Roseanna Cunningham

30 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to (a) the Council of the European Union, (b) any member or body of the European Parliament, (c) any member or body of the Committee of the Regions and (d) the European Commission, on the draft European Union framework decision on the confi…

Answer · Jim Wallace: Negotiations within the European Union on the draft framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property are being conducted by the UK Government, taking due account of the views of the devolved administrations. The…

30 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to Her Majesty's Government on the draft European Union framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property and what form any such representations took.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the draft framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalites and property.

30 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the draft European Union framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The provisions of the draft framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property, if adopted, will be implemented as required throughout the UK as part of the UK's international obligations. However, in Scotland, th…

30 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the European Union framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property will have on Scots law.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The draft framework decision on the confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property seeks to ensure approximation of confiscation provisions across member states. It is based on the premise that, in order to combat effectively cross-bor…

30 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers and how many officials attended the European Union working party on substantive criminal law in Brussels on 29 and 30 July 2002, and what grade and from which departments these officials were.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Negotiations within the European Union on issues of substantive criminal law are conducted by the UK Government, taking due account of the views of the devolved administrations. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide ran…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the controller of HM Prison Kilmarnock or another person with delegated powers is on duty at the prison 24 hours a day, every day of the week.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>There is a controller on duty in the prison - or on call during evening and night hours - every day of the year.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002, why the cost to it of non-domestic rates for private prisons is not included in the costing of private prisons.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Non-domestic rates are not included in the contract cost of privately managed prisons as this provides best value to the taxpayer.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002, whether it is envisaged that private prison operators would absorb the costs of non-domestic rates.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>No. The level of non-domestic rates is effectively set by the government and cannot be influenced by the prison operator. It is therefore bette…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002, why the costs it incurs in paying non-domestic rates at HM Prison Kilmarnock were not stated in the answer to question S1W-24351 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 April 2002.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The answer listed the obligations which are additional to those contained in the published contract. The obligation in respect of rates is stat…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24734 by Mr Jim Wallace on 1 May 2002, why there have been no Category A prisoners accommodated at HM Prison Kilmarnock since opening.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Between the opening of HM Prison Kilmarnock and the abolition of the Security Categorisation System on 31 March 2002, there were very few Categ…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26499 by Mr Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002, why the cost to it of the independent engineer engaged to monitor the progress of work on HM Prison Kilmarnock in accordance with section 11.4 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scot…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The independent engineer cost relates to the pre-opening phase of the prison and was properly classified as a cost of procurement rather than p…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002, why the cost to it of non-domestic rates was not added to the cost per prisoner place of HM Prison Kilmarnock in the answer to question S1W-11438 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 January 2001.

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 question asked for the cost to be based on the cost of the contract. Non-domestic rates are not a contractual cost but are a separate…

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002, why the grades of staff to be employed in the public sector comparator model prison are not identified.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Because the relevant consideration is the cost of staff which were used in the model, not the grade identified.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26858 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, why the cash flow model for the public sector comparator does not separately identify (a) pension costs and (b) other wage-related costs.

Answer · Jim Wallace: Because there is no need to do so. The model used a composite staff cost which covers the components.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-26856 and S1W-26858 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, what formula was used to estimate from existing prisons the cost of staff required for the 700-place prison in the public sector comparator prison model.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The cost of staff was based on the staff cost at the comparable prisons.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-26855, S1W-26856 and S1W-26858 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, what formula was used to estimate from existing prisons the number of staff required for the 700-place prison in the public sector comparator prison model.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The staffing level was based on the staff to prisoner place ratio of the comparable prisons.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26856 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, whether any reduction in staff following the contracting out of prisoner escorts was taken into account in estimating the number of staff required for the 700-place prison in the public sector comparator model.

Answer · Jim Wallace: No, because the comparable private sector option excludes escorts.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26855 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002, (a) which prisons were used as a basis for estimating the number of staff required in the public sector comparator prison model and (b) why each such prison was considered to be comparable.

Answer · Jim Wallace: (a) HM Prison Edinburgh, HM Prison Perth and HM Prison Shotts;<P>(b) The size and role of these prisons broadly cover that of the comparable private sector option.

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 May 2002, why the incidence of class A drugs at HM Prison Kilmarnock has been more than twice as high as other classes of drugs in years two and three.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The answer given to question S1W-25569 does not indicate that the incidence of Class A drugs has been more than twice as high as other classes …

25 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 24 May 2002, what action it plans to take about the growing incidence of class A drugs 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>Figures published in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scottish annual bulletin show a consistent rise in the misuse of class A drugs in Scotland over…

24 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27013 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 July 2002, whether any error has ever been made in calculating the penalty points that should be imposed on the operators of 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>No.

24 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27013 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 July 2002, what records are kept of the number of incidents incurring penalty points under the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>HM Prison Kilmarnock records all relevant incidents using SPS Incident Reporting Procedures, the database for which is maintained by SPS.…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the random mandatory drug testing results were for prisons broken down by (a) type of drug including cannabis, ben'odia'epines, opiates, methadone, LSD, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine and temgesic, (b) headline and underlying figures, (c) month and (d) prison for 2000-01 and 200…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Readily available information on MDT test results are published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. The figures fo…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, in regard to the new houseblock for HM Young Offenders Institute Polmont, (a) how many prisoner places it will have, (b) what additional facilities are to be included, (c) what the expected cost is, (d) what the expected completion date is and (e) whether any delay in completion is expec…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>(a) 215<P>(b) Prisoner programme rooms, health care facilities, prison officer stations, showers, serveries, and laundry facilities.<P>(c) £17 …

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total staff complement, (b) current number of staff in post, and (c) average number of staff required for prisoner escorts has been for each prison for each of the last three 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 readily available information is as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=491><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" R…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21189 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002, what the cost of social work services has been in (a) HM Prison Edinburgh, (b) HM Young Offenders Institution Glenochil, (c) HM Young Offenders Institution Dumfries and (d) HM Young Offenders Institution Po…

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;£000<P>(a) 2001-02 &#9;&#9;&#9;268<P>(b) 2001-02 &#9;&#9;&#9;247<P>(c) 2001-02 &#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp; 30<P>(d) 2001-02 &#9;&#9;&#9;…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints by prisoners there were in 2001-02, broken down by reason for the complaint and prison.

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 not available in the form requested. The current arrangements for collecting data on prisoners' complaints is outlined at p…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what objectives and risks were identified and what control strategy was determined for each significant risk at the risk management workshop mentioned at (iv) on page 47 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2001-02.

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 Risk Management Workshop referred to in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts (2001-02) is part of our on-going work to improve governan…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on what occasions performance reviews were carried out for the HM Prison Kilmarnock contract and what the results were of any such reviews.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Performance measures are specified in the published contract between SPS and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited. Performance against thes…

18 Jul 2002 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of the contract management section of the Finance and Business Services Directorate in the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last three financial years.

Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The total cost of the section was not separately calculated but is estimated to have been less than £100,000 a year in the years in question.