Parliamentary questions
Roseanna Cunningham
965 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 65(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27274.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sei'ures of property there have been under section 64 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27274.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 63(6) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: No cases under this section have been reported to Procurators Fiscal since this section came into force.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 63(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27274.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sei'ures of property there have been under section 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27274.
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 61(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: Since 2001 there has been one case involving seven accused, reported to a Procurator Fiscal for a contravention of section 61(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. No proceedings were taken in this case. Information is not available for earlier yea…
2 Jul 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.
Answer · Jim Wallace: This information is not held centrally. However, the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland are aware of no charges having so far been brought under this legislation.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25103 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, whether it intends to (a) commission new private prisons or young offenders institutions or (b) commission services from private prisons or young offenders institutions where it is possible to see from one win…
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>As stated in the answer given to question S1W-25103, being able to see from one wing of a prison to the other is not considered to be a problem…
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25103 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, what the benefits are of it being possible to see from one prison wing to another.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The main benefit is that staff are able to monitor what is happening in other wings.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25103 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, whether it will list all prisons and young offenders institutions in the Scottish Prison Service where it is possible to see from one wing what is happening in one or more other wings.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>It is possible, to varying degrees, to see from one (although not necessarily all) wings to another in the following prisons:<P>Edinburgh<P>Gle…
18 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002 in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, how labour and labour-related costs were calculated in the public sector comparator without separately ident…
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26856.
18 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002 in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether it will separately identify (a) pension costs and (b) other wage-related costs, specifying how they …
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The cash flow model does not separately identify these costs.
18 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002 in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether any specific measures were considered to achieve a more economical use of staff.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26856.
18 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002 in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether any specific measures were considered to achieve the use of fewer staff.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Staffing levels were calculated by reference to the latest staffing practice at comparable Scottish Prison Service establishments. This included the anticipated staffing reductions associated with full implementation of the new staff attendance system and the…
18 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002 in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, how the figure of 545 staff for the public sector comparator was arrived at.
Answer · Jim Wallace: By reference to the latest staffing practice at comparable Scottish Prison Service establishments.
10 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports have been sent to the procurator fiscal and (b) convictions obtained under sections 68(1), 68(2), 68(3), 68(5), 69(1), 69(2) and 70(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in each of the last five years in each sheriff court district.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: The data is only available for the previous three years. Records indicate that no reports were sent to the Procurator Fiscal in respect of section 70(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976. <P>The number of cases containing a charge under sections 68 and 69 …
6 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years under section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The available information is given in the following table. When interpreting individual figures at this level of detail it should be borne in mind that their accuracy is subject to the limitations inherent in any large scale statistical database. Information …
6 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years under section 9 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The available information is given in the following table. When interpreting individual figures at this level of detail it should be borne in mind that their accuracy is subject to the limitations inherent in any large scale statistical database. Information …
6 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) interdicts and (b) non-harassment orders have been granted in each of the last five years under section 8 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Scotland totals for the number of applications lodged and granted under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 are given in table 3.12 of the annual publication Civil Judicial Statistics, copies of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bi…
6 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years under each of sections 47, 48(2), 49, 49A and 50(4) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The available information is given in the following tables. When interpreting individual figures at this level of detail it should be borne in mind that their accuracy is subject to the limitations inherent in any large scale statistical database. Information…
29 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has informed a review hearing of a change in a recommendation of a previous children's hearing that a child be sent to secure accommo…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
29 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the past five years the Children's Reporter has convened a children's hearing to re-consider an earlier supervision requirement.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Review of Supervision Requirements is an integral part of the Children's Hearing System. Every Review Hearing will consider whether the existing supervision requirement should be continued, varied or terminated, according to the needs of the child. The number…
29 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has been informed by a social work department that a child had been placed in a unit other than a secure unit, where placement in the…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
29 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Children's Reporter has been informed by a social work department that a child has been placed in a unit other than that specified by a children's hearin…
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.
29 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25646 by Cathy Jamieson on 21 May 2002, how many recommendations children's hearings have made for the child who is the subject of the hearing to be sent to secure accommodation in each of the last five years.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The number of secure accommodation orders made by Children's Hearings over the last five years are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=396><TR><TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD><TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>1996-97</TD><TD WIDTH…
20 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that all parliamentary questions on the Scottish prison Services Estates Review presently outstanding are answered before the end of the consultation period.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Over 230 parliamentary questions about the Prison Estates Review were received in the period from 21 March 2002 to 24 May 2002. Every effort has been made to answer all these before the end of the consultation period but given the large number this could not …
20 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25029 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, what remedy it would employ if the cost to it of a private prison operator failing to comply with its contract was greater than the price of the contract.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>The contract would include a requirement for any such costs to be paid within a defined time period.
20 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25025 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, whether it is under an obligation to follow HM Treasury guidance in the calculation of a public sector comparator for a Private Finance Initiative or Public Private Partnership project.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:<P>Yes.
20 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24980 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, why the shared costs of Scottish Prison Service headquarters and the Scottish Prison Service college have not been added to the cost of a privately built and operated prison.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The privately built and operated prison would not utilise the headquarters and college support services included in the cost of the public sector prison models.
20 May 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-24974 and S1W-24975 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, how the shared costs of the Scottish Prison Service headquarters and the Scottish Prison Service college which were added to the operating costs of the public sector comparator in the Financial …
Answer · Jim Wallace: The costs were calculated by reference to the relevant headquarters and college costs and allocated on the basis of estimated usage of the various support services.