- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners, eligible for parole and serving sentences in Scottish prisons, were refused parole in each year since 1999, broken down by prison.
Answer
The information sought is as follows:
| Year | Number of Eligible Prisoners Refused Parole | Number of Prisoners not Recommended for Release on Life Licence |
| 1999 | 304 | Not available |
| 2000 | 279 | 110 |
| 2001 | 301 | 85 |
| 2002 | 272 | 89 |
| 2003 | 354 | 117 |
| 2004 | 380 | 124 |
| 2005 | 395 | 136 |
| 2006 | 463 | 117 |
It is not possible to provide the information by prison. The figures also include those who were transferred to England to serve their sentences and those transferred to serve their sentences in psychiatric hospitals.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to bringing Scotland’s eight police forces together under one structure.
Answer
The government currently has no plans to reduce the number of police forces in Scotland. We are, however, committed to delivering change and improvements that make sense for Scotland. We will consider carefully the recommendations contained in the Justice Committee's report into the effective use of police resources.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners required inpatient hospital treatment from (a) an NHS hospital and (b) a prison hospital in each year since 1999, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 7 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the protocol between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Crown Office concerning complaints made to police forces in relation to breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 was agreed.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-8921 on 7 February 2008.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 7 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the protocol agreed between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Crown Office concerning complaints in relation to breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-8921 on 7 February 2008.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 7 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legal status is of the protocol between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Crown Office with regard to complaints made related to breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-8921 on 7 February 2008.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 7 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the details of the protocol between the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Crown Office concerning complaints made to police forces in relation to breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
Answer
There is no protocol betweenthe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and ACPOS in relation to allegationsof contraventions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.There is, however, a protocol of this nature between ACPOS and the Electoral Commission.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 6 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a fatal accident inquiry into the death from anthrax of Christopher Norris will now take place, following NHS Borders’ report into the matter.
Answer
Crown Counsel havenow taken the decision that there will be a fatal accident inquiry into the circumstancessurrounding the death of Christopher or Pascal Norris.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the role of police forces, under their statutory duties set out in the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, in the investigation of allegations of criminality related to breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
Answer
Police forces havea duty, under section 17(1)(b) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, where an offence has been committed to take all such lawful measures,and make such reports to the appropriate prosecutor, as may be necessary for thepurpose of bringing the offender to justice. Such action is taken under appropriateguidance from the Lord Advocate.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Tricia Marwick on 16 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the announcement of the appointment of MSPs to the Art Advisory Group, which MSPs applied for membership but were unsuccessful; whether unsuccessful applicants were notified prior to the announcement being made; what the process was for selection; what criteria were used to make the selection, and whether those selected have any background or expertise in design or fine art.
Answer
The Art Advisory Group was firstestablished in 2005. Its membership included MSPs and three experts. The three expertshave agreed to be members of the new group. The SPCB invited expressions of interestfrom MSPs on 8 October 2007 for the remainder of positions but did not require membersto provide details of background or expertise in design or fine art.
The following members expressedtheir interest:
Labour (4): Patricia FergusonMSP, Ken Macintosh MSP, Frank McAveety MSP, Cathy Peattie MSP
SNP (4): Roseanna CunninghamMSP, Christine Grahame MSP, Ian McKee MSP, Mike Russell MSP
Liberal Democrats (3): AlisonMcInnes MSP, Jeremy Purvis MSP, Jamie Stone MSP,
Conservative (1): Ted BrocklebankMSP
Other (1): Robin Harper MSP.
The matter was considered bythe SPCB on 7 November 2007 and given the level of interest in membership SPCB askedofficials to discuss membership of the group with the parties to establish a practicalnumber of members. The outcomes of these discussions with parties was presentedto SPCB and approved by them at their meeting on 19 December 2007. There was noformal communication back to individual members who were not selected in advanceof the confirmation of membership by the SPCB.
