) and 12 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Scotland Act 1995 in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29921 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">http://www.sc…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports to procurator fiscals of offences under each of sections 7(1), 8(2), 9(1), 10(1)(a) and 12 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Scotland Act 1995 were proceeded with in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29921 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/sear…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under each of sections 7(1), 8(2), 9(1), 10(1)(a) and 12 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Scotland Act 1995 have been made to procurators fiscal in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: There has been one such report in the year 2001-02. The charge of a contravention of section 7(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Scotland Act 1995 was one of four charges in a case reported to the Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh. The case was disposed …
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions have been obtained under section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29917 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…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports sent to procurators fiscal under section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 were proceeded with in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29917 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…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 have been made to procurators fiscal in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court area.
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…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under sections 68(1), (2), (3) and (5) and 69(1) and (2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service computer in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 20…
Answer · Colin Boyd: The information requested is not readily available in the format required 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 infor…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEed102/2002 of 18 September 2002, where each of the additional 25 secure accommodation places will be located for young offenders
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: As stated in News Release SEed 102/2002, specific plans and investment will be brought forward to reconfigure the secure estate with the creation of around 25 extra places across the country. I have asked a Scottish Executive multi-disciplinary team to assess…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEed102/2002 of 18 September 2002, what the capital cost will be of the 25 additional secure accommodation places for young offenders.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29915 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…
24 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEed102/2002 of 18 September 2002, what the annual operational cost (a) in total and (b) per place will be of the 25 additional secure accommodation places for young offenders.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29915 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…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown of the non-court costs for the Crown Office in each year (a) since 1999-2000 and (b) to 2005-06, as referred to in the table in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the mone…
Answer · Colin Boyd: The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service records the nature of case costs, but does not attribute this to individual cases. Staff time spent on individual cases is not recorded but costing calculations are based on standard weightings derived from past …
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with staff unions in the Crown Office with regard to its targets for the Crown Office in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys.
Answer · Colin Boyd: No formal consultation took place but management and unions are in regular dialogue about the programme of reform and modernisation of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to which achievements of these targets will contribute.
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what body will give approval of the quality of investigation and decision-making for complaints against the police, as referred to in target 10(b) in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys.
Answer · Colin Boyd: The independent inspectorate to be established by the end of 2003 will give approval or otherwise of the quality of investigation and decision-making in cases involving complaints against the police.
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether target 10(a) in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys on the time period for investigations of complaints of criminal conduct by police officers and advising complainers of outcome rep…
Answer · Colin Boyd: Yes.
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a maximum time limit for completion of those 10% of cases of investigations of complaints of criminal conduct by police officers that are not subject to the target set out in target 10(a) in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better …
Answer · Colin Boyd: Target 10(a) was set at 90% in recognition of the fact that the more complex cases may not be able to be investigated properly within 12 weeks. No formal target has been set but it is intended that the remaining 10% of cases should be completed as soon after …
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether anyone responsible for implementing the targets in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys, will receive performance-related pay in connection with meeting these targets and, if so, whet…
Answer · Colin Boyd: In accordance with the Senior Civil Service Pay and Performance Management System, each of the department's senior staff members has an annual Performance Agreement agreed between the officer and the Chief Executive. Each Performance Agreement contains some k…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to provide safeguards relating to quality of investigations of deaths that require further investigation to be completed within 12 weeks, as referred to in target 9 in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending P…
Answer · Colin Boyd: All such cases are reported to Crown Office and considered by an experienced member of legal staff there and, where appropriate, by Crown Counsel. Where necessary the procurator fiscal will be instructed to carry out further enquiries and re-report. Any inade…
23 Sep 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any time limit for the conclusion of those remaining 40% of cases which require further investigation and advising next of kin, as referred to in target 9 in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 200…
Answer · Colin Boyd: The remaining 40% of cases are expected to be the more complex ones where the time taken to carry out a thorough investigation can vary widely. We are committed to ensuring that the next of kin in these cases are kept informed of the progress of the investiga…